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If your browser does not open the login window but displays a security message
and does not let you proceed, see Log in to the access point after initial setup on
page 41.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The 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.
If you previously added the access point to a NETGEAR Insight network location and
managed the access point through the Insight app or Insight Cloud portal, enter the
Insight network password for that location. For more information, see Connect over
WiFi using the NETGEAR Insight App on an iOS or Android mobile device on page
26).
The Dashboard page displays.
4.
Select Management > Configuration > System > Basic > Management Mode.
The Management Mode page displays.
5.
Select one of the following radio buttons:
•
NETGEAR Insight. The access point functions in NETGEAR Insight management
mode.
•
Web-browser. The access point functions in Web-browser management mode.
WARNING: When you change the management mode from Web-browser mode
to NETGEAR Insight 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.
6. Click the Apply button.
A pop-up warning window opens.
7. Click the OK button.
The pop-up window closes and your settings are saved. The access point restarts in
the new management mode.
User Manual161Manage and Maintain the Access
Point
Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC510 User Manual