Wifi Protected Setup - ZyXEL Communications P-870H Series User Manual

7.10.4 WiFi Protected Setup

Your ZyXEL Device supports WiFi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to
set up a secure wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification,
defined by the WiFi Alliance.
WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without
having to configure security settings manually. Each WPS connection works
between two devices. Both devices must support WPS (check each device's
documentation to make sure).
Depending on the devices you have, you can either press a button (on the device
itself, or in its configuration utility) or enter a PIN (a unique Personal Identification
Number that allows one device to authenticate the other) in each of the two
devices. When WPS is activated on a device, it has two minutes to find another
device that also has WPS activated. Then, the two devices connect and set up a
secure network by themselves.
7.10.4.1 Push Button Configuration
WPS Push Button Configuration (PBC) is initiated by pressing a button on each
WPS-enabled device, and allowing them to connect automatically. You do not need
to enter any information.
Not every WPS-enabled device has a physical WPS button. Some may have a WPS
PBC button in their configuration utilities instead of or in addition to the physical
button.
Take the following steps to set up WPS using the button.
Ensure that the two devices you want to set up are within wireless range of one
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another.
Look for a WPS button on each device. If the device does not have one, log into its
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configuration utility and locate the button (see the device's User's Guide for how to
do this - for the ZyXEL Device, see
Press the button on one of the devices (it doesn't matter which). For the ZyXEL
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Device you must press the WPS button for more than three seconds.
Within two minutes, press the button on the other device. The registrar sends the
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network name (SSID) and security key through an secure connection to the
enrollee.
If you need to make sure that WPS worked, check the list of associated wireless
clients in the AP's configuration utility. If you see the wireless client in the list,
WPS was successful.
P-870H/HW Series User's Guide
Section 7.7 on page 100).
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