D-Link DWC-2000 [12/282] Product overview

D-Link DWC-2000 User Manual 12

Section 1 - Product Overview

Product Overview

Introduction

The DWC-2000 Wireless Controller is intended to provide medium-to-large-sized businesses with a solution for

conguring, managing, and monitoring up to 256 D-Link DWL-2600AP, DWL-3600AP, DWL-6600AP, DWL-8600AP,

and/or DWL-8610AP access points from a central location.

Using the wireless controller and the access points with which it is associated lets you:

• Discover and congure D-Link access points on the WLAN

• Optimize wireless access point performance with centralized RF management, security, Quality of Service

(QoS), and other conguration features

• Streamline security conguration tasks and set up guest access

• Monitor network status and statistics

• Perform maintenance tasks and rmware updates for the wireless management system and for D-Link

access points on your wireless network

• Conduct troubleshooting procedures

Conguration is performed using conguration proles. A conguration prole allows a wireless controller to

distribute a set of radio, Service Set Identier (SSID), and QoS parameters to the access points associated with

that prole.

The wireless controller comes with one prole predened. You can use this prole as is, edit it to suit your

requirements, or create new conguration proles as necessary. For example:

• An oce building may have one conguration prole for access points located in one area of a facility

(such as a general work area) and a dierent prole for access points in another area of the facility (for

example, in the Human Resources department).

• A shopping mall may need several conguration proles if several businesses share a WLAN, but each

business has its own network.

• Large networks that need dierent policies per building or department could have access points

congured for security policies for each building and department (for example, one for guests, one for

management, one for sales, and so on).