New Features / Enhancements:
- LED control is available through the Insight App and Cloud Portal. With Insight App version 4.1.1, the user can control the Access Point LED behavior at the Network and Device levels. The user can set all of his LEDs to one of the following states:
- off
- on ("on" is for normal LED behavior)
- off except for Power LED
- Syslog server configuration through Insight App and Cloud Portal. With Insight App version 4.1.1, the user can configure an external syslog server at the Network level. All of the Access Points in that Network will send their syslog messages to that server.
Issues Fixed:
- Disabled the diagnostics logs being sent from Access Points to the UDP port 7788.
Known Issues:
- While using the Facebook Wi-Fi feature, there is an auto pop-up issue with some iOS devices and old android versions. Some iOS devise and some Android devices may not pop up the Facebook Authentication page. User need to launch the web browser to get the Authentication page.
- May need to clear the web browser cache to get the latest web management interface changes after upgrades to a newer firmware version.
Updating the Firmware
Standalone mode:
- Before using a new Access Point, make sure that you are using the latest firmware. To download firmware, visit downloadcenter.netgear.com.
- If the WAC510 AP is operating on firmware v1.2.1.6 or above, update the firmware to latest version.
- If the WAC510 AP is operating on firmware lower than v1.2.1.6, update the firmware to v1.2.1.6 first, and then update the AP to latest firmware.
- If the WAC505 AP is operating on firmware v1.5.2.3 or higher, update to the latest firmware.
Insight mode:
- Before using a new Access Point, make sure that you are using the latest firmware.
- Make sure that you are using the latest version of the NETGEAR Insight app.
- If the WAC505 AP is operating in Insight mode with firmware v1.5.2.3 or higher, update to the latest firmware through the NETGEAR Insight app.
- If the WAC510 AP is managed using the NETGEAR Insight app v2.x, update to the latest NETGEAR Insight 4.x app and update the AP to the latest firmware.
Standalone to Insight Mode
- Make sure that you are running the latest firmware. In the local browser interface, go to Configuration -> System -> Basic -> Management Mode -> select “Insight” -> APPLY.
Note: Install the NETGEAR Insight app v4.x on your mobile devices to discover and manage the WAC505 and WAC510 APs.
Router mode:
- Before using a new Access Point, make sure that you are using the latest firmware.
- If the Access Point is operating in router mode with firmware v1.2.5.12 or lower, make sure to set the default management VLAN ID (1) and default VLAN ID for first DHCP server before updating to the latest firmware.
Unsupported Features
- Router Mode (WAC505)
- WDS configuration in Router mode (WAC510)
Firmware Upgrade Procedure:
Limitations:
- IE10 and lower versions are not supported.
- In the WAC510 AP, a backup configuration file that was created on a firmware lower than v1.2.0.12 will not be restored on v1.2.0.12 or above through the IE11 browser.