Applying the configuration

What happens when you press Apply, how to keep your way in if the connection drops, and how to recover from a failure.

Last updated Aug 14, 2026View as Markdown

Overview

There is no separate review screen. On the last step of the wizard the primary button reads Apply instead of Next. Pressing it sends everything you entered to the router as one batch and opens a progress dialog titled “Applying configuration…” that polls the router until it reports 100%.

The router’s addressing is rewritten during this, so the panel expects to lose contact with it partway through and keeps polling for up to six minutes rather than giving up. That is why the dialog carries an emergency-access note the whole time it runs.

Before you start

  • Read the emergency access route below and make sure you can physically reach the router if you need it.
  • Do not close the tab while the dialog is open.

Steps

  1. Press Apply on the last step.
  2. Read the emergency access note in the dialog and note the management WiFi name and password shown there, if any.
  3. Wait. The progress bar advances as the router reports back. Losing connectivity for a stretch is normal.
  4. When it reaches 100% the dialog switches to “Configuration applied successfully”. Press Ok to land on the router’s Overview.

Reference

Emergency access, if you lose the router mid-apply

Route Address
Plug into the last Ethernet port 192.168.200.1
Join the management WiFi shown in the dialog 192.168.210.1

The management WiFi name and password are printed in the dialog under WiFi name and Password while the apply runs. Write them down before you start.

Dialog states

State What it means Buttons
Applying configuration… The batch is running on the router. none
Configuration applied successfully The router reported 100%. Ok
Apply failed The batch or the polling failed; the reason is shown below the title. Retry, Ok

Troubleshooting

“Apply failed”. The message under the title carries the reason. Press Retry to send the batch again, or Ok to close the dialog and go back over the steps.

“Timed out waiting for the router to finish.” The panel polled for six minutes without the router reaching 100%. Reach the router on one of the emergency addresses above and check its state before retrying.

“Missing router credentials.” The session lost the credentials for this router. Reconnect from the Routers list and run the wizard again.