User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hardware Overview Indoor Model WAX610
- 3. Hardware Overview Outdoor Model WAX610Y
- 4. Install the Access Point in Your Network and Access It for Initial Configuration
- 5. Install the Access Point in an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi Network
- What are a root access point and an extender access point?
- What is an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi network?
- Requirements for placing an extender access point in a mesh WiFi network
- Install the NETGEAR Insight app to manage an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi network
- Connect the access point as an extender to a root access point
- Connect over the Internet using the NETGEAR Insight Cloud portal
- 6. Manage the Basic WiFi Features
- Set up an open or secure WiFi network
- View or change the settings of a WiFi network
- Disable or enable a WiFi network or set up a WiFi activity schedule
- Remove a WiFi network
- Change the authentication and encryption for a WiFi network
- Hide or broadcast the SSID for a WiFi network
- Enable or disable client isolation for a WiFi network
- Enable or disable band steering with 802.11k RRM and 802.11v WiFi network management
- Change the VLAN ID for a WiFi network
- Enable or disable PMF for a WiFi network
- Enable or disable URL tracking for a WiFi network
- Change the format of the DHCP offer messages in a WiFi network
- Select a MAC ACL for a WiFi network
- Set bandwidth rate limits for a WiFi network
- 7. Manage the Basic Radio Features
- 8. Set Up and Manage a Captive Portal
- 9. Manage Access and Security
- 10. Manage the Local Area Network and IP Settings
- Disable the DHCP client and specify a fixed IP address
- Enable the DHCP client
- Set the 802.1Q VLAN and management VLAN
- Specify an existing domain name
- Enable or disable Spanning Tree Protocol
- Enable or disable the network integrity check function
- Enable or disable IGMP snooping
- Enable or disable Ethernet LLDP
- Enable or disable UPnP
- 11. Manage and Maintain the Access Point
- Change the management mode to NETGEAR Insight or Web-browser
- Change the country or region of operation
- Change the admin user account password
- Change the system name
- Specify a custom NTP server
- Set the time zone
- Manage the syslog settings
- Manage the firmware of the access point
- Manage the configuration file of the access point
- Reboot the access point from the local browser UI
- Schedule the access point to reboot
- Return the access point to its factory default settings
- Enable SNMP and manage the SNMP settings
- Manage the LEDs
- 12. Monitor the Access Point and the Network
- View the access point Internet, IP, and system settings
- View the WiFi radio settings
- View unknown and known neighbor access points
- View client distribution, connected clients, and client trends
- View WiFi and Ethernet traffic, traffic and ARP statistics, and channel utilization
- View or download tracked URLs
- View, save, download, or clear the logs
- View a WiFi bridge connection
- View alarms and notifications
- 13. Set up a WiFi Bridge
- 14. Manage the Advanced Radio Features
- 15. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- Perform a ping test
- Check the Internet speed
- Quick tips for WiFi troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot with the LEDs
- Power/Cloud LED remains off
- Power/Cloud LED remains solid amber
- Power/Cloud LED is blinking amber slowly, continuously
- The access point functions as a PoE PD and the Power/Cloud LED remains solid amber
- Power/Cloud LED does not light blue in the NETGEAR Insight management mode
- Power/Cloud LED does not stop blinking amber, green, and blue
- 2.4G or 5G WLAN LED is off
- The extender access point and root access point cannot connect
- Troubleshoot WiFi connectivity
- Troubleshoot Internet browsing
- You cannot log in to the access point over a LAN connection
- Changes are not saved
- You enter the wrong password and can no longer log in to the access point
- Troubleshoot your network using the ping utility
- A. Mount Indoor Model WAX610 to a Wall or Ceiling
- B. Mount Outdoor Model WAX610Y to a Wall or Pole
- C. Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications
8.
Configure the WDS profile settings as described in the following table.
DescriptionSetting
The WiFi network name on which the WDS is established. The default name is
Netgear-WDS-x, in which x is the number of the WDS (1, 2, 3, or 4).
Wireless Network
Name (SSID)
The MAC address of the local WDS radio interface, that is, the MAC address of the
local radio on which the WDS is established. You cannot change this MAC address
on this page. The MAC address is displayed for your information.
Enter this MAC address on the remote access point of the WDS connection.
Local MAC Address
The MAC address of the remote WDS radio interface, that is, the MAC address of
the remote radio on which the WDS is established.
Remote MAC Address
By default, the selection from the menu is Open, in which case authentication and
data encryption are not applicable. To secure the WDS connection, select WPA2
Personal and specify the following settings:
•
Encryption. The data encryption is AES and you cannot change this setting.
•
Passphrase. The passphrase for the WDS connection. For you to enable the WDS
connection, the passphrase on the remote access point must match the passphrase
that you define in this field.
Network
Authentication, Data
Encryption, and
Passphrase
9. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
10.
Configure the WiFi bridge settings on the access point at the other end of the WiFi
bridge and restart that access point.
Note: If the device at the other end of the WiFi bridge is a NETGEAR access point,
you might not need to restart it.
The WiFi bridge is established.
11.
Verify connectivity across the LANs of both access points.
If the configuration is set up correctly, a computer on any WiFi or wired LAN segment
of the access point that functions as the WiFi repeater can connect to the Internet
or share files and printers with any other computer or server connected to the access
point that functions as the WiFi base station.
User Manual201Set up a WiFi Bridge
Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Access Point Models WAX610 and WAX610Y