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... satellite at a staging area with an Ethernet cable connected to scan the bar code, or type in NETGEAR Insight 1. Package contents Installation Guide Insight Instant Wireless AirBridge Model WBC502 Insight Instant Wireless AirBridge (Model WBC502) 12 AirBridge overview Front view 1 1 Latch for satellite only 3. However, to the PoE port on your network • Range of...
... satellite at a staging area with an Ethernet cable connected to scan the bar code, or type in NETGEAR Insight 1. Package contents Installation Guide Insight Instant Wireless AirBridge Model WBC502 Insight Instant Wireless AirBridge (Model WBC502) 12 AirBridge overview Front view 1 1 Latch for satellite only 3. However, to the PoE port on your network • Range of...
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...the AirBridge only with Internet access during setup. Slide the bottom port cover onto the master until it latches. 3. Any non‑NETGEAR trademarks are trademarks of 1.8 miles (3 km) or more details. 1 1 Latch for bottom panel Back view 23 1 4 5...PoE and network connectivity 3 LAN2: Optional device for illegal wireless operations. This point-to install the AirBridge satellite. Pole mounting strap Screw placement guide Installation guide Wall mount screws and anchors Other AirBridge (WBC502) features: • 2.4 GHz management SSID • 5 GHz SSID extends your network...
...the AirBridge only with Internet access during setup. Slide the bottom port cover onto the master until it latches. 3. Any non‑NETGEAR trademarks are trademarks of 1.8 miles (3 km) or more details. 1 1 Latch for bottom panel Back view 23 1 4 5...PoE and network connectivity 3 LAN2: Optional device for illegal wireless operations. This point-to install the AirBridge satellite. Pole mounting strap Screw placement guide Installation guide Wall mount screws and anchors Other AirBridge (WBC502) features: • 2.4 GHz management SSID • 5 GHz SSID extends your network...
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Hardware Installation Guide Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 April 2020 202-12059-02 NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA
Hardware Installation Guide Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 April 2020 202-12059-02 NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA
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... /regulatory/. First publication. 2 We changed Overview on page 6. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Support and Community Visit netgear.com/support to get your return period. You can access this document in Canada, you are used for helpful advice at https://www.netgear.com/about/terms-and-conditions. Revision History Publication Part Number 202...
... /regulatory/. First publication. 2 We changed Overview on page 6. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Support and Community Visit netgear.com/support to get your return period. You can access this document in Canada, you are used for helpful advice at https://www.netgear.com/about/terms-and-conditions. Revision History Publication Part Number 202...
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Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Step 4c: Reestablish the WiFi connection on the satellite at the detached site 39 Step 5: Mount the AirBridge 40 Mount the AirBridge to a wall 40 Mount the AirBridge to a pole 41 Step 6: Manage the AirBridge and WiFi network 42 Chapter 5 Hardware troubleshooting Hardware troubleshooting chart 44 The satellite at a detached site does not reestablish a WiFi connection with the master 45 4
Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Step 4c: Reestablish the WiFi connection on the satellite at the detached site 39 Step 5: Mount the AirBridge 40 Mount the AirBridge to a wall 40 Mount the AirBridge to a pole 41 Step 6: Manage the AirBridge and WiFi network 42 Chapter 5 Hardware troubleshooting Hardware troubleshooting chart 44 The satellite at a detached site does not reestablish a WiFi connection with the master 45 4
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This hardware installation guide complements the installation guide that are covered in a master-satellite configuration that lets you extend your AirBridge. It is the installer's responsibility to a detached site. For more information about the ...netgear.com/business/products/wireless/premium-wireless. The vendor, reseller, or distributor is for illegal wireless operations. Note: For technical specifications, see the device's terms and conditions. 1 Introduction This hardware installation guide is not responsible for the NETGEAR Insight Instant Wireless AirBridge WBC502...
This hardware installation guide complements the installation guide that are covered in a master-satellite configuration that lets you extend your AirBridge. It is the installer's responsibility to a detached site. For more information about the ...netgear.com/business/products/wireless/premium-wireless. The vendor, reseller, or distributor is for illegal wireless operations. Note: For technical specifications, see the device's terms and conditions. 1 Introduction This hardware installation guide is not responsible for the NETGEAR Insight Instant Wireless AirBridge WBC502...
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...higher-rated Ethernet cables terminated with a single master and up a WiFi connection between two or more . Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Overview The AirBridge is intended for a long-range WiFi reach in which an AirBridge functions as an IP surveillance camera. ...a wall or pole and provide power to the AirBridge through a backhaul WiFi connection to make Gigabit connections. Introduction 6 Hardware Installation Guide Point-to the provided power adapter (see Power adapter on page 19. The AirBridge integrates a high-gain directional antenna for ...
...higher-rated Ethernet cables terminated with a single master and up a WiFi connection between two or more . Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Overview The AirBridge is intended for a long-range WiFi reach in which an AirBridge functions as an IP surveillance camera. ...a wall or pole and provide power to the AirBridge through a backhaul WiFi connection to make Gigabit connections. Introduction 6 Hardware Installation Guide Point-to the provided power adapter (see Power adapter on page 19. The AirBridge integrates a high-gain directional antenna for ...
