Netgear WC7600 Reference Manual - Page 22

ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600 Basic and Advanced Setting Concepts You can deploy the wireless controller in a small wireless network with 10 access points or in a large wireless network with up to 150 access points. Small networks require a basic configuration, but large networks can become complex and require you to configure the advanced features of the wireless controller. Depending on your network configuration, use basic settings or advanced settings to manage your access points: • Basic settings for a typical network. The basic settings work with most common network configurations. For example, all access points on the WLAN are for the same organization or business and therefore adhere to the same policies and use a few service set identifiers (SSIDs, or network names). • Advanced settings for access point profile groups. If you have a large wireless network, or if separate networks share a single WLAN, use the advanced settings to set up multiple access point profile groups with multiple security profiles (SSIDs with associated security settings). For example, a shopping mall might need several access point profile groups if several businesses share a WLAN but each business has its own network. Larger networks could require multiple access point profile groups to allow different policies per building or department. The access points could have different security profiles per building and department, for example, one for guests, one for management, and one for sales. Note: Access point profile groups are also referred to as just profile groups. Profiles, security profiles, and SSIDs (that is, SSIDs with associated security settings) are terms that are interchangeable. To accommodate all types of networks, almost all configuration menus of the web management interface are divided into basic and advanced submenus. The following figure shows an example of the Configuration > Security > Basic submenu on the left and the Configuration > Security > Advanced submenu on the right: Figure 5. Basic and advanced submenus System Planning and Deployment Scenarios 22