NETGEAR Nighthawk RS400 User Manual page 101

Nighthawk AC2300 Cybersecurity WiFi Router Model RS400
The BASIC Home page displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Advanced Wireless Settings.
The Wireless Settings page displays.
5. Scroll down to the WPS Settings section in the lower part of the page.
The Router's PIN field displays the fixed PIN that you use to configure the router's
WiFi settings from another device through WPS.
6. (Optional) Select or clear the Enable Router's PIN check box.
By default, the Enable Router's PIN check box is selected and the router's PIN is
enabled. For enhanced security, you can disable the router's PIN by clearing the
Enable Router's PIN check box. However, when you disable the router's PIN, WPS
is not disabled because you can still use the physical WPS button.
Note: The PIN function might temporarily be disabled if the router detects suspicious
attempts to break into the router's WiFi settings by using the router's PIN through
WPS. If this situation occurs, you can manually enable the PIN function by selecting
the Enable Router's PIN check box. You can configure the number of times a failed
PIN connection is allowed before the PIN function is disabled. (The default is three
failed PIN connections.)
7. (Optional) Select or clear one or both of the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check
boxes.
By default, both Keep Existing Wireless Settings check boxes are selected. We
recommend that you leave these check boxes selected.
If you clear a check box, the next time a new WiFi client uses WPS to connect to the
router, the router's WiFi settings for the radio band change to an automatically
generated random SSID and passphrase. Clear a Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box only if you want to allow the WPS process to change the associated SSID
and passphrase for WiFi access in the radio band.
WARNING: If you clear a Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box and use WPS
to add a computer or mobile device to the router's WiFi network, the associated
SSID and passphrase are automatically generated and other WiFi devices that are
already connected to the router's WiFi network in the radio band might be
disconnected.
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Manage the WiFi Network
Settings
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