NETGEAR DG834Gv5 manual Using Push N Connect WPS to Configure Your Wireless Network

3.Check that the security settings on each wireless device match the security settings of the router. For example, if you selected a security option requiring a passphrase, then the same passphrase must be used for each wireless computer.

4.Check that each wireless computer has a wireless link and is able to obtain an IP address by DHCP from the router.

For a Windows PC, go to the Control Panel and select Network Connections. Check the Wireless Connections Properties and ensure that TCP/IP Properties are set to Obtain an IP address automatically.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless modem router, launch a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. You should see the wireless modem router’s Internet LED blink, indicating communication to the ISP.

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.1 WPS automatically configures the SSID and wireless security settings for the router (if the router is in its default state) and broadcasts these settings to the wireless client.

NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) standard. All other Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-capable products should be compatible with NETGEAR products that implement Push 'N' Connect.

If the router has already been configured manually, and either WPS-PSK or WPA2-PSK security has been enabled, a wireless client can be connected quickly and simply by using the WPS method of connecting to the wireless network. In this case, the existing wireless settings are broadcast to the WPS-capable client. (For more information on setting up a mixed network, see the on-line User Manual. A link to the User Manual is on the Resource CD.).

If you choose to use WPS, the only security methods supported are WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. WEP security is not supported by WPS.

1. For a list of other Wi-Fi-certified products available from NETGEAR, go to http://www.wi-fi.org.

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