New Features and Enhancements:

Known Issues:

  1.  Connected wireless clients may not be displayed on the Monitoring and Dashboard pages when associated to an SSID containing some special characters.
    Workaround: SSID name should not use the characters / and “
  2. APPLY, CANCEL, Captive portal PREVIEW button will be greyed out intermittently while doing any configuration across different configuration pages
    Workaround: The user need to refresh the browser or do select/deselect or Edit any other parameters.
  3. When saving the logs in IE11 Browser, the log file opens within the browser window instead of asking to save the logs to a file.
    Workaround: Press CTRL + S to save logs to a file and click browser “Back” button to go back to the AP’s log page.
  4. HTTPS captive portal redirection doesn’t work for clients using Mozilla Firefox
    Workaround: Clients must use Chrome, IE11, Edge, or Safari browser.
  5. Wireless clients will experience disconnections when AP configured with static 40MHz / 20MHz channel width in 5GHz radio.
    Workaround: Avoid changing the default channel width configuration in 5GHz radio which is Dynamic 20/40/80 MHz mode.
  6.     Wireless clients which are assigned with a static IP address from the AP may not be listed under the Monitoring -> Wireless Client page. 
    Workaround: To allow these static IP clients to be displayed, ping the Access Point’s IP address from the client, or log into the AP’s Web UI from the client. The AP will then learn and display the client in the monitoring -> Wireless client page. 
  7. The AP’s Web GUI does not display some visual aspects properly on mobile devices (phones, tablets).
  8. Bandsteering and MAC ACL’s cannot be used simultaneously on the SSID.
    Workaround: Disable Bandsteering followed by AP reboot for MAC ACL’s to work properly.
  9. The Management->Packet Capture feature requires the “Capture Beacons” set to enable, when specifying “radio1” or “radio2” as the Capture Interface. 
    The Management->Packet Capture feature requires the “Capture Beacons” set to enable, when specifying “radio1” or “radio2” as the Capture Interface. 
    Workaround: Enable the “Capture beacons” option and start the packet capture to capture wireless packets properly.: Enable the “Capture beacons” option and start the packet capture to capture wireless packets properly.

Operational Notes:

  1. After upgrading the Firmware through the AP Web GUI, you must clear the browser cache before accessing AP GUI again which has new GUI improvements.
  2. By factory default, the AP will act as a DHCP client to obtain its IP address. 
  3. If the AP cannot get its IP address through DHCP, The AP’s default IP address is set to 192.168.0.100 .
  4. A wireless client can connect to an AP which is in Factory Default by connecting to the default SSID printed on the product label on the bottom of the AP. The SSID is “NETGEARXXXXXX-SETUP” where XXXXXX = Last 6 digit of MAC address. The default SSID password is “sharedsecret”.
  5. The Factory Default SSID and passphrase MUST be changed to avoid any security risk as default SSID and Password is printed on the product label on the bottom of the AP.
  6. The WAC510 has two modes of operation: AP mode and Router mode. In Router mode the AP will acts as a DHCP server, provide NAT and other basic Router/gateway functions. In AP mode, the Access Point operates in Layer 2 bridge mode.
  7. The AP can be returned to factory default using the reset button on the side of the AP bottom cover by pressing and holding the button for ~10 secs (Power LED will change from Green to blinking Amber). 
  8. SNMP / Telnet is disabled by default. 
  9. Changing the WDS configuration will reboot the AP automatically after applying settings.
  10. The Web GUI session timeout is 45 minutes
  11. In the following scenarios, the AP is expected to reboot automatically for the configuration to take effect:
    1. Firmware upgrade
    2. Reset factory defaults
    3. Restore configuration
    4. Country change in Day Zero and Day One configuration Wizard

Download Link : http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WAC510/WAC510_V1.2.0.12.zip

Features not supported in Router Mode:

Limitations: