NETGEAR WAX202
Essentials WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point

Features:

Peformance

• Latest Business WiFi
  Upgrade to WIFi 6 with speeds of up to 1.8 Gbps for faster streaming, downloading, video conferencing, and more.
• Budget Friendly Solution
  The perfect WiFi 6 solution for your home office, home-based business or dorm room.
• Connect More Wired Devices
  3 Ethernet ports for wired connections to a printer, laptop, and others leaving more WiFi bandwidth for wireless devices.
• Faster Ethernet Connection
  Take full advantage of your high-speed internet connection with the 1Gb Ethernet port.

Security

• 3 Wireless Networks (SSIDS)
  Separate and secure networks for home and office devices or provide a separate network just for guests.
• Secure Authentication
  Use the latest WPA3 user authentication method to ensure safe connections to your network.
• Network Isolation
  Create a separate network just for work and isolate home from business traffic.

Ease of Use

• Easy DIY Set Up
  Easy and intuitive UI, no need for professional installation or IT equipment cost.
• Standalone Operation
  Just plug in to your existing internet connection - even if you already have WiFI.
• No App or Subscription Required
  Get up and runing in minutes wihtout having to download an app or pay for a subscription.

Connection Diagram:

Sample Deployment Use Cases

Example Application

WiFi 6:

WiFi 6 for business and home office

NETGEAR has been at the forefront of innovation and cutting-edge solution for more than 20 years, providing innovative and ground-breaking network solutions which include a suite of advanced WiFi 6 products - giving you access to the most advanced WiFi on the planet.

Remote WiFi 6 Management

Most NETGEAR WiFi 6 business access points include NETGEAR Insight, the award-winning remote cloud management solution for easy installation, monitoring, and management from anywhere.

NETGEAR Insight is an industry first in network management, providing easy plug-and-play setup and management. Its cloud portal can be accessed via an intuitive web interface or the Insight mobile app. Insight offers a wide variety of configuration options for the most basic networks to multi-tenancy and multi-roles.

NETGEAR Insight enables easy configuration, monitoring, and management of your wireless access points together with Insight-managed switches and storage. Wireless management features include: Instant WiFi for automatic wireless configuration to limit interferences, frequency band selection, VLAN creation and association with SSID, WiFi security configuration, visibility into WiFi clients, reporting, and many more.

Use cases

Who is upgrading to WiFi 6?

• Sharing a WiFi connection with the rest of the family as people are working from home, video calling or downloading large files can slow everyone down. WiFi 6 is optimized for concurrent users.
• As medicine moves toward more innovative technologies for imaging, record storage, and telehealth, it requires more bandwidth. Upgrading to WiFi 6 helps ease high demand and provide efficiency.
• Older, legacy WiFi systems have slow bandwidth lack device capacity and less secure connections. WiFi 6 can meet growing demand for connectivity across all the technology and devices the industry depends on.
• As wireless handheld Point of Sale devices increase in use so does the need for suffcinet bandwidth and total site coverage. WiFi 6 can meet those growing demands.
• Libraries, city halls, police offices and the public sector in general are becoming more technologically advanced and reliant on WiFi and need the bandwidth capacity and efficiency it offers.
• The increase in video streaming, online with WiFi 6 greatly improve student's and teacher's educational experiences.
• From AI assembly line robots to autonomous delivery trucks, most or all new machinery and loT will require high bandwidth and capacity.
• Finance companies need high bandwidth and zero-delay streaming to meet the needs of daily stock market traders and demanding finance apps. WiFi 6 can keep up with these demand.
• Houses of worship need great network conncetivity to make sure everything runs smoothly for the team and improve the congregation's experince. Reliability, simplicity and affordability are high priorities. WiFi 6 checks all those boxes.

Specifications:

WAX202 Specifications
Physical Characteristics
Power Supply	Country-specific plug: 12V/1.5A (18W)
Physical Specifications
Dimensions (W x H x L)	6.7 x 2.5 x 9.5in (170 x 63 x 242mm)
Weight	1.1lb (497g)
Mounting options	Desktop
Network Interfaces
Ethernet Ports	Four (4) 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) port with Auto Uplink™ (Auto MDI-X)
Buttons
Hardware Buttons	Default Reset
LEDs	7 LEDs (Power, Internet, LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, 2.4G, 5G)
Environmental Specifications
Operating Temperature	0° to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-20° to 70°C (-4°F to 158°F)
Operating Relative Humidity	10-90%
Storage Humidity	5-95%
Safety Certification	CB IEC60950-1, CE LVD EN62368-1
RF Characteristics
Standards	IEEE 802.11ac IEEE 802.11n 2.0 IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11ax
Frequency Band	2.4GHz and 5GHz concurrent operation
Maximum Theoretical Throughput	600Mbps (2.4GHz) 1200Mbps (5.0Ghz)
Antenna Gain (Peak Gain)	2.4GHz: 1.5dBi 5.0GHz: 3.5dBi
Maximum Number of Clients	128
Network Management
Deployment options	Standalone Web UI
Security	MAC Address filtering 3 SSIDs
MAC ACL	Yes
Simultaneous Bridge/Client Association	Yes
Warranty and Support
Hardware Limited Warranty	3 years
Next-Business-Day (NBD) Replacement	Yes
Technical support (online, phone)	90 days free from date of purchase*
ProSUPPORT OnCall 24x7 Service Packs**	Category S2 PMB0S12 (1 year) PMB0S32 (2 year) PMB0S52 (5 year)
Package Contents
WAX202	WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless AP (WAX202) Ethernet cable Installation guide Power adapter, localized to country of sale Warranty/support information card

* This product comes with a limited warranty that is valid only if purchased from a NETGEAR authorised reseller, and covers unmodifi ed hardware, fans and internal power supplies - not software or external power supplies, and requires product registration using the Insight mobile app or Insight Cloud portal within 90 days of purchase; see https://www.netgear.com/about/warranty for details. Intended for indoor use only.
** The NETGEAR OnCall 24x7 contract provides unlimited phone, chat and email technical support for your networking product.

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Documentation:

Download the NETGEAR WAX202 Datasheet (PDF).