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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 > Maintenance > Upgrade > Firmware Upgrade.
The Firmware Upgrade page displays. The page shows both the current firmware
version and the backup firmware version.
5. Click the Bootup Backup Firmware button.
A pop-up warning window opens.
IMPORTANT: When you revert to the backup firmware, 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 Swap button.
The pop-up window closes, the firmware reversion process initiates, and the access
point restarts.
WARNING: To avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware, do not interrupt the
reversion. For example, do not close the browser, click a link, or load a new page.
Do not turn off the access point. Wait until the access point finishes restarting and
the Power LED remains solid green.
7.
Verify that the access point runs the backup firmware version by logging back in to
the access point.
The firmware version is stated on the Dashboard page.
User Manual174Manage and Maintain the Access
Point
Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC510 User Manual