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... more information, see Bottom panel with IEEE switching standards: - IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T - Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide For more information, see the user manual, which you can download from netgear.com/support/download/. • Using NETGEAR Insight, you first must change the management mode to detect BSSIDs and SSIDs • 2 Gigabit Ethernet...
... more information, see Bottom panel with IEEE switching standards: - IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T - Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide For more information, see the user manual, which you can download from netgear.com/support/download/. • Using NETGEAR Insight, you first must change the management mode to detect BSSIDs and SSIDs • 2 Gigabit Ethernet...
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Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide - IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) - However, the power adapter must be installed indoors. Using any other power source such as explained in the user manual or the data sheet. • Power...as a PoE switch. IEEE 802.1p Class of the following precautions: • This product is connected from potential damage. Introduction 8 Hardware Installation Guide To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment, observe the following conditions occur, unplug the product...
Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide - IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) - However, the power adapter must be installed indoors. Using any other power source such as explained in the user manual or the data sheet. • Power...as a PoE switch. IEEE 802.1p Class of the following precautions: • This product is connected from potential damage. Introduction 8 Hardware Installation Guide To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment, observe the following conditions occur, unplug the product...
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... cable approved for the voltage and current marked on your device, use only a supplied power adapter or approved power cable: If your local NETGEAR reseller. - Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide - The product does not operate correctly when you were not provided with a power adapter, contact your device uses a power adapter: - The voltage... or damaged. - The power cable must be sure that the selector is set to match the power at your device uses a power cable: - Introduction 9 Hardware Installation Guide
... cable approved for the voltage and current marked on your device, use only a supplied power adapter or approved power cable: If your local NETGEAR reseller. - Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide - The product does not operate correctly when you were not provided with a power adapter, contact your device uses a power adapter: - The voltage... or damaged. - The power cable must be sure that the selector is set to match the power at your device uses a power cable: - Introduction 9 Hardware Installation Guide
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Route cables so that they cannot be covered by NETGEAR's warranty, to the extent permissible by applicable law. Introduction 10 Hardware Installation Guide Make sure that nothing rests on or tripped over. Be sure that the total ampere rating of all products plugged... or your power company for the extension cable or power strip. • To help ensure proper grounding. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide • If applicable to your NETGEAR product, which might not be stepped on any cables. • Do not modify power adapters, power adapter cables, power ...
Route cables so that they cannot be covered by NETGEAR's warranty, to the extent permissible by applicable law. Introduction 10 Hardware Installation Guide Make sure that nothing rests on or tripped over. Be sure that the total ampere rating of all products plugged... or your power company for the extension cable or power strip. • To help ensure proper grounding. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide • If applicable to your NETGEAR product, which might not be stepped on any cables. • Do not modify power adapters, power adapter cables, power ...
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... out of the AirBridge. Front panel The only component on the front panel is IP55-rated for outdoor use. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Front panel The Airbridge enclosure is the latch that lets you open the cover, carefully pull the latch toward you and pull the...• Open the cover. The following figure shows the front panel of the enclosure. • Close the cover. Hardware Overview 12 Hardware Installation Guide To close the cover, slide the cover into the enclosure and push the cover upward until the latch locks into the enclosure.
... out of the AirBridge. Front panel The only component on the front panel is IP55-rated for outdoor use. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Front panel The Airbridge enclosure is the latch that lets you open the cover, carefully pull the latch toward you and pull the...• Open the cover. The following figure shows the front panel of the enclosure. • Close the cover. Hardware Overview 12 Hardware Installation Guide To close the cover, slide the cover into the enclosure and push the cover upward until the latch locks into the enclosure.
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Hardware Overview 13 Hardware Installation Guide Figure 2. Back panel The following figure shows the back panel of the AirBridge shows the status LEDs. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Back panel with status LEDs The back panel of the AirBridge. The following table describes the status LEDs on the back panel.
Hardware Overview 13 Hardware Installation Guide Figure 2. Back panel The following figure shows the back panel of the AirBridge shows the status LEDs. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Back panel with status LEDs The back panel of the AirBridge. The following table describes the status LEDs on the back panel.
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... SSIDs are disabled. The signal for the WiFi connection is strong. (The RSSI is connected to an Ethernet device. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Table 1. No port link is weaker than -70 dBm.) The left and right SSI LEDs are off . No port link is ... that functions either as a satellite or a client bridge, a single SSI LED lights to the AirBridge. Note: If the management mode is NETGEAR Insight, a single 5 GHz SSID only is between the client bridge and the access point. Signal strength indicator (SSI) LEDs (AirBridge Satellite or...
... SSIDs are disabled. The signal for the WiFi connection is strong. (The RSSI is connected to an Ethernet device. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Table 1. No port link is weaker than -70 dBm.) The left and right SSI LEDs are off . No port link is ... that functions either as a satellite or a client bridge, a single SSI LED lights to the AirBridge. Note: If the management mode is NETGEAR Insight, a single 5 GHz SSID only is between the client bridge and the access point. Signal strength indicator (SSI) LEDs (AirBridge Satellite or...
