Understanding The Discovery Results - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

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The next Discovery Wizard Select Access Points to Manage screen displays. The following
figure shows the screen after the access points have been discovered.
Figure 22. Discovery Wizard: Select Access Points to manage
Check the discovery results to make sure that all the access points are listed. See the
7.
following section,
Add the access points as described in
8.
on page 46.
Discovery

Understanding the Discovery Results

The effectiveness of auto discovery depends in part on how the APs on your LAN are set up.
If each AP 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 controller are not in the discovery list. (To
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view the Managed AP List, select Access Point > Managed AP List.)
If two or more APs still have their factory default settings, their IP addresses might be
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identical. If this is the case, the wireless controller discovers only one of these access
points. Add that access point, change its IP address, and then run auto discovery again to
find the next access point.
If discovery results show unknown APs, it could be due to these reasons:
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The access point is running an older version of firmware. Upgrade firmware as
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needed so that auto discovery can locate the access point.
The wireless controller located a NETGEAR access point that is not supported or
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located a NETGEAR device that is not an access point.
If a new NETGEAR access point is not discovered, it might have a MAC address that the
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wireless controller does not recognize, though this is not common.
Understanding the Discovery Results
Adding Access Points to the Managed List After
Chapter 4: Access Point Discovery and Management
Depending on your selections, this screen might
show Step 4 of 4.
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