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Configuring Your Wireless Network
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Add a Client Using the WPS Button
Note:
The first time you use WPS, it assigns a random network name
(SSID) and a random password to your wireless network. If you want
to keep the network name and password you specified in the Wireless
Settings screen, you must select the
Keep Existing Settings
check
box in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen. See
Advanced
Wireless Settings
on page
52.
A client is a computer or mobile device that connects wirelessly to the modem router. After a
device is added as a client, it can automatically connect to the modem router.
To add a client to your modem router using the WPS button:
1.
Make sure that you know how WPS works on your client.
If it works with WPS, it has a WPS utility and might also have a WPS button that you can
press.
2.
Type
in the address field of your web browser.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the modem router user name and password.
The default user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The modem router main menu displays.
4.
In the main menu, select
Add WPS Client
.
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The following screen displays:
5.
Click the
Next
button.
The following screen displays:
6.
Either click the
WPS
button
on the screen, or press the
WPS
button
on the front of
the modem router.
The following occurs:
•
The WPS LED on the front of the modem router begins to blink.
•
The modem router tries to communicate with the wireless computer or device for two
minutes.
•
If the security option in the Wireless Settings screen was set to
Disable
, it is
automatically changed to
WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]
, including a random
wireless security password.
7.
Go to the computer or mobile device, and run its WPS configuration utility.
8.
To click the
WPS
button, follow the utility’s instructions.
When the computer or mobile device connects to the wireless network, the modem router
sends its SSID and WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK configuration to that computer.
9.
On the computer that just joined the wireless network, make sure that you can connect to
the Internet.
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The modem router’s Internet LED blinks, showing that the Internet connection is in use.
Add a Client Using a PIN
A client is a computer or mobile device that connects wirelessly to the modem router. After a
device is added as a client, it can automatically connect to the modem router.
To add a client to your modem router using a PIN:
1.
Make sure that you know how WPS works on your computer or mobile device.
If it works with WPS, it has a WPS utility. To determine the PIN for your mobile computer
or device, use this utility.
2.
Type
in the address field of your web browser.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the modem router user name and password.
The default user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The modem router main menu displays.
4.
In the main menu, select
Add WPS Client
.
The following screen displays:
5.
Click the
Next
button.
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The following screen displays:
6.
Select the
PIN
radio button.
7.
In the
Enter Client’s PIN
field, type the PIN that you located in Step 1.
8.
Click the
Next
button.
The following occurs:
•
The WPS LED on the front of the modem router begins to blink.
•
The modem router tries to communicate with the wireless computer or device for four
minutes.
•
If the security option in the Wireless Settings screen was set to
Disable
, it is
automatically changed to
WPA-PSK
(including a PSK security password).
When the computer connects to the wireless network, the modem router sends its SSID
and WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK configuration to that computer.
9.
On the computer that just joined the wireless network, make sure you can connect to the
Internet.
The modem router’s Internet LED blinks, showing that the Internet connection is in use.
Set Up Wi-Fi Multimedia
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) provides basic Quality of Service (QoS) features to IEEE 802.11
networks. WMM prioritizes traffic according to four access categories: voice, video, best
effort, and background. It does not, however, provide guaranteed throughput. You can use
the Wi-Fi Multimedia screen to set up wireless multimedia Quality of Service (QoS).
To set up Wi-Fi Multimedia:
1.
Type
in the address field of your web browser.
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A login screen displays.
2.
Enter the modem router user name and password.
The default user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The modem router main menu displays.
3.
In the main menu, under Setup, select
Wi-Fi Multimedia
.
The following screen displays:
4.
Specify the Wi-Fi Multimedia setting for the network:
•
WMM Support
. Select
On
to enable WMM.
•
No-Acknowledgement
. Select
Off
if you want to use Acknowledgement (ACK)
messages. Select
On
if you do not want to use acknowledgement messages.
Usually,
Off
is selected. If wireless communication quality is poor at your location,
select
On
so that you are notified when a package is lost. High interference levels can
cause poor communication.
•
Power Save Support
.
To conserve battery power in smaller devices that are
connected to the modem router, select
On
.
5.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are saved.
Change the Password
For security reasons, the modem router has its own user name and password. NETGEAR
recommends that you change the default password to a more secure password. The ideal

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