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WPS PIN Entry, Keep Existing Wireless Settings, PIN Number

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Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1210 User Manual WPS PIN Entry Any wireless computer or device that will connect to the router wirelessly is a client. The client must support a WPS PIN, and must have a WPS configuration utility, such as the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart. The first time you add a WPS client, make sure that the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box on the WPS Settings screen is cleared. This is the default setting for the router, and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it implements WPS. After WPS is implemented, the router automatically selects this check box so that your SSID and wireless security settings stay the same if other WPS devices are added later. To use a PIN to add a WPS client: 1. Log in to the router as described in Log In to Your Router on page 12. 2. On the router main menu, select Add WPS Client (computers that will connect wirelessly to the router are clients), and then click Next. The Add WPS Client screen displays. 3. Select the PIN Number radio button. 4. Go to the client wireless computer. Run a WPS configuration utility. Follow the utility's instructions to generate a PIN. Take note of the client PIN. 5. In the router Add WPS Client screen, enter the client PIN number, and then click Next. • The router tries to communicate with the client for 4 minutes. If no WPS clients connect during this time, the router wireless settings do not change. • The router WPS screen confirms that the client was added to the wireless network. The router generates an SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless security. 6. Note the new SSID and WPA/WPA2 password for the wireless network. You can view these settings in the Wireless Settings screen. See Manually Configure Your Wireless Settings on page 28. To access the Internet from any computer connected to your router, launch an Internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox. You should see the router's Internet LED blink. Chapter 2. Wireless Network Configuration | 33

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Chapter 2.
Wireless Network Configuration
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Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1210 User Manual
WPS PIN Entry
Any wireless computer or device that will connect to the router wirelessly is a client. The
client must support a WPS PIN, and must have a WPS configuration utility, such as the
NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart.
The first time you add a WPS client, make sure that the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box on the WPS Settings screen is cleared. This is the default setting for the router,
and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it implements
WPS. After WPS is implemented, the router automatically selects this check box so that your
SSID and wireless security settings stay the same if other WPS devices are added later.
To use a PIN to add a WPS client:
1.
Log in to the router as described in
Log In to Your Router
on page
12.
2.
On the router main menu, select Add WPS
Client (computers that will connect
wirelessly to the router are clients), and
then click
Next
. The Add WPS Client
screen displays.
3.
Select the
PIN Number
radio button.
4.
Go to the client wireless computer. Run a
WPS configuration utility. Follow the utility’s
instructions to generate a PIN. Take note of the client PIN.
5.
In the router Add WPS Client screen, enter the client PIN number, and then click
Next
.
•
The router tries to communicate with the client for 4 minutes. If no WPS clients
connect during this time, the router wireless settings do not change.
•
The router WPS screen confirms that the client was added to the wireless network.
The router generates an SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless security.
6.
Note the new SSID and WPA/WPA2 password for the wireless network. You can view these
settings in the Wireless Settings screen. See
Manually Configure Your Wireless Settings
on
page
28.
To access the Internet from any computer connected to your router, launch an Internet
browser such as Mozilla Firefox. You should see the router’s Internet LED blink.