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N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2200M Mobile Edition User Manual Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network For you to use Push 'N' Connect, your wireless computers or devices must support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). Compatible equipment usually has the WPS symbol on it. WPS can configure the network name (SSID) and set up WPA/WPA2 wireless security for the wireless modem router and the wireless computer or device at the same time. Some considerations regarding WPS are: • NETGEAR's Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the WPS standard. All other Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-capable products should be compatible with NETGEAR products that implement Push 'N' Connect. • 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. You can connect to the network using WPS either with a push button or a PIN. • Push Button. This is the preferred method. See the following section, WPS Button . • Entering a PIN. See WPS PIN Entry on page 36. WPS Button Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the wireless modem router wirelessly is a client. The client must support a WPS button, and must have a WPS configuration utility, such as the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart. To use the wireless modem router WPS button to add a WPS client: 1. Log in to the wireless modem router as described in Logging In to Your Wireless-N Modem Router on page 17. 2. On the wireless modem router main menu, select Add a 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 wireless modem router. The wireless modem router tries to communicate with the client (the computer that wants to join the network) for 2 minutes. Chapter 2. Wireless Network Configuration | 35

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Chapter 2.
Wireless Network Configuration
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N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2200M Mobile Edition User Manual
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless
Network
For you to use Push 'N' Connect, your wireless computers or devices must support Wi-Fi
Protected Setup (WPS). Compatible equipment usually has the
WPS symbol on it. WPS
can configure the network name (SSID) and set up WPA/WPA2 wireless security for the
wireless modem router and the wireless computer or device at the same time.
Some considerations regarding WPS are:
•
NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the WPS standard. All other
Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-capable products should be compatible with NETGEAR
products that implement Push 'N' Connect.
•
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.
You can connect to the network using WPS either with a push button or a PIN.
•
Push Button
. This is the preferred method. See the following section,
WPS Button
.
•
Entering a PIN
. See
WPS PIN Entry
on page 36.
WPS Button
Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the wireless modem router
wirelessly is a client. The client must support a WPS button, and must have a WPS
configuration utility, such as the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart.
To use the wireless modem router WPS button to add a WPS client:
1.
Log in to the wireless modem router as described in
Logging In to Your Wireless-N
Modem Router
on page 17.
2.
On the wireless modem router main menu, select Add a 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 wireless modem
router.
The wireless modem router tries to communicate with the client (the computer that wants
to join the network) for 2 minutes.
WPS
button