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5.1

Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS

WPS

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) allows you to add new wireless clients to your local network in a swift and easy way, without

the need to enter any of your wireless settings (network name, wireless key, encryption type).

Requirements



Your wireless client must support WPS. Check the documentation of your wireless client for this.



Your Technicolor Gateway must use WPA(2)-PSK encryption (default encryption) or no encryption. WPS with WEP

encryption is not possible.

WPS Methods

The following WPS methods are supported by your Technicolor Gateway:



Push Button Configuration (PBC):

You have to put both your Wireless USB Adaptor and access point in registration mode.



PIN code entry:

You have to enter a PIN code on the Wireless Configuration Utility.

Procedure for PBC

Proceed as follows:

1

Shortly press the WPS button on the

Technicolor Gateway

:

2

The WPS button LED starts blinking orange. This indicates that the Technicolor Gateway is now searching for wireless

clients that are in registration mode. You now have two minutes to start WPS on your wireless client.

3

Start WPS on your wireless client.

4

The Technicolor Gateway is now exchanging the security settings.

5

At the end of the procedure the status of the WPS LED will change to either of the following:



Solid green

This indicates that you have successfully registered your wireless client. You are now connected to the Technicolor

Gateway network.

Both Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have native WPS support.

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

Blinking red

This indicates that the Technicolor Gateway could not find your wireless client. Use the same procedure to try again

(you do not need to wait until the LED turns off).

Procedure for PIN code entry

Proceed as follows:

1

Check the label on your Technicolor Gateway and write down the following information:



The PIN code that is printed next to the WPS logo.



The

Network Name

.

This is the default network name (SSID). If you already configured a new network name, write down the new one.

2

Go the WPS PIN code page of your wireless client.

3

Enter the PIN code,

4

Your wireless client may prompt you to select your access point. If this is the case, select the access point with the network

name that you wrote down.

Troubleshooting

If you are having trouble connecting your wireless client via WPS, this may be cause by one of the following reasons:



WPS can not be correctly executed:

Configure your wireless manually. For more information, see

“5.2 Connecting Your Wireless Client without WPS” on

page 42

.



Your wireless client is out of range:

If possible move your wireless client closer to your Technicolor Gateway or use a wireless repeater to extend the range of

your wireless network.



Another device is interfering on the selected wireless channel:

Change the wireless channel of your Technicolor Gateway. For more information, see

“Change the wireless channel” on

page 87

.

Do not include the hyphen when entering the PIN code. For example, if your PIN code is

1234-5678

, then enter

12345678

.

1234-5678

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5.2

Connecting Your Wireless Client without WPS

Before you start

Before you can connect a wireless client (for example, a computer) to your wireless network you need to know the wireless

settings that are currently used by the Technicolor Gateway, i.e.:



The Network Name (SSID)



The wireless key

What Network Name (SSID) is my Technicolor Gateway using?

If you did not change the SSID, your Technicolor Gateway uses the Network Name that is printed on the back panel label of

your Technicolor Gateway.

What wireless key is my Technicolor Gateway using?

If you did not change the security settings, no wireless key is used.

Forgot your wireless key?

If you have changed the wireless settings manually and you can’t remember your settings, try one of the following:

1

Use a computer that is already connected to your network.

2

Browse to the Technicolor Gateway GUI.

For more information, see

“Accessing the Technicolor Gateway GUI” on page 33

.

3

On the

Home Network

menu, click

Wireless

.

4

In the upper-right corner, click

Details

.

5

Under:



Configuration

, you can find the network name (SSID).



Security

, you can find the encryption.

Connecting your wireless client

Configure your wireless client with the same wireless settings as your Technicolor Gateway (network name and wireless key).

For more information, consult the documentation of your wireless client.

If your service provider did choose to use a default wireless key, use the

Wireless Key

that is printed on the bottom

panel label of your Technicolor Gateway.

If none of your computers is connected yet, connect one with an Ethernet cable. For more information, see

“3.3.2 Setting up a Wired Connection” on page 25

.

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5.3

Securing Your Wireless Connection

Introduction

You can protect the wireless communication between the wireless clients and your Technicolor Gateway with a wireless key.

This means that:



Only clients which use the correct Network Name (SSID) and wireless key can connect to your network.



All data passing through your wireless access point is secured and encrypted.

Encryption types

Over the years a number of encryption types have been developed. The list below gives you an overview of the supported

encryption types ordered by descending security level; you will find the highest level of security at the top of the list:



WPA-PSK Encryption:

The wireless connection is secured with a pre-shared key that has been defined by the user. Wireless clients must be

configured with this key before they can connect to the Technicolor Gateway. The Technicolor Gateway supports the

following WPA-PSK versions (ordered by descending security):



WPA2-PSK:

The most recent and most secure version of WPA-PSK. Choose this version if you are sure that all your wireless clients

support WPA2-PSK.



WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK

:

This is a mixed mode. In this mode WPA2-PSK, is the preferred encryption type but wireless clients do not support

WPA2-PSK, can still use WPA-PSK as encryption type. Choose this option if not all of your wireless clients support

WPA2-PSK or if you are not sure. Wireless clients that support WPA2-PSK will use WPA2-PSK, the others will use

WPA-PSK.



WPA-PSK

:

The first version of

WPA-PSK.

Choose this option if you are sure that none of your wireless clients support

WPA2-PSK.



WEP Encryption:

The least safe encryption type used for wireless connections. Like WPA-PSK it uses a user-defined key, but WEP has

been proven to have security issues.

Configuration

Proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the

Technicolor Gateway GUI

.

For more information, see

“Accessing the Technicolor Gateway GUI” on page 33

.

2

Under

Home Network

, click

Wireless

.

3

The

Wireless Access Point

page appears. In the upper-right corner, click

Configure

.

If you want to configure WPA2-PSK on the built-in wireless utility of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you first

have to:



Upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 3.

- or -



Install the following update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021

.

Although the Technicolor Gateway allows you to use WEP or no security, we strongly advise against using one of

them! Use

WPA(2)-PSK

instead.

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In the

Security Mode

list, select one of the following modes:



WPA-PSK



WPA2-PSK



WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK

For more information, see

“Encryption types” on page 43

.

5

In the

WPA-PSK Encryption Key

box, type a the key of your choice. The key must be in one of the following formats:



8 to 63 alphanumeric characters. For example: MyKey123



8 to 64 hexadecimal characters (characters from 0 to 9 and from A to F). For example: C54F48A5.

6

Click

Apply

.

7

Reconnect your wireless client(s) to the Technicolor Gateway using these new security settings.

For more information, see

“5.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS” on page 40

or

“5.2 Connecting Your Wireless

Client without WPS” on page 42

.