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Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup, Apply, Keep Existing Wireless Settings

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Wireless-N 300 Modem Router DGN2200 User Manual Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup You can add more WPS clients to your wireless network, or you can add a combination of WPS-enabled clients and clients without WPS. Note: Your wireless settings remain the same when you add another WPS-enabled client, as long as the Keep Existing Wireless Settings checkbox is selected in the Advanced WPS Settings screen (listed under the Advanced heading in the modem router main menu). If you clear this checkbox, when you add the client, a new SSID and passphrase will be generated, and all existing connected wireless clients will be disassociated and disconnected from the modem router. To add a wireless client device that is WPS-enabled: 1. Follow the procedures in "Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network and Security" on page 2-11. 2. To view a list of all devices connected to your modem router (including wireless and Ethernetconnected), see "Viewing Attached Devices" in Chapter 4. For non-WPS clients, you cannot use the WPS setup procedures to add them to the wireless network. You must record, and then manually enter your security settings (see "Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security" on page 2-8). To connect a combination of non-WPS enabled and WPS-Enabled clients to the modem router: 1. Restore the modem router to its factory default settings (press the Restore Factory Settings button on the bottom of the modem router for 6 seconds). When the factory settings are restored, all existing wireless clients are disassociated and disconnected from the modem router. 2. Configure the network names (SSIDs), select the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK radio button on the Wireless Settings screen (see "Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security" on page 2-8) and click Apply. On the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK screen, select a passphrase and click Apply. Record this information to add additional clients. 3. For the non-WPS devices that you want to connect, open the networking utility and follow the utility's instructions to enter the security settings that you selected in step 2 (the SSID, WPA/ PSK + WPA2/PSK security method, and passphrase). 4. For the WPS devices that you want to connect, follow the procedures in "Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network and Security" on page 2-11. Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings v1.0, March 2010 2-14

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Wireless-N 300 Modem Router DGN2200 User Manual
Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
2-14
v1.0, March 2010
Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup
You can add more WPS clients to your wireless network, or you can add a combination of
WPS-enabled clients and clients without WPS.
To add a wireless client device that is WPS-enabled:
1.
Follow the procedures in
“Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless
Network and Security” on page 2-11
.
2.
To view a list of all devices connected to your modem router (including wireless and Ethernet-
connected), see
“Viewing Attached Devices” in Chapter 4
.
For non-WPS clients, you cannot use the WPS setup procedures to add them to the wireless
network. You must record, and then manually enter your security settings (see
“Manually
Configuring Your Wireless Security” on page 2-8
).
To connect a combination of non-WPS enabled and WPS-Enabled clients to the modem router:
1.
Restore the modem router to its factory default settings (press the Restore Factory Settings
button on the bottom of the modem router for 6 seconds).
When the factory settings are restored, all existing wireless clients are disassociated and
disconnected from the modem router.
2.
Configure the network names (SSIDs), select the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK radio button on the
Wireless Settings screen (see
“Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security” on page 2-8
)
and click
Apply
. On the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK screen, select a passphrase and click
Apply
.
Record this information to add additional clients.
3.
For the non-WPS devices that you want to connect, open the networking utility and follow the
utility’s instructions to enter the security settings that you selected in
step 2
(the SSID, WPA/
PSK + WPA2/PSK security method, and passphrase).
4.
For the WPS devices that you want to connect, follow the procedures in
“Using Push 'N'
Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network and Security” on page 2-11
.
Note:
Your wireless settings remain the same when you add another WPS-enabled client,
as long as the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
checkbox is selected in the
Advanced WPS Settings screen (listed under the Advanced heading in the modem
router main menu). If you clear this checkbox, when you add the client, a new
SSID and passphrase will be generated, and all existing connected wireless clients
will be disassociated and disconnected from the modem router.