New Features and Enhancements:
- MDU (multi-dwelling unit) is now supported. You can enable MDU if you use NAT as the addressing and traffic mode for an SSID.
If the MDU configuration is enabled for an SSID, the AP adds a second Ethernet interface to the SSID NAT configuration for any wired connectivity extension within a unit of the MDU. Both WiFi clients and wired clients receive an IP address in the same subnet that is defined in the SSID for the NAT DHCP server. - You can now configure RSSI values to disassociate sticky clients, which can improve client connectivity and load balancing.
- The default DTIM interval value is now 3 to enhance power savings.
- Client isolation now allows up to 16 devices to be exempt from isolation.
- The fixed multicast rate limit can now be a maximum of 512 packets per second. The default value is now 64 packets per second.
- The beacon interval now remains at 100 ms irrespective of the number of active virtual access points (VAPs) on a radio.
- The 802.11h feature is now by default enabled on all radio bands.
- Auto Radio Resource Management (RRM) is improved for better operating-channel selection by the AP.
- Neighbor AP discovery is improved for better roaming.
- The default multicast rate is now 11 Mbps for the 2.4 GHz band and 24 Mbps for the 5 GHz band.
- You can now add a subnet mask and lease time for NAT mode.
- You can now assign host names to WiFi clients.
- You can now log probing clients.
- System stability improvements.
Security Fixes:
- This firmware addresses security vulnerabilities. For more information about security vulnerabilities, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/security/.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes the issue where a “Preshared key is invalid” error message display if the configured pre-shared key exceeds 100 characters.
- Fixes the issue where “Accounting Stop” packets are missing “Input/Output” packets and octet attributes are missing.
- Fixes the issue where clients are unable to reach each other if they are connected to an SSID that has multi-Pre-Shared Key (multi-PSK, or MPSK) security enabled, if they are in the same VLAN, and if they are connected to the same radio.
- Fixes the issue where the root AP is unable to establish a mesh connection with more than two APs.
- Fixes the issue where a corrupted MAC address displays for a known neighbor AP.
- Fixes the issue where you cannot schedule an SSID broadcast.
- Fixes the issue where the EULA texts for a captive portal is not working.
- Fixes the issue where the splash page does not load for clients that are connected to an SSID in a non-default VLAN.
Known Issues:
- When a dynamic VLAN (DVLAN) is enabled, changing the management VLAN fails, and an invalid error message is generated.
Workaround: Temporarily disable the DVLAN, change the management VLAN, and then reenable the DVLAN. - Changes to a NAT SSID configuration might take up to 3 minutes to be applied.
Workaround: Wait at least 3 minutes before connecting any clients. - The AP stops responding after you first change or enable an Instant Captive Portal and then change or enable a dynamic VLAN (DVLAN) configuration, or the other way around.
Workaround: After enabling the Instant Captive Portal, wait a few minutes before you enable the DVLAN configuration. Or, after enabling the DVLAN configuration, wait a few minutes before you enable the Instant Captive Portal. - Clients connected to a captive portal that is configured on an SSID might not see the splash page for authentication when the VLAN of the SSID is the same as the management VLAN, a VLAN that is configured as a DVLAN, or a VLAN that has a multi-Pre-Shared Key (multi-PSK) configured.
Workaround: For the SSID on which the captive portal is configured, use the default VLAN or a unique VLAN that is not used as the management VLAN, that is not a DVLAN, or that does not use MPSK. - A RADIUS based MAC ACL does not work with multi-PSK and DVLAN.
- With the mDNS Gateway feature enabled, a device that is running Windows might not discover certain printers.
Workaround: Manually add the IP address of the printer on the Windows device. - Your web browser might not redirect automatically to the login page after a firmware upgrade.
Workaround: Refresh the page in your web browser. - Radio information on the AP Dashboard page might not be displayed properly.
Workaround: Refresh the page in your web browser. - Captive portal authentication does not work if you simultaneously change the captive portal and the VLAN configuration for an SSID.
Workaround: Change either the captive portal configuration or the VLAN configuration for an SSID and save the changes. Then go back to the SSID and make the other configuration changes. - When client isolation is enabled for an SSID, clients that are connected to the SSID cannot reach each other even if their IP addresses are added to the allowed list.
- Video streaming to multiple clients does not work properly if there are more than eight clients in a single multicast group.
- If clients experience connectivity issues on the higher band channels of the 5 GHz radio and subsequently switch to the 2.4 GHz radio, they might experience lower throughput.
Workaround: Configure lower band channels on the 5 GHz radio. - Some newer IoT devices might experience issues connecting to the AP.
Workaround: Upgrade the IoT devices to the latest driver version and try again. If security is set to WPA3 or WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode, change it to WPA2 mode, and try again.
Download Link: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WAX630E/WAX630E_firmware_V10.8.8.7.zip
Firmware Update Instructions:
To update the firmware of your product, follow the instructions mentioned in the product manual. To refer the user manual, visit https://www.netgear.com/support/, enter your model number in the search box, and click the Documentation button on the product page.
Last Updated:07/07/2025
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