Netgear ENTRY LEVEL WLS CONTROLLER

Fully-featured, centralized wireless management solution designed for SMB and easy to set up
The ProSAFE WC7500 Controller is a fully-featured centralized wireless management solution with a base support of ten (10) 802.11n and 802.11ac Access Points (APs) with license to upgrade to fifteen (15) AP’s. Easy to configure and intuitive to manage, it provides wireless management for small and medium enterprises, primary schools, and small health care customers with minimum total cost of ownership.

Product Number WC7500


System Information and Limits
Supported AP Models
WAC730 ProSafe 802.11ac 3x3 (1.7 Gbps) Wireless Access Point
WAC720 ProSafe 802.11ac 2x2 (1.3 Gbps) Wireless Access Point
WNDAP660 ProSafe 802.11n 3x3 (900 Mbps) Wireless Access Point
WND930 Outdoor Dual Band 802.11n (600 Mbps) Wireless Access Point
WNDAP360 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n (600 Mbps) Wireless Access Point
WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n (600 Mbps) Wireless Access Point
WN370 ProSafe 802.11n (300 Mbps) Wall Mount Wireless Access Point
WNAP320 ProSafe 802.11n (300 Mbps) Wireless Access Point
WNAP210 ProSafe 802.11n (300 Mbps) Wireless Access Point
Supported Modes
Wireless-A/B/G/N/AC
Main Functionality
Wireless Controller
Number of Access Points
15 per controller (Default support of 10 with optional license to support up to 15 AP’s)
Maximum AP Supported per Controller
10 (default)
15 with Incremental 5-AP License Upgrades (WC05APL-10000S)
Maximum Profile Groups per Controller
8
Each access point belongs to only one profile group
Maximum Security Profiles (SSID) per Profile Group
8 per radio (2.4 GHz; 5 GHz)
Maximum Security Profiles (SSID) per Controller
128
Maximum Rogue APs Detectable per Controller
512
Maximum Floorplans per Controller
3 (default)
Additional floorplans possible with USB local storage (up to a maximum of 18 floorplans)
Number of Captive Portals per Controller
1
Maximum Clients per AP
WNAP210 support up to 32 clients
WNAP320 support up to 64 clients
WN370 support up to 64 clients
All other AP’s support up to 128 clients
Maximum Clients per Controller
None other than maximum clients per AP
L2 Mobility
L2 fast roaming support between the APs
L3 Mobility
L3 fast roaming support with encrypted tunnelling between the APs and the controller
Maximum VLANs per Controller
64 VLANs for SSIDs
1 configurable management VLAN
IP AND VLANS CONFIGURATION
DHCP Server/Relay
Integrated DHCP server
Multiple DHCP server/pool can be added for different VLANs (up to 64)
VLANs for the Wireless Controller
One management VLAN (configurable VLAN ID)
VLANs Access Points / Multiple SSIDs
64 VLANs
VLANs Deployment
The Wireless Controller must have IP connectivity with the access points through the management VLAN. If the Controller and the APs are on different management VLANs, external VLAN routing must allow IP connectivity between the Controller and the APs.
RF PLANNING AND MONITORING
Integrated Deployment Planning
Hierarchical view of the network: Floor maps upload and floor maps dimensions input
Automated RF planning algorithm: Computed number of APs required to cover a floor plan
Theorical cloud coverage indicated for each AP for positionning assistance on the floor plan
RF Monitoring
Coverage computing per floor plan
Alert for any detected coverage holes with mitigation options with neighboring APs
Rogue AP/blacklisted clients triangulation
RF MANAGEMENT
Automatic Channel Allocation
Channel automatic distribution to reduce interference
Auto-channel allocation takes into consideration the AP location, interferences, and neighborhood maps for each AP
Modifiable list of corporate channels to be used
Scheduled mode for auto-channel allocation
Automatic mode available in case of high level of interference
Automatic Power Control
Optimum transmit power determination based on coverage requirements
Automatic power control mode available
Neighborhood scan of RF environment to minimize neighboring AP interference and leakage across floors
Coverage Hole Detection
Automatic mode
Down APs or compromised RF environment detection with alerts
Self healing: Automatic neighboring AP power increase to fill in for coverage losses
Load Balancing
AP load monitoring and overload prevention
Client redirection to lightly loaded neighboring APs
Fast Roaming
Seamless rapid mobility across VLAN and subnets
Includes 802.11i pre-auth and fast roaming
Fast roaming support accross L2, and L3 for video, audio and voice over wireless client
Quality of Service
WMM Quality of Service
WMM (802.11e) prioritizes traffic for both upstream traffic from the stations to the access points (station EDCA parameters) and downstream traffic from the access points to the client stations (AP EDCA parameters)
WMM Queues in Decreasing Order of Priority
Voice: The highest priority queue with minimum delay, which makes it ideal for applications like VoIP and streaming media
Video: The second highest priority queue with low delay is given to this queue. Video applications are routed to this queue
Best effort: The medium priority queue with medium delay is given to this queue. Most standard IP application will use this queue
Background: Low priority queue with high throughput. Applications, such as FTP, which are not time-sensitive but require high throughput can use this queue
WMM Power Save Option
WMM power save helps conserve battery power in small devices such as phones, laptops, PDAs, and audio players using IEEE® 802.11e mechanisms
Rate Limiting
Rate limit per SSID set as a percentage of total available bandwidth
WIRELESS SECURITY
Client Authentication Protocols
Open, WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK
802.11i/WPA/WPA2 Enterprise with standard interface to external AAA/RADIUS Server
Local ACLs (512 MAC)
MAC ACLs based on local AAA Server or external Radius Server
Distinct AAA Server per SSID
Yes
RADIUS Accounting Protocol
Per Client tracking for Bytes Tx/Rx and
Connect/disconnect time
LDAP-based Authentication
Standard interface to external LDAP server/Microsoft® Active Directory Server
Integrated AAA Server
Local database authentication based on WC7520 internal AAA Server
Guest Access
Integrated captive portal available for client authentication in a security profile
Password based authentification mode: Local user store available, receptionist assigned user name/password
External Radius server mode: External RADIUS authentication for the captive portal clients
Open authentication mode: Guest auto registration with email address
Extraction of logs of guest activity
Captive Portal
Configurable portal page, including image files
Rogue Access Points
Rogue AP definition: AP with radio SSID oberved by any of the managed APs and seen transmitting on same L2 wired network
Detection and mapping of up to 512 rogue APs
WIRELESS SECURITY
Monitoring Summary
Summary of managed access points status, rogue access points detected