Connecting Your Wireless Client Via Wps - Technicolor TG587n v3 Setup And User Manual

5 THE TECHNICOLOR GATEWAY WIRELESS ACCESS POINT

5.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS

WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) allows you to add new wireless clients to your local network in a swift and easy way, without
the need to enter any of your wireless settings (network name, wireless key, encryption type).
Requirements
Your wireless client must support WPS. Check the documentation of your wireless client for this.
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Both Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have native WPS support.
Your Technicolor Gateway must use WPA(2)-PSK encryption (default encryption) or no encryption. WPS with WEP
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encryption is not possible.
Procedure
Proceed as follows:
1 Shortly press the WPS button on the Technicolor Gateway:
2 The WPS button LED starts blinking orange. This indicates that the Technicolor Gateway is now searching for wireless
clients that are in registration mode. You now have two minutes to start WPS on your wireless client.
3 Start WPS on your wireless client.
4 The Technicolor Gateway is now exchanging the security settings.
5 At the end of the procedure the status of the WPS LED will change to either of the following:
 Solid green
This indicates that you have successfully registered your wireless client. You are now connected to the Technicolor
Gateway network.
 Blinking red
This indicates that the Technicolor Gateway could not find your wireless client. Use the same procedure to try again
(you do not need to wait until the LED turns off).
Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble connecting your wireless client via WPS, this may be cause by one of the following reasons:
WPS can not be correctly executed:
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Configure your wireless manually. For more information, see
page 42.
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