Netgear WC7600 Reference Manual - Page 229

ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600 For ease of management, you can configure location-based profiles on the master controller and assign a location to each slave controller. Stacking allows wireless clients to roam from an access point that is managed by one of the controllers in the stacking group to any access point managed by the other controllers in the same stacking group. The master and slave controllers in a stack have the following capacities: • Master controller. You can perform the following tasks: - Manage the slave controllers - Perform RF planning for the slave controllers - Configure the entire network, including access point discovery and license reinforcement - Monitor the entire network - Push new a firmware image to the slave controllers • Slave controller. You can perform the following tasks: - Access the master controller's web management interface (all controllers share the same administrative user name and password) - Configure the subnetwork - Monitor the subnetwork - Upgrade the firmware image on the slave controller only - Perform access point discovery for the subnetwork - Reinforce licenses for the subnetwork Manage Stacking and Redundancy 229