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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs
NWD Series User’s Guide
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registrar, since it is configured (it already has security information for the network). AP1 supplies
the existing security information to Client 2.
Figure 11 WPS: Example Network Step 2
In step 3, you add another access point (AP2) to your network. AP2 is out of range of AP1, so you
cannot use AP1 for the WPS handshake with the new access point. However, you know that Client
2 supports the registrar function, so you use it to perform the WPS handshake instead.
Figure 12 WPS: Example Network Step 3
REGISTRAR
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