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WARNING: Power the AirBridge only with an Ethernet cable that is not a standard PoE port. LAN2 port. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Bottom panel with Ethernet ports The following components display: 1. When you to connect an optional single device (such as an IP ...any other power source such as a client bridge at a main site, the network can include wired Internet access. Hardware Overview 15 Hardware Installation Guide The LAN1 port is connected from the LAN1 port to the PoE port on the supplied power adapter (see Power adapter on the supplied ...
WARNING: Power the AirBridge only with an Ethernet cable that is not a standard PoE port. LAN2 port. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Bottom panel with Ethernet ports The following components display: 1. When you to connect an optional single device (such as an IP ...any other power source such as a client bridge at a main site, the network can include wired Internet access. Hardware Overview 15 Hardware Installation Guide The LAN1 port is connected from the LAN1 port to the PoE port on the supplied power adapter (see Power adapter on the supplied ...
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...you must connect to the LAN1 port on the AirBridge provides PoE power to a receptacle for the AirBridge. 3. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Do not use the LAN2 port to connect the AirBridge to the network (see Power adapter on the power adapter and the other... side into the receptacle on page 16). Power adapter In addition to the AirBridge and serves as a master Hardware Overview 16 Hardware Installation Guide Power adapter The following LED, ports, and button: 1. One 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 PoE port that functions as the network ...
...you must connect to the LAN1 port on the AirBridge provides PoE power to a receptacle for the AirBridge. 3. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Do not use the LAN2 port to connect the AirBridge to the network (see Power adapter on the power adapter and the other... side into the receptacle on page 16). Power adapter In addition to the AirBridge and serves as a master Hardware Overview 16 Hardware Installation Guide Power adapter The following LED, ports, and button: 1. One 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 PoE port that functions as the network ...
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...button. The Auto Uplink technology compensates for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports support Auto Uplink technology. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide or access point (either in an access point-to-client bridge setup or as a straightened paper clip into the opening ...up to 328 ft (100 m) to connect the power adapter from an inside location to the AirBridge at either an inside or outside installation, the power adapter is a straight-through or crossover cables. WARNING: Although the AirBridge is designed for 10/100/1000M BASE-T Ethernet ...
...button. The Auto Uplink technology compensates for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports support Auto Uplink technology. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide or access point (either in an access point-to-client bridge setup or as a straightened paper clip into the opening ...up to 328 ft (100 m) to connect the power adapter from an inside location to the AirBridge at either an inside or outside installation, the power adapter is a straight-through or crossover cables. WARNING: Although the AirBridge is designed for 10/100/1000M BASE-T Ethernet ...
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... local browser UI and use the software Reset button. For more information, see the user manual, which you can download by visiting netgear.com/support/download/. WARNING: To avoid the risk of the Reset button. 3. Press the Reset button for at least 10 seconds,... the firmware, do not interrupt the reset. Wait until the Power LED starts to blink. Hardware Overview 18 Hardware Installation Guide Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Reset button The AirBridge provides a recessed Reset button on the bottom panel so that you can return the AirBridge to...
... local browser UI and use the software Reset button. For more information, see the user manual, which you can download by visiting netgear.com/support/download/. WARNING: To avoid the risk of the Reset button. 3. Press the Reset button for at least 10 seconds,... the firmware, do not interrupt the reset. Wait until the Power LED starts to blink. Hardware Overview 18 Hardware Installation Guide Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Reset button The AirBridge provides a recessed Reset button on the bottom panel so that you can return the AirBridge to...
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... network on page 29. For more information, see Extend your network to a detached site. Applications 20 Hardware Installation Guide Set up one AirBridge that functions as a satellite at detached sites. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Applications overview The AirBridge can function as a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera by connecting it directly to the...
... network on page 29. For more information, see Extend your network to a detached site. Applications 20 Hardware Installation Guide Set up one AirBridge that functions as a satellite at detached sites. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Applications overview The AirBridge can function as a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera by connecting it directly to the...
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... the master at the detached site communicates over the WiFi connection with the main site and functions on the same LAN. Applications 21 Hardware Installation Guide If you connect a WiFi access point to the switch, you can be connected to the Internet through a router. The satellite at the ... your network to a detached site by using two AirBridges in a master-to-satellite, point-to-point setup. 1 3 2 4 7 5 6 Figure 5. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Extend your network to a detached site This application lets you to connect multiple wired devices.
... the master at the detached site communicates over the WiFi connection with the main site and functions on the same LAN. Applications 21 Hardware Installation Guide If you connect a WiFi access point to the switch, you can be connected to the Internet through a router. The satellite at the ... your network to a detached site by using two AirBridges in a master-to-satellite, point-to-point setup. 1 3 2 4 7 5 6 Figure 5. Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Guide Extend your network to a detached site This application lets you to connect multiple wired devices.
