Change The Management Mode To Insight Or Standalone Mode - NETGEAR WAC505 User Manual

Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC505 User Manual
Change the Management Mode to Insight or Standalone
Mode
The access point can function in one of the following management modes:
• Insight. Select the Insight radio button to manage the access point from a mobile device on which the
NETGEAR Insight app is installed. This is the default setting. Although you can connect to the access
point over the local browser interface, only a basic and limited local browser interface is available. For
information about the NETGEAR Insight app, see the NETGEAR knowledge base articles at
netgear.com/support.
• Standalone. Select the Standalone radio button to manage the access point from a WiFi or wired
device through the local browser interface.
IMPORTANT:
When you change the management mode, the configuration of the access
point is reset (cleared) with the exception of the IP address, access point
name, and password for the local browser interface.The access point restarts
and broadcasts SSID Netgearxxxxxx, in which xxxxxx represents the last six
hexadecimal digits of the access point's MAC address. The MAC address is
listed on the product label. The default WiFi passphrase is sharedsecret.
To change the management mode to Insight mode or Standalone mode:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you
logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Configuration > System > Basic.
The General page displays the basic system settings.
5. Select one of the following radio buttons:
• Insight. The access point functions in Insight management mode.
• Standalone. The access point functions in Standalone management mode.
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