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ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System WMS5316 Reference Manual

To use IP Discovery:

1. On the Configuration tab select Access Point Discovery, and then click the IP Discovery

tab:

2. To specify the range of IP addresses, fill in the Start IP and End IP fields.

3. Click Search.

• The wireless management system locates devices on the LAN within the range of IP

addresses that you specified.

• The devices are displayed in a list.

4. Check the discovery results to make sure that all the access points are listed. See

Discovery Results on page 15.

5. Add the access points as described in Adding Access Points on page 16.

Discovery Results

The effectiveness of the discovery feature depends in part on how the access points on your

LAN are set up. If each access point is configured with a unique IP address and is running

current firmware, then discovery is usually simple.

If the discovery results are not what you expect, check the following:

• Access points already managed by the wireless management system are not in the

discovery list.

• If two or more access points still have their factory default settings, their IP addresses

might be identical. If this is the case, the wireless management system discovers one of

these access points. Add that access point, change its IP address, and then use

discovery to find the next access point.

• If discovery results show unknown access points, it could be due to these reasons:

- The access point is running an older version of firmware. Upgrade firmware as

needed so that discovery can locate the access point.

- The wireless management system located a NETGEAR access point that is not

supported or located a NETGEAR device that is not an access point.

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