Netgear WMS5316-100NAS WLAN access point
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1. NETGEAR One Configuration Automatic Management Access Points ProSate 16 AP Wireless Management System DYohromslal 1 11 WMS5316 Central Configuration for up to 16 Wireless Access Points Utilizing multiple wireless access points throughout the network provides the performance coverage and reliability required by businesses of all sizes However individually configuring deploying and managing multiple standalone devices can quickly become resource intensive creating a significant burden on scarce IT resources The NETGEAR ProSafe WMS5316 Wireless Management System resolves this quandary With support for up to 16 wireless access points it provides a single location to configure and manage all wireless access points in the network Mimicking the set up process of a single access point the NETGEAR ProSafe WMS5316 Wireless Management System supports up to 16 wireless access points to provide a single location with which to centrally configure the entire wireless network The WMS5316 is the ideal solution for businesses and schools with 50 200 users delivering centralized management via an intuitive interface without the costs that accompany full service wireless controllers With a single entry of wireless parameters and security settings that can be simultaneously pushed to all wireless access points on the network the system dramatically simplifies the deployment and daily management of the wireless network The WMS5312. 0 or higher Package Contents Wireless Management System WMS531 6 Ethernet cable power cord installation guide resource CD Warranty ProSafe Lifetime ORDERING INFORMATION North America WMS5316 100NAS Europe WMS5316 100EUS Asia WMS5316 100AUS PROSUPPORT SERVICE PACKS OnCall 24x7 Category 1 PMB0331 100 US PMB0331 non US XPressHW Category 1 PRRO33 1 NETGEAR 350 E Plumeria Drive San Jose CA 95134 1911 1 888 NETGEAR 638 4327 E mail info NETGEAR com www NETGEAR com 2010 NETGEAR Inc NETGEAR the NETGEAR Logo NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Logo Connect with Innovation FrontView IntelliFi PowerShift ProSafe ProSecure RAIDar RAIDiator RangeMax ReadyNAS Smart Wizard X RAID and X RAID2 are trademarks and or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc and or subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder s Information is subject to change without notice All rights reserved Free basic installation support provided for 90 days from date of purchase Advanced product features and configurations are not included in free basic installation support optional premium support available D WMS53 16 4
3. 6 Wireless Management System monitors the wireless network to ensure optimal performance and respond to changes in the RF environment Once a day based on a schedule it will automatically re assign channels and adjust RF parameters for maximum connectivity WMS5316 can ensure that no single access point is overloaded continuously by limiting the maximum number of clients per access point Supporting a wide portfolio of standard NETGEAR access points the WMS5316 Wireless Manage ment System enables customers to select the right access points for their needs even mixing models to provide the right coverage as well as an upgrade path as technology changes Supported models include 802 11g access points as well as professional caliber dual band 802 11n access points DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WMS 5316 AND A FULL SERVICE WIRELESS CONTROLLER WC7520 WMS5316 WC7520 Main functionality Wireless Management Wireless Controller Number of access points Up to 16 Up to 50 per Controller Up to 150 per Stack Central configuration Yes Yes Multiple SSIDs VLANs Yes Yes Automatic RF management Yes Once a day schedule Yes Continuous healing Limitation of number of clients per AP Yes Yes RF Planning before deployment No Yes Based on Floor plans and computed coverage Dynamic RF with heat map after deployment No Yes Real time view of wireless connectivity Yes Automatic WLAN healing after loss of AP Self Hea
4. VLANs can be configured per radio a maximum of 16 SSIDs per group for both the radios 2 4 GHz and 5 GHz ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY Automatic Discovery Layer 2 discovery method if the Wireless Management System and all the wireless access points on the LAN are in the same IP subnet IP Discovery Layer 3 discovery method if the the Wireless Management System and the wireless access points use different IP subnets IP discov ery can be used to find the access points for each subnet one subnet at a time ACCESS POINT MANAGEMENT Managed Access Point Assignment After the Wireless Management System discovers the access points they can be added and set managed by the Wireless Management System Access Point Information Edition Name modifiable model cannot be modified user name for logging in to the access point cannot be modified password modifi able Access Point Groups Initially all the wireless access points belong to the same access point group Up to 8 independent groups of managed access points can be configured and each access point can belong to only one group ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS WMS5316 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION RF Centralized Automatic RF Management Automatically allocates access points channel and RF power based on each access point performance in the local environment For example if an access point experiences interfere
