Using Pin Entry To Add A Wps Client - NETGEAR DGN3500 User Manual

N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500

Using PIN Entry to Add a WPS Client

Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the wireless modem router
wirelessly is a client. The client must support a WPS PIN, and must have a WPS
configuration utility, such as the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart.
The first time you add a WPS client, make sure that the Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box on the WPS Settings screen is cleared. This is the default setting for the wireless
modem router, and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it
implements WPS. After WPS is implemented, the wireless modem router automatically
selects this check box so that your SSID and wireless security settings remain the same if
other WPS-enabled devices are added later.
To use a PIN to add a WPS client:
Log in to the wireless modem router at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1
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with its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using
whatever LAN address and password you have set up.
On the wireless modem router main menu, select Add a WPS Client (computers that will
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connect wirelessly to the wireless modem router are clients), and then click Next. The Add
WPS Client screen displays:
Figure 11.
Select the PIN Number radio button.
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Go to the client wireless computer. Run a WPS configuration utility. Follow the utility's
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instructions to generate a PIN. Take note of the client PIN.
From the wireless modem router Add WPS Client screen, enter the client PIN number, and
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then click Next.
The wireless modem router tries to communicate with the client for 4 minutes.
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The wireless modem router WPS screen displays a message confirming that the
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client was added to the wireless network. The wireless modem router generates an
SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless security.
Note the new SSID and WPA/WPA2 password for the wireless network. You can view these
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settings in the Wireless Settings screen. See
on page 17.
To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless modem router,
launch a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. You should see
the wireless modem router's Internet LED blink, indicating communication to the ISP. If no
WPS-capable client devices are located during the 2-minute time frame, the SSID will not
be changed and no security will be implemented on the wireless modem router.
Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings
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