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Manage the HTTPS settings, admin, Advanced, Enable, Disable

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Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 User Manual Your settings are saved and applied. You are logged out from the local browser UI. If you log in again, use your new local login password. Manage the HTTPS settings By default, secure HTTP (HTTPS) access is enabled on the AirBridge so that a connection to the local browser UI is secure. Any attempt to log in over an HTTP connection is automatically changed to an HTTPS connection, that is, HTTP access is automatically forwarded to HTTPS access. Although you can disable HTTPS access so that you can access the AirBridge over an HTTP connection, we recommend that you keep HTTPS access enabled. To manage the HTTPS settings: 1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the AirBridge or directly to the AirBridge through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection. 2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the AirBridge. The login page displays. If your browser does not display the login page but displays a security message and does not let you proceed, see Log in to the AirBridge after initial setup on page 34. 3. Enter the AirBridge user name and local device password. The user name is admin. The local device password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive. If you previously managed the AirBridge through the NETGEAR Insight app or Insight Cloud portal, enter the Insight network password for the Insight network location to which the AirBridge was assigned (see Connect over WiFi using the NETGEAR Insight app on an iOS or Android mobile device on page 15). The Device Status page displays the Device Information section and other sections. 4. Under Management, select Advanced. The page displays the advanced settings with the Management Mode section at the top. 5. In the HTTPS Setting section, select one of the following Status radio buttons: • Enable. HTTPS access is enabled. This is the default setting. We recommend that you keep HTTPS access enabled. • Disable. HTTPS access is disabled. Maintain the AirBridge 128 User Manual

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Your settings are saved and applied.
You are logged out from the local browser UI. If you log in again, use your new local
login password.
Manage the HTTPS settings
By default, secure HTTP (HTTPS) access is enabled on the AirBridge so that a connection
to the local browser UI is secure. Any attempt to log in over an HTTP connection is
automatically changed to an HTTPS connection, that is, HTTP access is automatically
forwarded to HTTPS access. Although you can disable HTTPS access so that you can
access the AirBridge over an HTTP connection, we recommend that you keep HTTPS
access enabled.
To manage the HTTPS settings:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the
AirBridge or directly to the AirBridge through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2.
Enter the IP address that is assigned to the AirBridge.
The login page displays.
If your browser does not display the login page but displays a security message and
does not let you proceed, see Log
in
to
the
AirBridge
after
initial
setup
on page 34.
3.
Enter the AirBridge user name and local device password.
The user name is
admin
. The local device password is the one that you specified
the first time that you logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
If you previously managed the AirBridge through the NETGEAR Insight app or Insight
Cloud portal, enter the Insight network password for the Insight network location to
which the AirBridge was assigned (see Connect
over
WiFi
using
the
NETGEAR
Insight
app
on
an
iOS
or
Android
mobile
device
on page 15).
The Device Status page displays the Device Information section and other sections.
4.
Under Management, select
Advanced
.
The page displays the advanced settings with the Management Mode section at the
top.
5.
In the HTTPS Setting section, select one of the following Status radio buttons:
•
Enable
. HTTPS access is enabled.
This is the default setting. We recommend that you keep HTTPS access enabled.
•
Disable
. HTTPS access is disabled.
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