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Check the DHCP network settings of your computer or mobile device, Wireless 2, Router mode
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WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAX204 the SSID, the access point's default SSID is "NETGEARXXXXXX", where XXXXXX represents the last six characters of the access point's MAC address, as printed on the access point label. If you did not change the passphrase (also referred to as network key or WiFi password), the unique default passphrase is also printed on the access point label. The default security is WPA2-Personal [AES]. Note: If you set up an access control list on the access point, you must add each computer or mobile device to the access control list (see Enable and manage network access control on page 81). The access point provides three WiFi networks (Wireless 1, Wireless 2, and Wireless 3). By default, the Wireless 1 network is enabled and the other two WiFi networks are disabled. If the Wireless 2 and Wireless 3 networks are enabled and you did not change the default settings, you can access these networks as follows: • Wireless 2. The default SSID is NETGEARXXXXXX-2, in which XXXXXX represents the last six characters of the access point's MAC address, and the default password is sharedsecret. • Wireless 3. The default SSID is NETGEARXXXXXX-3, in which XXXXXX represents the last six characters of the access point's MAC address, and the default password is sharedsecret. Check the DHCP network settings of your computer or mobile device Make sure that the network settings of the computer or mobile device with which you want to connect to the access point are correct: • Router mode. If the access point is in router mode (the default system mode), make sure that the IP address of your computer or mobile device is on the same subnet as the LAN subnet of the access point. If you are using the default addressing scheme, your device's address is in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. • Access point mode. If the access point is in access point mode, the LAN subnet to which your computer or device connects depends on the type of connection to the access point: - Directly connected. If you are directly connected over WiFi or an Ethernet cable to the access point network, make sure that the IP address of your computer or mobile device is on the same subnet as the LAN subnet of the access point. If you are using the default addressing scheme, your device's address is in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. - Connected to the same network but not directly connected. If you are not directly connected to the access point, make sure that the IP address of your Diagnostics and 224 Troubleshooting User Manual