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Aspirant

Aug 02, 2021

WAC720 and WAC730 802.11r

Is there anyway to enable 802.11r/seamless roaming/fast transition on these access points? The specification says that they are capable of it, but there is no setting in the GUI. I have tried...

schumaku

Guru - Experienced User

Aug 02, 2021

While the WAC720/730 are not intended for Insight, with BC being EoL we urgently need a way to enable 802.11r FT in ensemble mode RaghuHR please. Similar, the Controller-only-feature LED off contrl is baldy missing, too.

pn23

Aspirant

Aug 02, 2021

Ah that explains why I couldn't find a way to sign up for BC then. I couldn't find anything to say it's gone EOL. I bought these APs less than a year ago so feeling like I've been stiffed over this.
RaghuHR if the one cloud management system has been retired it does seem pretty poor to not be able to add them to the remaining one.

pn23
Aspirant
Aug 05, 2021
RaghuHR We'd really appreciate an answer on this one please.

Surely firmware could be released that enables these devices to communicate with Insight?
- RaghuHR
  NETGEAR Expert
  Aug 05, 2021
  Hi pn23
  
  I've forwarded your concern to upper management. Will update you once we have more info.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Raghu
  - pn23
    Aspirant
    Sep 13, 2021
    Hi RaghuHR schumaku ,
    
    We managed to obtain a WC7500 for the site that required it and this has been working as expected for roaming purposes during a week of testing.
    
    We have put the unit into production now and wanted to secure a couple of SSIDs using RADIUS and PKI however can not get the device to accept certificates.
    
    I have noticed others mentioning this in https://community.netgear.com/t5/Business-Wireless/WC7500-SSL-Certificate-is-hacked/td-p/1743298 but Netgear seems to have remained characteristically tight lipped about it.
    
    Is this correct? Can you really not install your own certificates issued to protect your own domain and infrastructure, despite their being the options in the UI to install these and the documentation for the device *recommending* that you do this?