Use Wps To Add A Device To The Wifi Network; Use Wps With The Push Button Method - NETGEAR Nighthawk D7000 User Manual

Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router Model D7000
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For 128-bit WEP, enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0–9, A–F). The key values are
not case-sensitive.
To join the modem router's WiFi network, a user must enter the key value for the key that you specified
in Step 12 as the active key.
14. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
15. Make sure that you can reconnect over WiFi to the network with its new security settings.
If you cannot connect over WiFi, check the following:
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If your computer or WiFi 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 modem router provides. Some
WiFi devices automatically connect to the first open network without WiFi security that they discover.
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If your computer or WiFi 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 WiFi device to match
the current settings for your network.
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Does your WiFi device display as an attached device? (See
on page 251.) If it does, it is connected to the network.
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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 WiFi device to the modem router's network
without entering the WiFi network passphrase or key. Instead, you use a WPS button or enter a PIN to
connect.
If you use the push button method, the WiFi 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 WiFi device
that you are trying to connect.
WPS supports WPA and WPA2 WiFi security. If your modem router network is open (no WiFi security is
set, which is not the default setting for the modem router), connecting with WPS automatically sets WPA
+ WPA2 WiFi security on the modem router network and generates a random passphrase. You can view
this passphrase (see

Use WPS with the Push Button Method

For you to use the push button method to connect a WiFi device to the modem 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.
View or Change the Basic WiFi Settings
Manage the WiFi Network Settings
View Devices Currently on the Network
on page 102).
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