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February 2011
User Guide
VersaLink Wireless Gateway (Model 7550)
13.2
Simple Config
If you select
Wireless Settings
from the top navigational menu and then select
Simple Config
in the submenu
options at the left of the screen, the following screen will appear. Devices that support Wi-Fi protected setup can
quickly connect to your Router using the Router’s simple config button, without first requesting long keywords or
passphrases. By default, this feature is disabled in the Router.
During the developmental period for an easy push-button method for securely connecting wireless devices,
manufacturers were eager to deliver their own push-button methods, and the common name used was “Simple
Config.” When the procedure finally became standardized, it was renamed to Wi-Fi Protected Setup or WPS, by the
standards organization.
WPS simplifies establishing wireless connections between stations and your Router (wireless access point). Although
some stations (clients) do not support WPS, for those that do, you can use WPS to quickly connect to your Router
without first having to input long security keywords. The stations using WPS will automatically acquire the security
settings of the Router once connected. For the wireless stations that do not support WPS, you can connect the stations
to your Router using the instructions explained earlier in section 6.3 of this User Guide.
If wireless security is disabled in your Router, WPS will still function; however, it is recommended that you select
some level of security in the Router. By factory default, the Router’s wireless security is enabled for WEP on the
primary SSID and disabled on the secondary SSID.
The type of security that is used (see section 13.4.1 for details on Wireless Security) must be the same for all stations
connecting to the wireless network. For example, if you have a device in your network that can only support WEP,
then you must use WEP security in the Router and in all wireless stations connected to your network.
NOTE:
1. Your wireless station must support Wi-Fi Protected Setup in order to use WPS in the Router. If the station has
WPS capability, it will have WPA security capability as well. If needed, refer to your station’s user guide for
details about your station.
2. To use WPS, your Router must be configured for WPA-PSK, WEP Open, or WPA2
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PSK settings.
3. The security settings “WEP Shared Key” and “WPA Enterprise” are not supported by Simple Config.
