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Number or Icon and Description
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A mobile phone with the Insight app or either a computer or a tablet with access to the Insight Cloud portal.
The Insight app or Insight Cloud portal let you configure and manage the extender access point in the Insight
Instant Mesh WiFi network.
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A network switch. If a WAX610 functions as a root access point, the switch must provide PoE+ to the WAX610.
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A network router that is connected to the Internet.
Broadcast in the 2.4 GHz radio band.
Broadcast in the 5 GHz radio band.
What is an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi
network?
A mesh WiFi network consists of at least one mesh-capable root access point and one
or more extender access points that connect to the root access point over WiFi (see
What are a root access point and an extender access point? on page 41). The root access
point is connected over Ethernet to a router or Internet gateway and provides Internet
access to its extender access points. The root access point and extender access points
work together to cover a potentially large area with WiFi network, which is the mesh
network.
A mesh network can be a good solution if you want to bring WiFi to the following
environments:
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Nearby rooms where cabling is not available (in line of sight and in range of the
current WiFi reception)
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Neighboring office buildings (in line of sight and in range of the current WiFi
reception)
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Any environment in which you cannot run cables
User Manual42Install the Access Point in an
Insight Instant Mesh WiFi
Network
Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Access Point WAX610 User Manual