Netgear WB7520 User Manual - Page 14

ProSAFE Wireless Controller Table 1. Model differences and scalable architecture (continued) Feature WC7500 WC7600 WC7600v2 WC9500 SD card slot 12 None 11 None Optional extra power supply Not supported Supported Not supported Supported 1. All four Gigabit Ethernet ports provide equal performance and are bonded together in Linux active-backup mode. 2. An SD card will be supported in a future release. Model Common Features and Capabilities The wireless controller provides the following common key features and capabilities: • WiFi modes - 802.11a - 802.11b - 802.11g - 802.11n - 802.11ac • Autodiscovery of access points - Autodiscovery of access points in the same Layer 2 domain. - Autodiscovery of access points across a Layer 3 domain. - Automatic download of wireless controller-based firmware to discovered access points that are added to the managed access point list. • Centralized management - Single point of management for the entire WiFi network. - Automatic firmware upgrade to all managed access points. - DHCP server for IP address provisioning. - Configurable management VLAN. • Security - Identity-based security authentication with an external RADIUS or LDAP (Active Directory) server, or with an internal authentication server. - Support for nine access point profile groups (one basic and eight advanced) on one wireless controller. - Support for up to 8 profiles per access point profile group and 8 profiles per radio (therefore, dual-band access points can support up to 16 profiles in one access point profile group). - Support for up to 144 profiles on one wireless controller (8 profiles per access point group and eight groups per radio). Each profile supports settings for SSID, network authentication, data encryption, client separation, VLAN, MAC ACL, and WiFi QoS. - Rogue access point detection and classification. Introduction 14