Chapter 8 Maintain And Monitor The Access Point/Router - NETGEAR WAC124 User Manual

8
Maintain and Monitor the Access
Point/Router
This chapter describes how you can maintain the access point/router by managing the
firmware, configuration file, and logs and by setting up the traffic meter. The chapter
also describes how you can monitor the access point/router and its network traffic.
The chapter includes the following sections:
• Update the firmware of the access point/router
• Manage the configuration file of the access point/router
• Recover the local login admin password
• Return the access point/router to its factory default settings
• Manage the time settings
• Manage the activity log
• View the status and statistics of the access point/router
• Router mode: Monitor and meter Internet traffic
• Router mode: Manage and use remote access
• Change the system mode to router mode or back to access point mode
• Disable LED blinking or turn off LEDs
For information about changing the admin password for local login to the access
point/router password and setting up password recovery, see the following sections in
another chapter:
• Change the local login admin password on page 32
• Set up password recovery for the local login admin user name on page 33
131