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Management, Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Software - firmware download

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Chapter 4 Management This chapter describes how to use the management features of your NETGEAR Wireless N150 Access Point WN604. To access these features, connect to the WN604 as described in "Logging In Using the Default IP Address" on page 2-11. Then select the category under either the Monitoring or Maintenance headings in the main menu of the browser interface. This chapter contains the following sections: 1. "Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Software" 2. "Configuration File Management" 3. "Restoring the WN604 to the Factory Default Settings" 4. "Changing the Administrator Password" 5. "Enabling the SysLog Server" 6. "Using Activity Log Information" 7. "Viewing General Summary Information" 8. "Viewing Network Traffic Statistics" 9. "Viewing Available Wireless Station Statistics" Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Software The software of the WN604 Wireless Access Point is stored in FLASH memory, and can be upgraded as new software is released by NETGEAR. Upgrade files can be downloaded from Netgear's Web site.. The upgrade file can be sent to the wireless access point using your browser. Note: The Web browser used to upload new firmware into the WN604 must support HTTP uploads, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above or Mozilla 1.5 or above. 4-1 v1.0, March 2010

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4-1
v1.0, March 2010
Chapter 4
Management
This chapter describes how to use the management features of your NETGEAR Wireless N150
Access Point WN604. To access these features, connect to the WN604 as described in
“Logging In
Using the Default IP Address” on page 2-11
. Then select the category under either the
Monitoring
or
Maintenance
headings in the main menu of the browser interface.
This chapter contains the following sections:
1.
“Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Software”
2.
“Configuration File Management”
3.
“Restoring the WN604 to the Factory Default Settings”
4.
“Changing the Administrator Password”
5.
“Enabling the SysLog Server”
6.
“Using Activity Log Information”
7.
“Viewing General Summary Information”
8.
“Viewing Network Traffic Statistics”
9.
“Viewing Available Wireless Station Statistics”
Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Software
The software of the WN604 Wireless Access Point is stored in FLASH memory, and can be
upgraded as new software is released by NETGEAR. Upgrade files can be downloaded from
Netgear's Web site.. The upgrade file can be sent to the wireless access point using your browser.
Note:
The Web browser used to upload new firmware into the WN604 must support
HTTP uploads, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above or Mozilla 1.5 or
above.