Use Wps To Add A Device To The Wifi Network; Use Wps With The Push Button Method - NETGEAR AC1000 User Manual

• If your computer or mobile device is already connected to another WiFi network
in your area, disconnect it from that WiFi network and connect it to the WiFi
network that the router provides. Some WiFi devices automatically connect to the
first open network without WiFi security that they discover.
• If your computer or mobile device is trying to connect to your network with its old
settings (before you changed the settings), update the WiFi network selection in
your computer or mobile device to match the current settings for your network.
• Does your computer or mobile device display as an attached device? (See View
Devices Currently on the Network on page 104.) If it does, it is connected to the
network.
• Are you using the correct network name (SSID) and password?
Use WPS to Add a Device to the WiFi
Network
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) lets you connect a computer or mobile device to the router's
network without entering the WiFi network passphrase or key. Instead, you use a
Reset/WPS button or enter a PIN to connect.
If you use the push button method, the computer or device that you are trying to connect
must provide either a physical button or a software button. If you use the PIN method,
you must know the PIN of the computer or device that you are trying to connect.
WPS supports WPA and WPA2 WiFi security. If your router network is open (no WiFi
security is set, which is not the default setting for the router), connecting with WPS
automatically sets WPA and WPA2 WiFi security on the router network and generates
a random passphrase. You can view this passphrase (see Manage the Basic WiFi Settings
and WiFi Security of the Main Network on page 52).

Use WPS With the Push Button Method

For you to use the push button method to connect a WiFi device to the router's WiFi
network, the WiFi device that you are trying to connect must provide either a physical
button or a software button. You can use the physical button and software button to let
a WiFi device join only the main WiFi network, not the guest WiFi network.
To let a WiFi device join the router's main WiFi network using WPS with the push
button method:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
Manage the Basic WiFi Network
Settings
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