Technical Reference; Wireless Network Overview - ZyXEL Communications WAH7706 User Manual

Table 19 Wi-Fi > WPS (continued)
LABEL
Select WPS
Method
WPS PIN

5.6 Technical Reference

This section discusses wireless LANs in depth.

5.6.1 Wireless Network Overview

Wireless networks consist of wireless clients, access points and bridges.
• A wireless client is a radio connected to a user's computer.
• An access point is a radio with a wired connection to a network, which can connect with
numerous wireless clients and let them access the network.
• A bridge is a radio that relays communications between access points and wireless clients,
extending a network's range.
Traditionally, a wireless network operates in one of two ways.
• An "infrastructure" type of network has one or more access points and one or more wireless
clients. The wireless clients connect to the access points.
• An "ad-hoc" type of network is one in which there is no access point. Wireless clients connect to
one another in order to exchange information.
The following figure provides an example of a wireless network.
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• Select PBC to set up a WPS wireless network using Push Button Configuration (PBC).
If you select PBC, click Activate to add another WPS-enabled wireless device (within
wireless range of the WAH7706) to your wireless network. This button may either be a
physical button on the outside of device, or a menu button similar to the Connect button on
this screen.
Note: You must press the other wireless device's WPS button within two minutes of pressing
this button.
• Select PIN to set up a WPS wireless network by entering the PIN of the client into the
WAH7706.
This field is available only when you set Select WPS Method to PIN.
Select this option and enter the PIN of the device that you are setting up a WPS connection
with and click Apply to authenticate and add the wireless device to your wireless network.
You can find the PIN either on the outside of the device, or by checking the device's
settings.
Note: You must also activate WPS on that device within two minutes to have it present its PIN
to the WAH7706.
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