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Use Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless

Network

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 router

and the wireless computer or device at the same time.

WPS considerations:

•

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.

WPS Button

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 as described in

Log In to Your Router

on page

12.

2.

On the router main menu, select Add

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 router.

The router tries to communicate with the client (the computer that wants to join the

network) for 2 minutes.

4.

Go to the client wireless computer, and run a WPS configuration utility. Follow the utility’s

instructions to click a WPS button.

5.

Go back to the router screen to check for a message.

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The router WPS screen displays a

message confirming that the client was

added to the wireless network. The router

generates an SSID, and implements

WPA/WPA2 wireless security. The router

will keep these wireless settings unless

you change them, or you clear the

Keep

Existing Wireless Settings

check box in

the Advanced Wireless Settings/WPS

Settings screen.

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 Configure Your

Wireless Settings

on page

28.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your router, launch a browser such

as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. You should see the router’s Internet LED

blink, indicating communication to the ISP.

Note:

If no WPS-capable client devices are located during the 2-minute

time frame, the SSID does not change, and no security is set up.

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WPS PIN Entry

Any wireless computer or device that will connect to the 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 router,

and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it implements

WPS. After WPS is implemented, the 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 router as described in

Log In to Your Router

on page

12.

2.

On the router main menu, select Add WPS

Client (computers that will connect

wirelessly to the 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.

In the router Add WPS Client screen, enter the client PIN number, and then click

Next

.

•

The router tries to communicate with the client for 4 minutes. If no WPS clients

connect during this time, the router wireless settings do not change.

•

The router WPS screen confirms that the client was added to the wireless network.

The router generates an SSID, and implements WPA/WPA2 wireless security.

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 Configure Your Wireless Settings

on

page

28.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your router, launch an Internet

browser such as Mozilla Firefox. You should see the router’s Internet LED blink.

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Add Wireless Computers That Do Not Support WPS

If you set up your network with WPS, and now you want to add a computer that does not

support WPS, you must manually configure that computer. For information about how to view

the wireless settings for the router, see

Manually Configure Your Wireless Settings

on

page

28.

Because WPA randomly creates the SSID and WPA/WPA2 keys, they might be difficult to

type or remember (that is one reason why the network is so secure). You can change the

wireless settings so that they are easier for you to remember. If you do that, then you will

need to set up the WPS-compatible computers again.

Note:

Making these changes will cause all wireless computers to be

disconnected from network. You will then have to set them up with

the new wireless settings.

To change wireless settings for the network:

1.

Use an Ethernet cable to connect a computer to the router. That way you will not get

disconnected when you change the wireless settings.

2.

Log in to the router and select Wireless Settings (see

Manually Configure Your Wireless

Settings

on page

28).

3.

Make the following changes:

•

Change the wireless network name (SSID) to a meaningful name.

•

On the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK screen, select a passphrase.

•

Make sure that the

Keep Wireless Settings

check box is selected in the WPS

Settings screen so that your new settings will not be erased if you use WPS.

4.

Click

Apply

so that your changes take effect. Write down your settings.

All existing wireless clients are disassociated and disconnected from the router.

5.

For the non-WPS devices that you want to connect, open the networking utility and follow

the utility’s instructions to enter the security settings that you selected in Step 3 (the SSID,

WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK security method, and passphrase).

6.

For the WPS devices that you want to connect, follow the procedure

WPS Button

on

page

32 or

WPS PIN Entry

on page

34.

The settings that you configured in Step 3 are broadcast to the WPS devices so that they

can connect to the router.

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SIM Card PIN Code

Some SIM cards may have a PIN code associated with them. Without the PIN code, you will

not be able to access the internet. This status appears when a PIN is required, but has not

yet been entered.

To enter the PIN code:

1.

Log into the router and select

Mobile Broadband Settings

from the navigation tab.

2.

Enter the PIN Code.

Check with the router company if you do not know the PIN code.

PIN Code