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WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller Data Sheet

WC7600

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Scalable Architecture

The NETGEAR WC7600 Premium Wireless

Controller supports up to 50 APs (with

activation of 5 individual 10 AP licenses) and is

stackable up to three controllers in a cluster to

support up to a total of 150 Access Points. To

activate the management of AP, a pay-as-you

go licensing of 10 AP licenses ensure that the

user only pays for what is needed.

Centralized Management

Deployed as an overlay on the existing wired

network infrastructure, the NETGEAR ProSAFE

WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller simpliﬁes

the network management by providing a

single point of management for the entire

wireless network. Easy to set up, the WC7600

Controller discovers all supported access

points in the network, even across VLANs and

subnets. Once identiﬁed, the access points are

provisioned in minutes. The discovery process

follows an ecient and fast protocol in Ufast

™

Robust Security

With identity-based security features such

as support for RADIUS, Active Directory

and internal or external AAA server, the

NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium

Wireless Controller truly uniﬁes wired and

wireless access without compromising on

security. Management VLAN is conﬁgurable

and up to 8 security conﬁguration proﬁles

(SSID, 802.11i security, VLAN, ACLs, radio

parameters) can be active. Rogue AP

detection permits rogue APs classiﬁcation

(friendly or hostile). Standard RADIUS

compliance enables support for third-

party authentication and billing system

implementation. Scheduled wireless on/o

times permits the wireless network to be

completely unavailable during speciﬁed non-

business hours.

Guest Access, Captive Portal and Logging

Guest access allows restricted access to the

network, using an integrated captive portal.

Two methods of entry are provided, either

assisted or self-certiﬁed. In the assisted

model, the receptionist can create a user name

and password for guests in the GUI and the

NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium Wireless

Controller hosts a captive portal where guests

can enter their pre-conﬁgured credentials

to gain access to the network. Alternatively,

the NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium

Wireless Controller hosts a guest portal where

guests can register themselves before entering

the network. Backend VLAN policies ensure

restricted access to guests, prohibiting them any

access to the sensitive data on the corporate

network. Guest activity logs are available.

RF Management and Hole Detection

Automatic control of AP transmit power

and channel allocation ensures coverage

by minimizing interferences. Automatic

WLAN healing aer loss of AP or due to RF

interferences adapts the power and channel

of the other APs around the area. Scheduled

automatic channel allocation authorizes an

enterprise-class reliable wireless experience.

UFast™

Ufast is an innovative approach to expedite

the communication between the AP and the

Controller during the discovery process. Typical

AP to controller discovery can take multiple

seconds and depending on the number of AP’s

in the network, the discovery process can

take minutes. With the Ufast protocol, the AP

discovery is nearly instantaneous, and resulting

in an fast and easy set up stage.

Features

Load Balancing and Rate Limiting

Automatic load balancing of clients across APs is

provided based on number of clients per AP and

signal strength threshold/data rate threshold of

clients on the BSS. Rate limiting is provided by

SSID. Load balancing and rate limiting ensure fair

bandwidth allocation among all clients for robust

wireless connectivity.

Bandsteering

Bandsteeering provides the capability to

automatically direct dual band clients to the

most desired frequency band (2.4 or 5 GHz)

to improve client’s experience and maximize

over the air resources.

Fast Roaming and Voice over Wi-Fi

The NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium

Wireless Controller supports rapid mobility

across VLANs and subnets including 802.11i

pre-authentication and fast roaming support

(FRS). Seamless L2 and L3 roaming provides

support for latency-sensitive applications such

as video, audio and voice over wireless. Wi-Fi

Multimedia (WMM) advanced prioritization

extends Wi-Fi’s high-quality end-user

experience to voice applications (VoWi-Fi).

Monitoring and Reporting

The WC7600 uses a heartbeat mechanism

between the controller and the AP. It is

monitored based on several factors, such as

RF interference, clients, error levels, etc. Each

AP is constantly monitored (number of clients,

trac load, RF interference, packet error levels

and retransmission statistics). Statistics provide

reliable metrics per AP, per client, per ﬂoor and

for the entire wireless network.

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