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You can convert an access point from a cloud-managed access point to a standalone access point. Once converted, the access point is running the same firmware version that was used for the cloud-managed mode but is now in standalone mode with a full rather than restricted web management interface.

To convert an access point from a cloud-managed access point to a standalone access point:

  1. Open a browser on your computer.
  2. In the address bar, enter https://bc.netgear.com.

    The application login page displays.

  3. Enter the email address and password for your BCWM and click the LOGIN button.

    The Monitoring page displays.

  4. Select Inventory.

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    The table on the Inventory page displays all access points that are in inventory, whether active, decommissioned, or in the process of being provisioned or decommissioned.

  5. To limit the access points in the table to the decommissioned ones, from the Showing menu, select Decommissioned.

    The table on the Inventory page displays decommissioned access points only.

  6. Select the check boxes for the access points that you want to remove from inventory.

    The Delete button becomes available.

  7. Click the Delete button.

    A pop-up window opens and displays a warning.

  8. Click the Delete button in the pop-up window.

    The access points are removed from inventory.

  9. Click the Dismiss button.

    The pop-up window closes.

  10. Open a browser on your computer.
  11. In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point.

    By default, the access point functions as a DHCP client. If the access point is installed in a network that includes a DHCP server, the IP address of the access point is issued by the DHCP server.

    If the access point is not connected to a DHCP server or is accessible only over its default IP address, do the following:

    1. Change the IP address of your computer to an IP address in the 192.168.0.x subnet, which is the subnet in which the access point’s default IP address is located.
      For example, change the computer’s IP address to 192.168.0.210.
    2. Connect your computer to the access point with an Ethernet cable.
    3. In the address bar of the browser, enter the default IP address of the access point:

      • WAC730. 192.168.0.100
      • WAC720. 192.168.0.100
      • WNDAP660. 192.168.0.100
      • WNDAP360. 192.168.0.100
      • WNDAP350. 192.168.0.237
      • WNAP320. 192.168.0.100
      • WNAP210v2. 192.168.0.236
      A login window opens.
  12. Enter the user name and password.

    The user name is admin. The default password is password.

  13. Click the LOGIN button.

    If the Change Password page displays, go to Step 14.

    If the General page displays, go to Step 15.

  14. If the Change Password page displays, specify a new password by doing the following:

    1. In the Current Password field, enter the existing password, which is the default password.
    2. In the New Password and Repeat New Password fields, specify the new password.
    3. Click the APPLY button.
      A login window opens again.
    4. Enter the user name and new password.
      The user name is admin. The new password is the one that you just specified.
    5. Click the LOGIN button.
      The General page displays.
  15. On the General page, click the No radio button.

    By default, the Yes radio button is selected, the access point is enabled for the cloud (even though it is disconnected from the cloud), and the access point functions with a restricted web management interface (only the Configuration and Monitoring main menu tabs display).

  16. Click the APPLY button.

    The access point restarts with factory default settings but retains its IP configuration and management VLAN.

    CAUTION:
    The access point broadcasts its default SSIDs and provides open networks without any security. If you do not want open networks, implement WiFi security or disable the radios.

    The access point is now ready for standalone operation with a full web management interface. If you log back in to reconfigure the access point, the Change Password page might display again (because the access point was reset to factory default settings), in which case you once again must specify a new password.


Last Updated:07/07/2025 | Article ID: 30084

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