User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Wireless-N 300 Modem Router DGN2200 User Manual
- About This Manual
- Conventions, Formats, and Scope
- Revision History
- Chapter 1 Configuring Your Internet Connection
- Chapter 2 Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
- Chapter 3 Protecting Your Network
- Chapter 4 Managing Your Network
- Chapter 5 USB Storage
- Chapter 6 Advanced Configuration
- Configuring WAN Settings
- Configuring Dynamic DNS
- Configuring LAN Settings
- Setting up Quality of Service (QoS)
- Advanced Wireless Settings
- Using Static Routes
- Configuring Universal Plug and Play
- Building Wireless Bridging and Repeating Networks
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- Advanced USB Settings
- Traffic Meter
- Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A Wall Mounting and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
- Index
Wireless-N 300 Modem Router DGN2200 User Manual
2-11 Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
v1.0, November 2009
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless
Network and Security
If your wireless clients support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can use this feature to configure
the wireless-N modem router’s SSID and security settings and, at the same time, connect the
wireless client securely and easily to the wireless-N modem router. Look for the symbol on
your client device
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(computers that will connect wirelessly to the modem router are clients). WPS
automatically configures the SSID and wireless security settings for the wireless-N modem router
(if the wireless-N modem router is in its default state) and broadcasts these settings to the wireless
client.
Some considerations regarding WPS are:
• WPS supports only WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK wireless security. WEP security is not
supported by WPS.
• 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 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 additional WPS capable devices. See
“Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup” on page 2-14.
• If the wireless-N modem 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.
These instructions assume that you are configuring WPS on the wireless-N modem router for the
first time and connecting a WPS-capable device.
1. For a list of other Wi-Fi-certified products available from NETGEAR, go to http://www.wi-fi.org.