After you have performed the initial configuration and changed the IP address to an address that is specific to your network, you are ready to configure the wireless controller for management of your wireless network.
This section is a roadmap only: It provides high-level configuration steps with references to the sections or chapters that provide detailed configuration steps.
To configure the wireless controller for management of your wireless network:
- Open a web browser. In the browser's address field, type the http:// followed by the IP address that you assigned to the wireless controller.
By default, the IP address is 192.168.0.250. If you have not yet assigned another IP address to the wireless controller, type http://192.168.0.250.
The wireless controller's login screen displays. - Enter your user name If you have not yet personalized your user name and password, enter admin for the user name and password for the password, both in lowercase letters.
- Click the Login button.
The wireless controller's web management interface opens and displays the Summary screen. - Register the licenses.
For more information, see "How do I register my licenses for my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600? - (Optional but recommended) Replace the default certificate with a custom certificate for certificate-based authentication of the internal authentication server.
For more information, see How do I manage my certificates on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600? - (Optional but recommended) Configure logs, alerts, and alarms.
For more information, see "How do I configure Log, Syslog, Alarm Notification, and Email Settings on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600? - Configure security profiles:
a. Configure the security profiles for the basic profile group or for advanced profile groups.
For detailed configuration steps, see: "How do I manage security profiles for the basic profile group on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600?".
b. (Optional) Configure authentication servers.
c. (Optional) Configure MAC authentication.
For more information, see "How do I manage mac authentication and mac authentication groups on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600?"
d. (Optional) Assign the authentication servers and MAC ACLs to the security profiles.
For more information, see: "How do I manage security profiles for the basic profile group on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600? - Configure the managed access point list:
a.Run the Discovery Wizard and add access points to the managed list.
For more information, see "How do I discover access points in factory default state and access points in a layer 2 subnet?"
b. (Optional) Configure access points that are on the managed list.
For more information, see "How do I view the managed AP list on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600?"
c. (Optional) Assign access points to advanced profile groups.
For more information, see "How do I assign access points to advanced profile groups on my ProSAFE Wireless controller WC7600? - (Optional) Configure rogue access point detection.
- (Optional) Configure a guest portal or captive portal.
For more information, see "How do I manage guest network access on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600? - (Optional) Configure user accounts and portal accounts.
For more information, see "How do I manage users, accounts, and passwords on my ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC7600? - (Optional) Configure wireless and QoS settings.
- (Optional but recommended) Back up the configuration.
Last Updated:10/17/2025
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Article ID: 25144