Fixed Issues

• Security vulnerability fixes.
• Fixed the issue where the Wireless clients disconnects whenever WAC120 AP renews its DHCP IP address.
• Fixed the issue where the WAC120 AP UI shows wireless client channel width as 20MHz for the wireless clients working on 40MHz channel width.
• Removed the default password change option after the first login.

Known issues:

• In congested environment, client mode AP configured in OPEN-NONE or OPEN – WEP authentication scans third party APs with WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK authentication is very less when there are more APs with OPEN-NONE or OPEN-WEP authentication available and vice-versa

NOTES:

1. The default IP address of the AP is 192.168.0.100
2. In the following scenarios, AP is expected to reboot automatically for the configuration to take effect.
   1. Change of Country/Region
   2. After Firmware upgrade
   3. After Restore Configuration Settings
   4. Reset factory defaults
   5. Change the mode from AP to Client and vice versa
   In all the other conditions AP is not supposed to reboot automatically.
3. Following features are supported in WAC120:
   • 11ac
   • DHCP Client
   • NTP Client
   • WMM Priority Support
   • WMM Power Save Support
   • Band Steering
   • Radio On-Off Support
   • WPS Support (Push button and PIN method)
   • WDS Support (WDS doesn’t work on this version.)
   • Wireless Client Mode (currently some issues are there)
   • Syslog Support
   • Product Registration
   • Security (Open WEP, WPA2-PSK, mixed WPA/WPA2-PSK)
4. WAC120 can operate in either AP or Client mode at any given time but not as both.

Installation

1. Download the new software and save it to a convenient folder location.
   The Firmware File name after extracting is WAC120_V2.0.7.tar
   
   Download Link: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WAC120/WAC120_V2.0.7.zip
   
2. Login to the access point web management GUI.
3.  Select Maintenance > Upgrade > Firmware Upgrade.
4. Click Browse and browse to the location of the software upgrade file that you just downloaded.
5. Click Apply to initiate upgrade process. Note: The upgrade process typically takes at least 6 minutes when upgraded to V2.0.5. Any upgrade from V2.0.5 to other Firmware version will take approximately 3minutes.

WARNING: Do NOT interrupt or power off the computer until the upgrade process is completed. Wait for the AP to reboot.

READ THIS BEFORE ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE

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