Establishing a WLAN Connection Using WPS
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Establishing a WLAN Connection Using WPS
If you are using a WLAN adapter from another manufactur-
er and your WLAN adapter supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected
Setup), you can also use this mechanism to establish the
WLAN connection between your computer and the
FRITZ!Box. For detailed instructions about how to do so,
see the section “WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)” from
page 148.
Establishing a WLAN Connection Manually
Installing a WLAN
Adapter
If you are using a WLAN adapter from another manufactur-
er, you can also establish the WLAN connection manually.
To do so, proceed as follows:
1.
Switch on your computer.
2.
Install the WLAN adapter in your computer along with
the appropriate software. Please take note of the in-
structions in the documentation of the adapter.
3.
In order to establish a WLAN connection to the
FRITZ!Box, you can use the WLAN software for the
WLAN adapter, or the WLAN software supplied with
the operating system.
Establishing a
Connection
The FRITZ!Box is delivered with preset values for WLAN se-
curity. You must enter these values during the configura-
tion of the WLAN adapter.
If you would like to establish a WLAN connection using
these preset values, then your WLAN adapter must sup-
port the WPA encryption procedure.
1.
Start the WLAN software.
2.
Enter the following values for the connection be-
tween the FRITZ!Box and the WLAN adapter:
For more information, see the manual on the AVM
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N, the manual for the AVM
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N 2.4, or the manual for the AVM
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick.
