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Specify WPS Settings, admin, password, ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

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AC1900 Cable Modem Voice Router Specify WPS Settings Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) lets you join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi password.  To specify WPS settings: 1. Launch an Internet browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the network. 2. Type http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com. A login window opens. 3. Enter the user name and password. The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive. The BASIC Home page displays. 4. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings. The Router's PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the Network Explorer on a Windows Vista computer) to configure the modem router's WiFi settings through WPS. 5. (Optional) Select or clear the Disable Router's PIN check box. The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the modem router detects suspicious attempts to break into the modem router's WiFi settings by using the modem router's PIN through WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by selecting the Disable Router's PIN check box. 6. (Optional) Select or clear the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box. By default, the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is selected. We recommend that you leave this check box selected. If you clear this check box, the next time a new WiFi client uses WPS to connect to the modem router, the modem router WiFi settings change to an automatically generated random SSID and security key. 7. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. Specify Network Settings 86

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Specify Network Settings
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AC1900 Cable Modem Voice Router
Specify WPS Settings
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) lets you join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi
password.
To specify WPS settings:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the
Network Explorer on a Windows Vista computer) to configure the modem router’s WiFi
settings through WPS.
5.
(Optional) Select or clear the
Disable Router’s PIN
check box.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the modem router detects
suspicious attempts to break into the modem router’s WiFi settings by using the modem
router’s PIN through WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by selecting the
Disable Router’s PIN
check box.
6.
(Optional) Select or clear the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box.
By default, the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box is selected. We recommend
that you leave this check box selected.
If you clear this check box, the next time a new WiFi client uses WPS to connect to the
modem router, the modem router WiFi settings change to an automatically generated
random SSID and security key.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.