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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview Key Features and Capabilities 7 Package Contents 9 Hardware Features 10 Front Panel Ports and LEDs 10 Rear Panel Features 11 Bottom Panel With Product Label 12 WC7520 Wireless Controller System Components 12 NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points: WNAP210 and WNDAP350 . . . . . 13 What Can You Do With the WC7520 Wireless Controller 13 Licenses 15 Maintenance and Support 16 Understanding the Web Management Interface Menu Layout 16 Initial Connection and Configuration 17 Understanding Basic and Advanced Settings 19 Choosing a Location for the Wireless Controller 21 Deploying the Wireless Controller 21 Chapter 2 System Planning and Deployment Scenarios System Planning 22 Pre-Installation Planning 22 Before You Configure a Wireless Controller 23 Single Controller Configuration with Basic Profile Group 25 Single Controller Configuration with Access Point Groups 26 Stacked Controller Configuration 27 Management VLAN and Data VLAN Strategies 27 Deployment Scenarios 29 Scenario Example 1: Basic Network with Single VLAN 29 Scenario Example 2: Advanced Network with VLANs and SSIDs. . . . . 31 Scenario Example 3: Advanced Network With Redundancy 33 Chapter 3 RF Planning RF Planning Overview 36 Planning Requirements 37 Defining and Editing Buildings and Floors 38 Specifying Access Point Requirements 40 Viewing and Managing Heat Maps for Deployed Plans 42 Table of Contents | 3

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction and Overview
Key Features and Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front Panel Ports and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bottom Panel With Product Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WC7520 Wireless Controller System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points: WNAP210 and WNDAP350 . . . . . 13
What Can You Do With the WC7520 Wireless Controller? . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Maintenance and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Understanding the Web Management Interface Menu Layout . . . . . . . . . 16
Initial Connection and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Understanding Basic and Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Choosing a Location for the Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deploying the Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2
System Planning and Deployment Scenarios
System Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Pre-Installation Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Before You Configure a Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Single Controller Configuration with Basic Profile Group . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Single Controller Configuration with Access Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . 26
Stacked Controller Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Management VLAN and Data VLAN Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Deployment Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Scenario Example 1: Basic Network with Single VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Scenario Example 2: Advanced Network with VLANs and SSIDs. . . . . 31
Scenario Example 3: Advanced Network With Redundancy . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3
RF Planning
RF Planning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Planning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Defining and Editing Buildings and Floors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Specifying Access Point Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Viewing and Managing Heat Maps for Deployed Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42