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wax610
Jun 29, 2023Aspirant
Configured AP in Standalone Mode. Can I safely enable Insight Managed without loosing configurations
Hi there, I have scanned the QR code and registered my WAX610 after connecting it to an internet accessible switch. During initial setup, I found that I had the option to enable Standalone manag...
- Jun 30, 2023
wax610 wrote:
My concern is that my app doesn't know about the configuration parameters setup on the AP since changing management mode to Standalone. Does that mean that I will loose all the configuration that I have defined, when I change management mode to Insights?
Yes. Netgear Insight is not about managing existing local device configs. This does include the local admin password which goes under the control of Insight, for the site configuration data.
schumaku
Jun 30, 2023Guru - Experienced User
wax610 wrote:
My concern is that my app doesn't know about the configuration parameters setup on the AP since changing management mode to Standalone. Does that mean that I will loose all the configuration that I have defined, when I change management mode to Insights?
Yes. Netgear Insight is not about managing existing local device configs. This does include the local admin password which goes under the control of Insight, for the site configuration data.
- wax610Jun 30, 2023Aspirant
Thank you. I will remain in standalone mode then.
It is a shame, though, that you can't have both.
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