5. e been allocated IP addresses by the integrated DHCP server or the multiple DHCP server pool VLANs MANAGEMENT Management Interface HTTP SNMP v1 v2c telnet Secure Shell SSH Log Delivery If available Syslog server on the network the wireless management system and managed access points can send all logs Logs are also available on the GUI and ready to download log export file Diagnostics Managed Access Points Ping Maintenance Save restore configuration restore to factory defaults admin password change add user read only firmware upgrade via Web browser for the wireless management system and the managed access points SNMP Wireless Management System SNMP v1 v2c SNMP Access Point Groups SNMP v1 v2c HARDWARE Gigabit RJ45 Ports LAN Switch 4 port 10 100 1000 Flash Memory RAM 64 MB 512 MB USB Port 1 Major Regulatory Compliance FCC Class A CE WEEE RoHS Storage and Operating Temperatures Operating Temperature 0 45 C 32 113 F Storage Temperature 20 70 C 4 158 F Humidity Operation 90 Maximum Relative Storage 95 Maximum Relative Electrical Specifications 100 240V AC 50 60 Hz Universal Input DC 5V 5A internal power supply Dimensions W x H x D cm 33 x 4 3 x 20 9 Dimensions W x H x D in IBIZ Weight kb lb 2 1 4 6 System Requirements Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher or Mozilla Firefox 1
6. formation and wireless network usage Displays status for the managed access points and details per managed access point group that includes configuration settings current wireless settings current clients and current traffic statistics Rogue Access Points Basic status displays the count of rogue or neighboring access points discovered by the managed access points instantly and in the last 24 hours e Rogue access points reported e Rogue access points in same channel e Rogue access points in interfering channels ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System WMS5316 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS WIRELESS NETWORK MONITORING Wireless Client Status The client status list specifies detailed information about each client node currently associated with managed access points Wireless Network Usage Network usage statistics display plots of average received transmitted network traffic per managed access point Three different plots show Ethernet Wireless 802 11 b bg ng and 802 11 a na mode traffic separately Wireless Network Topology DHCP Leases e Display topology graph of the managed access points connectivity graph The managed access points icons can be moved on the topology background and their locations saved for later displays e Background image file a floor map jpg gif image of size 800 x 600 can be uploaded and displayed as the topology background Displays DHCP details for wireless clients which hav
7. less Performance Optimization Allows centralized RF management Quality of Service QoS Wireless Security Configuration Streamlines security configuration tasks Wireless Network Monitoring Summarizes managed access point status rogue access points wireless clients status and wireless network usage Maintenance Operations Provides remote management and firmware updates for the managed access points on the LAN NETWORK CONFIGURATION LEVELS EASE OF USE EVEN FOR NON PROFESSIONAL USERS Basic Settings for a Typical Network The basic settings fit the most common network configurations All wireless access points belong to the same organization or business Advanced Settings for Access Point Groups If completely separate networks share a single LAN advanced settings allow set up of access point groups For example a shopping mall might need access point groups if several businesses share a LAN but each business has its own network TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IP AND VLAN CONFIGURATION Own IP Address Fixed IP address only no DHCP client mode for the Wireless Management System itself DHCP Server The Wireless Management System can function as a DHCP server Multiple DHCP server pools can be added for different VLANs VLANs for the Wireless Management System Untagged Management VLAN default or dedicated management VLAN tagged VLANs for the Access Points Multiple SSIDs For each access point group up to 8 tagged
8. ling Wireless network No or due to RF interferences Danc load Balancen e Yes Based on number of clients per AP or Y g client Signal strength Data rate threshold L2 and L3 Fast Roaming support No Yes Built in AAA server LDAP support No Yes Captive portal with Guest management No Yes Summary Access Points configuration Dynamic RF capabilities 1 888 NETGEAR 638 4327 Email info NETGEAR com _ T NETGEAR ROSAFE LIFETIME WARRANTY ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System WMS5316 Internet WMS5316 UTM150 mM ARERR Ree ee ee crm i TOCA NST Re wen ee O a O pap ap ap Sap 5 h ah ah h GS724TP GS748T GS724TP GS724TP WNDAP350 WNDAP350 WNAP320 WNAP320 WNDAP350 WNAP320 WG103 WG103 FEATURES AND BENEFITS SUPPORTED ACCESS MINIMUM FIRMWARE VERSION POINT MODELS REQUIRED Up to 16 mixed WNDAP360 Prosafe Dual Band 802 1 1n Wireless Bccess Point WNDAP360_V2 0 7 access points are simultaneously WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802 1 1n Wireless Access Point WNDAP350_V2 0 27 rea laa by WNAP320 ProSafe 802 11n Wireless Access Point WNAP320_V2 0 3 e Wireless Management WNAP210 ProSafe 802 11n Wireless Access Point WNAP210_V2 0 27 System WMS5316 WG103 ProSafe 802 1 1g Wireless Access Point WG103_V2 0 37 WMS5316 KEY FEATURES BENEFITS Access Point Discovery Discovers NETGEAR Wireless Access Points everywhere on the LAN Wire
