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
- Position your access point for best performance
- Set up and connect the access point to your network
- Connect to the access point for initial configuration
- Configure indoor model WAX610 offline using a directly connected computer
- Log in to the access point after initial setup
- Dismiss a browser security warning
- 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 for a WiFi network
- Set up an open or secure WiFi network
- View or change the settings of a WiFi network
- Remove a WiFi network
- Hide or broadcast the SSID for a WiFi network
- Change the VLAN ID for a WiFi network
- Change the authentication and encryption for a WiFi network
- Enable or disable PMF for a WiFi network
- Disable or enable a WiFi network or set up a WiFi activity schedule
- Enable or disable band steering with 802.11k RRM and 802.11v WiFi network management
- 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
- Set 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
- Display the access point Internet, IP, and system settings
- Display the WiFi radio settings
- Display unknown and known neighbor access points
- Display 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. Manage the Advanced WiFi Features for a WiFi network
- 14. Set up a WiFi Bridge
- 15. Manage the Advanced Radio Features
- 16. 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 for a WiFi client device
- 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. Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications
- B. Mount Indoor Model WAX610 to a Wall or Ceiling
- C. Mount Outdoor Model WAX610Y to a Wall or Pole
DescriptionSetting
Enter the maximum number of WiFi clients that can simultaneously associate with
the radio. The range is from 1 to 200. The default is 200 WiFi clients.
Max. Wireless Clients
Enter the Request to Send (RTS) threshold. The range is from 256 to 2346. The default
is 2346.
If the packet size is equal to or less than the RTS threshold, the radio uses the Carrier
Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) mechanism and the data
frame is transmitted immediately after the silence period. If the packet size is larger
than the RTS threshold, the system uses the CSMA with Collision Avoidance
(CSMA/CA) mechanism. In this situation, the transmitting device sends the RTS packet
to the receiving device and waits for the receiving device to return a Clear to Send
(CTS) packet before sending the actual packet data.
RTS Threshold
(256-2346)
Enter an interval between 100 ms and 300 ms for each beacon transmission, which
allows the radio to synchronize the WiFi network. The default is 100 ms.
Note: If you set up more than four WiFi networks, the beacon interval is automatically
changed to 300.
Beacon Interval
(100-300)
When the WiFi mode is 802.11n, you can select the 802.11n 256 QAM check box
to enable the 2.4 GHz radio to function over 256-quadrature amplitude modulation
(QAM), which can increase the 2.4 GHz radio throughput for 802.11n clients that are
capable of supporting 256 QAM. By default, 256 QAM is disabled for the 2.4 GHz
radio, that is, the check box is cleared.
By default, 256-QAM is enabled for the 5 GHz radio and you cannot disable it (the
page does not provide a check box for the 5 GHz radio).
802.11n 256 QAM
Move the slider to specify the delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) interval or
the data beacon rate, which indicates the beacon delivery traffic indication message
period in multiples of beacon intervals. This value must be between 1 and 255. The
default is 2.
DTIM Interval (1-255)
Multicast and broadcast rate limiting is enabled by default to improve the overall
network performance by limiting the number of packets that are transmitted across
the network. By default, the setting is 50 (the maximum possible value), which specifies
a maximum rate limit of 50 packets per second. To change the setting, move the
slider. To disable multicast and broadcast rate limiting, clear the small check box.
Broadcast/Multicast
Rate Limiting
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Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Access Point Models WAX610 and WAX610Y