NOTE: Before upgrading to 3.0.0.7, please see the upgrade process in detail. If you are using a NETGEAR access point managed by wireless controller (WC7520, WC7600 or WC9500), do NOT upgrade to this firmware, as this will revert your managed AP back to standalone mode and the AP would no longer be managed by your wireless controller.
New Features:
- The AP running 3.0.0.7 will support two modes of operation, Standalone mode and BCWM mode (or Business Central Wireless Manager Mode). By default BC mode (or Cloud managed mode) is enabled.
- Supports Configuration, management and monitoring from NETGEAR’s Business Central portal
- Visit NETGEAR Business Central Page to know all the features supported in this mode.
- Extra Device related Security including encrypted password.
- Default configuration will enable DHCP on Ethernet port, while in previous 2.x versions had DHCP disabled and static IP address of 192.168.0.100 set.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed wireless stability issues.
- Secure password, if admin password is factory default “password”, on first login, software will force to create non-factory-default password.
In case of Business Central managed Mode, password is set at location level rather than on the local AP GUI.
Known issues
- Downgrade not possible without a factory reset.
- 11NA mode throughput fluctuates in some noisy environments.
- Not able to disable the DHCPV6 server when hotSpot is enabled.
- In cloud Mode, AutoRf may not choose the optimum channel. If needed, customer can manually assign channels.
- First time, you upgrade it takes about 8 minutes to encrypt all passwords and boots completely.
NOTES:
- The default IP address of the AP is 192.168.0.100
- In the following scenarios, AP is expected to reboot automatically for the configuration to take affect.
- Change of Country/Region
- After Firmware upgrade
- After Restore Configuration Settings
- Reset factory defaults
In all the other conditions AP is not supposed to reboot automatically.
- With Rogue AP and more than 2 VAPs (security profiles) enabled, the beacon interval of the AP will be automatically updated for better performance of the Rogue AP algorithm. We recommend not to reconfigure the beacon interval below the suggested value. Anything above the suggested value is fine.
- 1 or 2 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 100ms
- 3 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 41ms x 3 = 123ms
- 4 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 41ms x 4 = 164ms
- 5 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 41ms x 5 = 205ms
- 6 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 41ms x 6 = 246ms
- 7 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 41ms x 7 = 287ms
- 8 VAPs enabled, beacon interval is 41ms x 8 = 328ms
To Install
- Write down all the settings which you changed from the default values, since you may need to reenter them manually.
- Using the Download Link below, download and extract the compressed (zip) file to a convenient place such as your desktop, The firmware filename after extracting is WNDAP660_V3.0.0.7.tar
Download link : http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDAP660/WNDAP660-V3.0.0.7.zip
- Login to the access point web management GUI.
- Take backup of the current configuration and save it at a secure place.
- Select Maintenance > Upgrade > Firmware Upgrade.
- Click Browse and browse to the location of the software upgrade file that you just downloaded.
- Click Apply. The upgrade process typically takes at least 8 minutes.
Warning: When uploading software to the WNAP660 Wireless Access Point, it is important not to interrupt the Web browser by closing the window, clicking a link, or loading a new page. If the browser is interrupted, the upload might fail, corrupt the software, and render the WNAP660 access point completely inoperable. - When the upload is completed, your wireless access point automatically restarts.
- If you decide to use the AP as standalone, log into the AP and disable Cloud management.
- If you decide to use the AP in cloud management, factory reset the AP and add the AP to BCWM portal (https://wireless.netgear.com).
READ THIS BEFORE ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE
Prior to upgrade to v3.0.0.7, the device MUST be running the firmware version indicate in the table below. Upgrading from older firmware version to v3.0.0.7 without the required running firmware version will cause the user not able to access the device Web interface. The only way to recover is by factory resetting the device.
|
Product |
Required running firmware version prior to upgrade to v3.0.0.7 |
|
WNDAP660 |
v2.0.5 |
|
WNDAP360 |
v2.1.12 |
|
WNDAP350 |
v2.1.9 |
|
WNAP320 |
v2.1.6 |
|
WNAP210v2 |
v2.1.5 |
V2.x firmware images for the product can be downloaded from the NETGEAR Global Download Center
Firmware upgrade from v2.x to v3.0.0.7 will take about 8 minutes. Upgrade from v3.x to v3.x will take about 2 minutes.
Please see table below for upgrade requirement from older v2.x firmware to the latest v2.x firmware.
| Product | Required running firmware version | To upgrade to |
| WNDAP660 | v2.0.4 | v2.0.5 |
| WNDAP360 | v2.1.11 | v2.1.12 |
| WNDAP350 | v2.1.8 | v2.1.9 |
| WNAP320 | v2.1.5 | v2.1.6 |
| WNAP210v2 | v2.1.4 | v2.1.5 |
Once the device is upgraded to v3.0.0.7, it it NOT possible to downgrade the firmware back to v2.x except on WNDAP350.
Method to factory reset the AP via CLI
Using putty/tera term telent/ssh to the AP and run “restore-configuration /etc/default-config” or “restore-factory-default”
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