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Access Point Discovery, Auto Discovery

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Chapter 2 Access Point Discovery You can discover supported NETGEAR access points on the LAN that can be managed by the Wireless Management System. See Appendix A, "Access Point Firmware and Compatibility for a list of compatible access points. The Wireless Management System supports Auto Discovery and IP Discovery. • Auto Discovery: Use this feature if the Wireless Management System and all access points on the LAN are in the same IP subnet. This is a Layer 2 discovery method. • IP Discovery: If the Wireless Management System and access points use different IP subnets, you can use IP discovery to find the access points for each subnet (one subnet at a time). This is a Layer 3 discovery method. Note: In order for discovery to work, each access point must have an IP address. If more than one access point has the same default IP address, then only one of them will be discovered with the model number at a time. You will have to add the access point to the managed list, change its IP address and then run discovery again to discover the next access point with the default IP. Auto Discovery Use Auto Discovery if the Wireless Management System and all access points on the LAN are in the same IP subnet. The process of Auto Discovery depends on how your access points are configured. To use Auto Discovery: 1. On the Configuration tab select Access Point Discovery. 2-1 v1.0, March 2010

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v1.0, March 2010
Chapter
2
Access Point Discovery
You can discover supported NETGEAR access points on the LAN that can be managed by the
Wireless Management System. See
Appendix
A, “Access Point Firmware and Compatibility
for a
list of compatible access points. The Wireless Management System supports Auto Discovery and
IP Discovery.
•
Auto Discovery
: Use this feature if the Wireless Management System and all access points on
the LAN are in the same IP subnet. This is a Layer 2 discovery method.
•
IP Discovery
: If the Wireless Management System and access points use different IP subnets,
you can use IP discovery to find the access points for each subnet (one subnet at a time). This
is a Layer 3 discovery method.
Note:
In order for discovery to work, each access point must have an IP address. If more
than one access point has the same default IP address, then only one of them will
be discovered with the model number at a time. You will have to add the access
point to the managed list, change its IP address and then run discovery again to
discover the next access point with the default IP.
Auto Discovery
Use Auto Discovery if the Wireless Management System and all access points on the LAN are in
the same IP subnet. The process of Auto Discovery depends on how your access points are
configured.
To use Auto Discovery:
1.
On the Configuration tab select Access Point Discovery.