High-Level Deployment Scenarios; Scenario Example 1: Network With Single Vlan - NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 User Manual

High-Level Deployment Scenarios

This section provides three deployment scenarios to illustrate how the wireless controller can
function in various network configurations:
•

Scenario Example 1: Network With Single VLAN

• Scenario Example 2: Advanced Network With VLANs and SSIDs
• Scenario Example 3: Advanced Network With Redundancy
Scenario Example 1: Network With Single VLAN
The following sample scenario consists of a simple network with a wireless controller, PoE
switch, Layer 3 switch or router, and access points.
Management VLAN Ethernet traffic
All client Ethernet traffic
Deploy the wireless controller
on a trunk port if you use the
internal DHCP server
Wireless controller
Figure 14. Example: Basic network with a single VLAN
ProSAFE Wireless Controller
PoE switch
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Employee
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Backend L3 switch
or router
Access point
WNDAP360
Employee
computer