Netgear WC7500-10000S Product Data Sheet
ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet
WC7500
Full Featured Enterprise-Class Wireless Controller
The NETGEAR® ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller is a fully featured
enterprise class, high performance and secured wireless controller capable of
managing up to 15 Access Points (with a base support of 10 AP’s, and optional
license to support 5 additional AP’s) for Small and Medium Enterprise. The
WC7500 delivers ultra-fast Access Point discovery, Layer 2 and Layer 3 fast
roaming, a captive portal for guest access, fully distributed architecture, and
ease of configuration and management.
The NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 Wireless Controller manages the full
line of NETGEAR ProSAFE Access Points, from entry level single band APs
(WNAP210 and WNAP320), business class dual band APs (WNDAP350 and
WNDAP360), high performance 3x3:450 Mbps per radio dual band concurrent
APs (WNDAP660), to specialized in-wall mounted APs (WN370) and outdoor
APs (WND930) to a full line of industry fastest 802.11 ac APs (WAC720 and
WAC730) all with a single click of a mouse.
Unlike other Wireless systems that are costly, complex and cumbersome to
deploy, the WC7500 wireless controller is ideal for K-12 education, hospitality,
and healthcare deployments. Designed with simplicity in mind for management
and ease of use, it oers enterprise grade functionality and capability for small
Features
to mid-sized organizations, without the cost and complexity of big IT.
Perfect for Entry Level deployment
•Supports up to 15 Access Points with a base
support of 10 AP’s and optional license to
support additional 5 AP’s
Ultra-fast Access Point discovery with
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Ufast
•Ufasttm AP discovery provides super-fast
AP discovery
•Improves reliability and shortens setup time
•Secured communication between AP and
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Distributed and local forwarding
•Data trac forwarded to the best path
without traversing the controller
•Eliminates controller bottleneck for high
throughput 802.11n and 802.11ac APs
•Intelligent tunneling with Layer 2 and
Layer 3 roaming
Enterprise-grade and feature-rich
•Layer 2 and Layer 3 seamless roaming
•Dynamic RF adjustments
•WLAN healing for automatic RF coverage in
the case of AP failure
•Rogue AP detection
•Bandsteering to optimally load balance
trac between 2.4 and 5GHz
Investment protection
•Dynamically moves clients from a
congested frequency (typically 2.4GHz)
onto a less congested one (5GHz)
•Supports 802.11n and 802.11ac ProSAFE
Access Points
Industry-leading warranty
This product is backed by a NETGEAR limited
ProSAFE® Lifetime Hardware Warranty
•ProSUPPORT Lifetime Chat Technical Support
(Remote diagnostics performed by our
technical experts for prompt resolution of
technical issues)
•ProSUPPORT 90 days Live Phone Technical
Support 24 x 7
•Lifetime Next Business Day (NBD) Hardware
replacement (See http://onsite.netgear.com for
coverage, availability and terms and conditions)
•Includes Lifetime Next Business Day Hardware
Replacement
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet
WC7500
Supported Access Points
Access
Points
WAC730
WAC720
WNDAP660
WNDAP360
WNDAP350
WNAP320
Description Typical
Wireless-AC 3x3:1.7 Gbps
High Performance Access Point
Wireless-AC 2x2:1.2 Gbps
Premium Access Point
Wireless-N 3x3:900 Mbps
Dual Band Concurrent Premium
Access Point
Wireless-N 2x2:600 Mbps
Dual Band Concurrent
Access Point
Wireless-N 2x2:600 Mbps
Dual Band Concurrent
Access Point (Metal)
Wireless-N 2x2:300 Mbps
Single Band Access Point
Medium to large enterprise,
higher education, mid to large
hotels and hospitals requiring
ultra high density throughput
Medium enterprise, higher education, hospitality requiring high
Medium enterprise, higher
education, mid-sized hotels
enterprise, K-12 schools with
Small to medium enterprise, K-12
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Deployment
density and throughput
and hospitals
Small to medium
advanced Wi-Fi, hotels,
mid-sized hospitals
Warehouse,
transportation,
hardened locations
with basic Wi-Fi
WNAP210
WN370
WND930
WNDAP380R*
*selected regions
Wireless-N 2x2:300 Mbps
Single Band Access Point
Wireless-N 2x2:300 Mbps
Wall Mount Single Band
Access Point
Wireless-N 2x2:600 Mbps
Dual Band Concurrent
Outdoor Access Point
Wireless-N 2x2:600 Mbps
Dual Band Concurrent
Access Point with RFID
Entry level small to medium
enterprise
Small to medium hospitality
requiring per room wire/wireless
access
Outdoor deployment in schools,
hospitalities, parking lots
Medium to large hospitals, clinics
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet
WC7500
Features
Scalable Architecture
The NETGEAR WC7500 Premium Wireless
Controller supports up to 15 APs with base
support of 10 AP’s and optional license to
support additional 5 AP’s.
Centralized Management
Deployed as an overlay on the existing
wired network infrastructure, the
NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 Premium
Wireless Controller simplifies the network
management by providing a single point
of management for the entire wireless
network. Easy to set up, the WC7500
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 ecient 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
WC7500 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 nonbusiness 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
WC7500 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 WC7500 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 aer 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.
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 WiFi
The NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 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 latencysensitive applications such as video, audio
and voice over wireless. WiFi Multimedia
(WMM) advanced prioritization extends
WiFi’s high-quality end-user experience to
voice applications (VoWi-Fi).
Monitoring and Reporting
The WC7500 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, trac 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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