Chapter 1 Introduction - NETGEAR WAX638E User Manual

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Introduction
This manual is for the NETGEAR Insight Managed WiFi 6E AXE7800 Tri-band Multi-Gig
Access Point Model WAX638E.
Model WAX638E, in this manual referred to as the access point, supports IEEE 802.11ax,
eight (2+4+2) streams of WiFi, and tri-band concurrent operation at 2.4 GHz (2 streams),
5 GHz (4 streams), and 6 GHz (2 streams). The combined throughput is 7800 Mbps:
600 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 4800 Mbps at 5 GHz, and 1200 Mbps at 6 GHz. The 5 GHz and
6 GHz radios support 160 MHz bandwidth.
The access point functions as a Power over Ethernet plus (PoE++) powered device (PD)
in an existing network connected to a PoE++ switch that provides 802.3bt power (60W
PoE++ power on the port that is connected to the access point). The access point also
supports a power adapter for connection to a regular switch. Model WAX638E ships
without a power adapter, and model WAX638EP ships with a power adapter. If you
ordered model WAX638E but prefer to use the access point without a PoE++ connection,
you can order a power adapter separately.
The PoE++ Ethernet port supports a high speed up to 2.5 Gbps. A second Ethernet
LAN port supports a speed of 1 Gbps for a link aggregation (LAG) connection.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Additional documentation
• About the local browser user interface and NETGEAR Insight
Note: For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual, visit the
support website at netgear.com/support/.
Note: Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available from time
to time at netgear.com/support/download/. You can check for and download new
firmware manually. If the features or behavior of your product does not match what is
described in this manual, you might need to update the firmware.
Note: In this manual, WiFi network means the same as SSID (service set identifier or
WiFi network name) or VAP (virtual access point). That is, when we refer to a WiFi network
we mean an individual SSID or VAP.
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