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Discover Access Points in the Network and Provision IP Addresses and Firmware
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ProSAFE Wireless Controller • Discover Access Points in the Network and Provision IP Addresses and Firmware - Discover access points in the network. The access points can be in factory default state or functioning in standalone mode, but after discovery by the wireless controller and addition to the managed access point list, the access points become dependent (managed) access points. - Provision IP addresses to the access points. Use the internal DHCP server to provision IP addresses to all or selected managed access points in the network. - Upgrade access point firmware. Update and synchronize new firmware versions to all managed access points in the network. For more information, see Chapter 8, Discover and Manage Access Points. • Centrally Manage Security in the Network - Manage secure access to the network and secure data transmission. Manage client authentication, encryption, WiFi client security separation, and MAC authentication in access point profiles. - Manage authentication servers for the network. Manage all internal and external authentication servers for the entire network or for access point profile groups. - Manage MAC authentication. Specify trusted and untrusted MAC addresses for the entire network. - Manage rogue access points. Manage rogue access points and their associated clients in the network. - Manage guest access. Manage guest access and captive portal access to the network. For more information, see Chapter 10, Manage Rogue Access Points, Guest Network Access, and Users. • Centrally Manage the WiFi Settings for the Network - Schedule the radios. Schedule the entire network to go offline, or schedule access point profile groups to go offline. - Manage WiFi settings and channel allocation. Manage the WiFi settings such as wireless mode, data rate, and channel width for the entire network or for access point profile groups, and manage channel allocation for the entire network. - Manage QoS settings. Manage QoS queue settings for data, background, video, and voice traffic for access point profile groups. - Configure RF management settings. Configure WLAN healing for access point profile groups. For more information, see Chapter 9, Configure WiFi and QoS Settings. • Manage Other Wireless Controllers in the Network - Manage stacking. Specify the master and slave wireless controllers in a stack and synchronize information between the wireless controller.1 For more information, see Chapter 12, Manage Stacking and Redundancy. 1. Model WC7500 does not support stacking. Introduction 16