Step 3: Connect The Access Point To Your Network - NETGEAR WAC740 Installation Manual

ProSAFE Dual Band Wireless AC Access Point Model WAC740
- 2.4 GHz cordless phone
- 5 GHz cordless phone
• Away from large metal surfaces, large glass surfaces, insulated walls, and items such as
the following:
- Brick walls or surfaces
- Concrete walls or surfaces
- Solid metal doors
- Aluminum studs
- Fish tanks
- Mirrors
Placing an external antenna in a vertical position provides best side-to-side coverage.
Placing an external antenna in a horizontal position provides best up-and-down coverage.
(An external antenna does not come standard with the access point.)

Step 3: Connect the Access Point to Your Network

Connecting the access point to the network involves the following tasks:
1. Configure the network IP address of the access point. The access point uses a
DHCP client that is enabled by default. If your network includes a DHCP server, the
access point obtains an IP address from the DHCP server. If your network does not
include a DHCP server, the access point sets its IP address to a static IP address of
192.168.0.160. In that situation, you must use a computer to connect to the access point
so that you can configure the network IP address of the access point (see
Network Does Not Include a DHCP Server, Connect the Access Point to a Computer
page 17).
If your network does include a DHCP server, note the following:
- Make sure that Option 43 is enabled on the DHCP server.
- Make sure that the DHCP server specifies the IP address of the NETGEAR wireless
controller that you intend to use to discover and configure the access point.
- We recommend that you reserve an IP address for the access point on the DHCP
server.
2. Connect the access point to a switch. In a typical setup, you connect the access point to
a switch that is connected to the same Layer 2 or Layer 3 network as the wireless controller.
You can set up a single 100/1000 Mbps or 2.5 Gbps Ethernet connection to the switch or
you can set up a LAG connection to the switch (see
a Switch on page 18).
3. Provide power to the access point. Either the switch to which you connect the access
point provides PoE+ power to the access point or you must use a power adapter to provide
power to the access point (see
Step 3b: Connect the Access Point to
Step 3c: Provide Power to the Access Point
Installation
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Step 3a: If the
on
on page 19).