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You can discover supported NETGEAR access points on the LAN that can be managed by the Wireless Management Software. See Appendix A for a list of compatible access points. The Wireless Management Software supports Auto Discovery and IP Discovery.
•Auto Discovery: Use this feature if the Wireless Management Software and all access points on the LAN are in the same IP subnet. This is a Layer 2 discovery method.
•IP Discovery: If the Wireless Management Software and access points use different IP subnets, you can use IP discovery to find the access points for each subnet (one subnet at a time). This is a Layer 3 discovery method.
Note: For discovery to work, each access point must have an IP address. If more than one access point has the same default IP address, then only one of them will be discovered with the model number at a time. You will have to add the access point to the managed list, change its IP address and then run discovery again to discover the next access point with the default IP.
Auto Discovery
Use Auto Discovery if the Wireless Management Software and all access points on the LAN are in the same IP subnet. The process of Auto Discovery depends on how your access points are configured.
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