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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 52 WPS: Example Network Step 1
ENROLLEE
REGISTRAR
SECURITY INFO
CLIENT 1
AP1
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 53 WPS: Example Network Step 2
REGISTRAR
EXISTING CONNECTION
CLIENT 1
AP1
ENROLLEE
CLIENT 2
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