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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR612v2 User Manual Note: If no WPS-capable client devices connect during the 2-minute time frame, the wireless settings do not change on the wireless router. WPS PIN Entry Any wireless computer or device that will connect to the wireless 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 wireless router, and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it implements WPS. After WPS is implemented, the wireless 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 wireless router as described in Logging In to Your Wireless Router on page 7. 2. On the wireless router main menu, select Add a WPS Client (computers that will connect wirelessly to the wireless 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. From the wireless router Add WPS Client screen, enter the client PIN number, and click Next. • The wireless router tries to communicate with the client for 4 minutes. • The wireless router WPS screen confirms that the client was added to the wireless network. The wireless router generates an SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless security. • If the client is not added during the 2-minute time frame, the router wireless settings remain unchanged. 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 Configuring Your Wireless Settings on page 14. To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless router, launch an Internet browser. You should see the wireless router's Internet LED blink, indicating communication to the ISP. 20 | Chapter 2: Wireless Configuration

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Chapter 2:
Wireless Configuration
Wireless-N 150 Router WNR612v2 User Manual
Note:
If no WPS-capable client devices connect during the 2-minute time
frame, the wireless settings do not change on the wireless router.
WPS PIN Entry
Any wireless computer or device that will connect to the wireless 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 wireless
router, and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it
implements WPS. After WPS is implemented, the wireless 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 wireless router as described in
Logging In to Your Wireless Router
on
page
7.
2.
On the wireless router main menu, select Add a
WPS Client (computers that will connect
wirelessly to the wireless 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.
From the wireless router Add WPS Client screen, enter the client PIN number, and click
Next
.
•
The wireless router tries to communicate with the client for 4 minutes.
•
The wireless router WPS screen confirms that the client was added to the wireless
network. The wireless router generates an SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2
wireless security.
•
If the client is not added during the 2-minute time frame, the router wireless settings
remain unchanged.
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 Configuring Your Wireless Settings
on page
14.
To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless router, launch an
Internet browser. You should see the wireless router’s Internet LED blink, indicating
communication to the ISP.