Chapter 2 Install And Access The Access Point/Router In Your - NETGEAR WAC124 User Manual

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Install and Access the Access
Point/Router in Your Network
This chapter describes how you can install and access the access point/router in your
network and go through the initial log-in process, also referred to as single sign-on
(SSO). By default, the access point/router is in access point mode. You can also change
the mode to router mode.
The chapter contains the following sections:
• Connect the access point/router to your existing router and log in for the first time
• Update the access point/router firmware if you cannot complete the initial log-in
process
• About router mode
• Use the access point/router in router mode
• Log in to the access point/router when it is connected to the Internet
• Log in to the access point/router when it is not connected to the Internet
• Use the NETGEAR Insight mobile app to discover the access point/router
• Find the IP address of the access point/router
• Change the language
• Change the local login admin password
• Set up password recovery for the local login admin user name
• Connect a wired or WiFi device to the access point/router's network after installation
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