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NETGEAR Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1310 • 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 WPS-capable devices. WPS Button Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the router wirelessly is a client. The client has to support a WPS button, and has to have a WPS configuration utility, such as the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart.  To use the router WPS button 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, and then click Next. By default, the Push Button (recommended) radio button is selected. 3. Either click the onscreen button or press the WPS button on the front of the router. WPS button The router tries to communicate with the client (the computer that wants to join the network) for 2 minutes. 4. Go to the client wireless computer, and run a WPS configuration utility. Follow the utility's instructions to click a WPS button. 5. Go back to the router screen to check for a message. The router WPS screen displays a message confirming that the client was added to the wireless network. The router generates an SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless security. The router will keep these wireless settings unless you change them, or you clear the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, WPS Settings section. 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 26. To access the Internet from any computer connected to your router, launch a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. You should see the router's Internet LED blink, indicating communication to the ISP. Wireless Network Configuration 30

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Wireless Network Configuration
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NETGEAR Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1310
•
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 WPS-capable devices.
WPS Button
Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the router wirelessly is a client.
The client has to support a WPS button, and has to have a WPS configuration utility, such as
the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart.
To use the router WPS button 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
, and then click
Next
.
WPS
button
By default, the
Push Button
(recommended)
radio button is
selected.
3.
Either click the onscreen button or
press the
WPS
button on the front of
the router.
The router tries to communicate with the client (the computer that wants to join the
network) for 2 minutes.
4.
Go to the client wireless computer, and run a WPS configuration utility. Follow the utility’s
instructions to click a
WPS
button.
5.
Go back to the router screen to check for a message.
The router WPS screen displays a message
confirming that the client was added to the
wireless network. The router generates an
SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless
security. The router will keep these wireless
settings unless you change them, or you
clear the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box in the Advanced Wireless Settings
screen, WPS Settings section.
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 26.
To access the Internet from any computer connected to your router, launch a browser such
as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. You should see the router’s Internet LED
blink, indicating communication to the ISP.