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is the registrar, and Client 1 is the enrollee. The registrar randomly generates the security 
information to set up the network, since it is unconfigured and has no existing information.
Figure 61   WPS: Example Network Step 1
In step 2, you add another wireless client to the network. You know that Client 1 supports registrar 
mode, but it is better to use AP1 for the WPS handshake with the new client since you must 
connect to the access point anyway in order to use the network. In this case, AP1 must be the 
registrar, since it is configured (it already has security information for the network). AP1 supplies 
the existing security information to Client 2.
Figure 62   WPS: Example Network Step 2
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SECURITY INFO
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