9. nce on a channel the Wireless Management System allocates a different channel to that access point Selectable Corporate Channel List for Auto Channel Selection For channel list the administrator will be able to select what are the allowed corporate channels for 2 4GH and 5GHz band The Channel allocator will assign the access points within the corporate allowed channels RF Management Schedule Channel allocation can be scheduled on a daily weekly basis once a day at a specified time Client Aware RF Management If enabled the Wireless Management System will not modify the channel for an access point with associated clients that would be impacted by the channel change The Wireless Management System will wait for the next scheduled channel allocation to adjust the channel Usage aware RF Management If enabled the Wireless Management System will not modify the channel for an access point that is switching more than 1 Mbps of wireless data traffic Custom RF Settings Radio mode preference and 2 4 GHz or 5 GHz band selection for each access point group Advanced Wireless Settings for Access Point Groups If centralized automatic RF management disabled for each radio band 802 11 b bg ng and 802 11 a na the Wireless Manage ment System can centrally configure each access point group with common settings turn radio on wireless mode MCS index data rate channel width 11n only guard interval 11n only output po
10. r used for authentication e Secondary authentication server for use if the primary authentication server fails or is unreachable e Primary accounting server used for accounting on the network e Secondary accounting server for use if the primary accounting server fails or is unreachable Guest Access Guest access settings are useful when configuring a public wireless network preferably secured VLAN SSID The guest access feature is not a captive portal Guest access settings aim to e Redirect the user to a specified internal Guest web page or external guest portal e Allow users to enter simple information such as an email address e Identify sessions and track usage When guest access is configured it redirects the first HTTP TCP port 80 request to the default guest access page The last 512 IP access and entered email address are recorded Rogue Access Point Detection Unidentified access points that use the SSID of a legitimate network can present a serious security threat Rogue access point detec tion is enabled by default on all the managed access points To detect rogue access points the managed access points scan the wireless environment on all available channels looking for unidentified access points WIRELESS NETWORK MONITORING Monitoring Summary Managed Access Point Status Summary of the managed access points status rogue access points detected wireless stations connected wireless management system in
11. ss Point Allows the Wireless Management System to set maximum number of client s limitation per access point or per radio ensuring that no single access point is overloaded continuously WIRELESS CONFIGURATION SECURITY Security Profiles Lists Up to eight 8 security profiles per radio can be configured for all the managed access points If several access point groups have been defined then up to eight 8 security profiles per access point group can be centrally configured Security Profiles settings Name wireless network name SSID broadcast wireless network name network authentication open Shared Key legacy 801 1X WPA and WPA2 with RADIUS WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA PSK WPA2 PSK data encryption none WEP TKIP AES TKIP AES Wire less client security separation wireless clients can t communicate each other VLAN ID MAC Authentication Block the network access privilege of the specified stations through all managed access points or through one or several specific access point group Local MAC Address Database The managed access points use the local MAC address table for access control Remote MAC Address Dabase Radius The managed access points use the MAC address table on an external 802 1x Radius server on the LAN for access control 801 1x RADIUS Server Settings Four types of 801 x RADIUS server can be configured per access point group e Primary authentication server main RADIUS serve
12. wer RTS threshold 0 2347 fragmentation length 256 2346 beacon interval 100 1000 aggregation length 1024 65535 11n only AMPDU 11n only RIFS transmission 11n only enable Wi Fi Multimedia WMM DTIM interval 1 and 255 preamble type 11b bg only access point channel WIRELESS CONFIGURATION QOS WMM Quality of Service WMM automatically prioritizes traffic for both upstream traffic from the stations to the access points station EDCA parameters and downstream traffic from the access points to the client stations AP EDCA parameters Basic QoS settings for all the access points or advanced QoS settings for each access point group are available WMM Queues in Decreasing e Voice The highest priority queue with minimum delay which makes it ideal for applications like VOIP and streaming media Order of Priority e Video The second highest priority queue with low delay is given to this queue Video applications are routed to this queue e Best Effort The medium priority queue with medium delay is given to this queue Most standard IP application will use this queue e Background Low priority queue with high throughput Applications such as FTP which are not time sensitive but require high throughput can use this queue WMM Power Save option WMM Power Save helps conserve battery power in small devices such as phones laptops PDAs and audio players using IEEE 802 11e mechanisms Max Number of Clients per Acce
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