Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 User Manual
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Wireless Network Configuration
v1.0, October 2009
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless
Network
If your wireless clients support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can use this feature to configure
the router’s SSID and security settings and, at the same time, connect the wireless client securely
and easily to the router. Look for the
symbol on your client device (computers that will
connect wirelessly to the router are clients). WPS automatically configures the network name
(SSID) and wireless security settings for the router (if the router is in its default state) and
broadcasts these settings to the wireless client.
Some considerations regarding WPS are:
•
WPS supports only WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK wireless security. WEP security is not
supported by WPS.
•
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 additional WPS capable devices. See
“Adding Both WPS and Non-WPS Clients” on page 2-13
A WPS client can be added using the Push Button method or the PIN method.
•
Using the Push Button
. This is the preferred method. See the following section,
WPS Button to Add a WPS Client”
•
Entering a PIN
. For information about using the PIN method, see
Using a WPS Button to Add a WPS Client
Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the 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 router WPS button to add a WPS client:
1. Log in to the router at its default LAN address of
http://192.168.0.1
with its default user name
of
admin
and default password of
password
, or using whatever LAN address and password
you have set up.
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