User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Overview
- 2. Install the Access Point in Your Network and Access It for Initial Configuration
- Position your access point
- Set up and connect the access point to your network
- Connect to the access point for initial configuration
- Connect over WiFi using the NETGEAR Insight App
- Connect over the Internet using the NETGEAR Insight Cloud portal
- Connect over WiFi using a WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device
- Connect over Ethernet using a computer connected to the same network
- Connect over Ethernet using a directly connected computer
- Log in to the access point after initial setup
- Dismiss a browser security warning
- 3. 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
- Connect the access point as an extender to a root access point
- Connect over the Internet using the NETGEAR Insight Cloud portal
- 4. Manage the Basic WiFi and Radio Features
- Set up and manage WiFi networks
- 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
- Enable or disable client isolation for a WiFi network
- Hide or broadcast the SSID 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
- Set up and manage captive portals for WiFi networks
- Manage the basic radio features
- Set up and manage WiFi networks
- 5. Manage the Advanced WiFi and Radio Features
- Configure advanced rate selection for a WiFi network
- Manage the advanced radio features
- Manage the advanced WiFi settings for the radios
- Manage the maximum number of clients for a radio
- Manage the broadcast and multicast settings for a radio
- Manage sticky clients
- Manage load balancing for the radios
- Manage Airtime Fairness for the radios
- Manage the ARP proxy
- Manage the amount of broadcast traffic
- Set a data volume limit for the access point
- Enable the WiFi Traffic Analyzer
- Set up a WiFi bridge between access points
- 6. Manage Access and Security
- 7. 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
- Manage port VLANs
- 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
- Enable link aggregation for the LAN 2 port
- Disable link aggregation for the LAN 2 port
- 8. 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 interface
- 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
- 9. 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 the data volume consumption
- View Air Time Fairness client distribution
- View the traffic analysis results
- View alarms and notifications
- 10. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- Capture WiFi and Ethernet packets
- Perform a ping test
- Check the Internet speed
- Quick tips for troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot with the LEDs
- Power/Cloud LED is 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
- The Power/Cloud LED does not stop blinking red, green, and blue
- 2.4, 5H, or 5L WLAN LED Is Off
- A LAN LED is off while a switch or LAN device is connected
- The extender access point and root access point cannot connect
- Troubleshoot the 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. Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications
By default, client isolation is disabled for the VAP, and the Disable radio button is
selected. To block communication between WiFi clients that are associated with the
same SSID or different SSIDs on the access point, select the Enable radio button.
When you select the Enable radio button, the following check boxes display:
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Allow Access to AP UI: If the management VLAN and WiFi network VLAN are
identical (by default, both are VLAN 1) and you enable client isolation, the Allow
Access to AP UI check box displays. By default, this check box is selected, allowing
an admin user to access the local browser UI over the WiFi network. If you clear
the Allow Access to AP UI check box, an admin user cannot access the local
browser UI over the WiFi network.
If the management VLAN and WiFi network VLAN are identical (which they are
by default), an admin user can always access the local browser UI over a wired
network connection.
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Allow access to devices listed below: You can specify static IP addresses or
domains (that resolve to static IP addresses) of network devices that are exempt
from isolation so that clients are allowed to reach them. For more information,
see Enable or disable client isolation for a WiFi network on page 64.
14. Optionally, enable URL tracking.
By default, URL tracking is disabled, and the Disable radio button is selected. To
enable URL tracking for all URLs that are requested by WiFi clients that are connected
to the SSID, select the Enable radio button.
For information about how to view the tracked URLs per SSID or per WiFi client, see
View or download tracked URLs on page 215.
15.
Optionally, change the DHCP Offer message settings.
When a device tries to associate with the WiFi network and negotiates an IP address,
the access point converts the broadcast DHCP offer message that it receives from
the DHCP server to a unicast message, and forwards it to the device. This is the
default option (that is, the Enable radio button is selected). To disable this option
so that the access point does not convert the broadcast DHCP offer messages to
unicast messages, select the Disable radio button.
16.
To configure advance rate selection, see Configure advanced rate selection for a
WiFi network on page 103.
17. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
18. Make sure that you can connect to the new WiFi network.
If you cannot connect to the new WiFi network, check the following:
User Manual60Manage the Basic WiFi and
Radio Features
Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point AC3000 WAC540 User Manual