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What is an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi
network?
A mesh WiFi network consists of at least one mesh-capable root access point and one
or more extender access points that connect to the root access point over WiFi (see
What are a root access point and an extender access point? on page 50). The root access
point is connected over Ethernet to a router or Internet gateway and provides Internet
access to its extender access points. The root access point and extender access points
work together to cover a potentially large area with WiFi network, which is the mesh
network.
A mesh network can be a good solution if you want to bring WiFi to the following
environments:
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Nearby rooms where cabling is not available (in line of sight and in range of the
current WiFi reception)
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Neighboring office buildings (in line of sight and in range of the current WiFi
reception)
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Any environment in which you cannot run cables
In the mesh WiFi network, the extender access point connects to the root access point
over a WiFi connection and broadcasts (extends) the WiFi network to the WiFi clients:
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Backhaul connection. The WiFi connection between the root access point and the
extender access point is referred to as the backhaul connection.
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Fronthaul connection. The WiFi connection between the extender access point
and its WiFi clients is referred to as the fronthaul connection.
In a NETGEAR Insight Instant Mesh WiFi network, you must use the Insight app to set
up the mesh WiFi connection between the root access point and the extender access
point. That is, you cannot do so through the local browser UI of either the root access
point or the extender access point. In a network with multiple root access points,
NETGEAR Insight automatically connects the extender access point to the root access
point with the strongest WiFi signal.
Although the extender access point broadcasts the same WiFi network or networks as
the root access point, you can also set up a WiFi network on the extender access point,
which then can be broadcast by the root access point and other extender access points
in the mesh network.
The access point can broadcast on the 5 GHz band (the preferred band for the backhaul
connection) and the 2.4 GHz band. Depending on the WiFi capability of the WiFi client,
any band can provide the fronthaul connection.
User Manual52Install the Access Point in an
Insight Instant Mesh WiFi
Network
Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Access Point Models WAX610 and WAX610Y
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