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Install the Access Point in an Insight
Instant Mesh WiFi Network
In addition to functioning as a regular standalone access point, the access point can
function in an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi network as either a root access point or an
extender access point.
This chapter describes how you can use the NETGEAR Insight app to connect the access
point to a root access point and let it function as an extender access point in an Insight
Instant Mesh WiFi network. The NETGEAR Insight app is available for Insight Premium
and Insight Pro subscribers.
Note: To set up the extender access point in a NETGEAR Insight Instant Mesh WiFi
network with a connection to a root access point, you must use the NETGEAR Insight
app. You cannot use the local browser UI to set up a mesh WiFi connection to a root
access point.
For information about how you can manage and monitor the extender access point with
the NETGEAR Insight app and Insight Cloud portal, visit netgear.com/insight and
netgear.com/support/product/Insight.aspx. For knowledge base articles about NETGEAR
Insight, visit netgear.com/support.
The chapter contains the following sections:
• 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
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