Setting up Netgear WAX214PA as AP with Firewalla Gold?
Good morning/afternoon:
I purchased an AP to replace my ISP wifi router, which someone on Reddit said was not optimal. They recommended the Aruba on demand AP11 or 12, but that was $60 out of my budget. So instead, I bought a Netgear WAX214PA. I am certain it is normally incredibly easy to install. I cannot figure out how to set it up with Firewalla. When I connect, it says there is no internet connection.
It appears, as with all things, that some a**hole who earns millions of dollars per year and wants to manage every aspect of our lives--e.g., the Zuckerbergs of the world--are live and well at Netgear because many of the settings seem to be managed by Netgear's cloud service. I don't even think there's a way to turn off DHCP. There's "dynamic" and "static". I don't know how to turn off NAT. I don't know how to do a lot of things. And the interface is trivial, so I should be able to do these things with ease.
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So looking at their user guide, here's a few things to check:
- It says to use a PoE switch but it also shows a power adapter? I would think one or the other, but not both but so far I haven't seen why their instructions specify PoE if they give you a power adapter? I'm assuming you have power, so moving on. :)
- I assume you joined the management Wi-Fi as described? https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WAX214/WAX214_IG_EN.pdf
- It looks like you can go to https://192.168.0.100/ (if need be temporarily change your FWG to use 192.168.0.1/24 to make the process easier. They do mention https://www.aplogin.net but that seems to a link to the IP so no cloud service seems to be required for setup.
- Check to see if Firewalla sees the Wi-Fi device and that it isn't quarantined.
- Also check to see if the device shows any flows in Firealla (e.g. if it checks for firmware updates).
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