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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 Cloud Portal or 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 Cloud Portal
and Insight app are 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 either the NETGEAR
Insight Cloud Portal or 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 Insight Cloud Portal and Insight app and , 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
• Connect the access point as an extender to a root access point using the Cloud
Portal
• 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 using the Insight app
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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