N300 Wireless Router with USB WNR2200 User Manual
Safeguarding Your Network 2-12
v1.0, September 2010
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless
Network
If your wireless clients support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can use this feature to configure
the wireless router’s SSID and security settings and, at the same time, connect the wireless client
securely and easily to the wireless router. Look for the symbol on your client device
(computers that will connect wirelessly to the wireless router are clients). WPS automatically
configures the network name (SSID) and wireless security settings for the wireless router (if the
wireless router is in its default state) and broadcasts these settings to the wireless client.
Some considerations regarding WPS are:
• WPS supports these types of wireless security: None, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WEP (with
the authentication type set to Automatic on the Wireless Settings screen). WEP security with
shared key authentication is not supported by WPS.
• If your wireless network will include a combination of WPS capable devices and non-WPS
capable devices, NETGEAR suggests that you set up your wireless network and security
settings manually first, and use WPS only for adding additional WPS capable devices. See
“Adding Both WPS and Non-WPS Clients” on page 2-17.
A WPS client can be added using the Push Button method or the PIN method.
• Using the Push Button. This is the preferred method. See the following section, “Using a
WPS Button to Add a WPS Client” on page 2-13.
• Entering a PIN. For information about using the PIN method, see “Using PIN Entry to Add a
WPS Client” on page 2-14.
Note: NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the Wi-Fi Protected Setup
(WPS) standard (for more information, see http://www.wi-fi.org). All other Wi-Fi-
certified and WPS-capable products should be compatible with NETGEAR
products that implement Push 'N' Connect.
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