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Appendix D Wireless LANs
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is t he regist rar, and Client 1 is t he enrollee. The regist rar random ly generates t he security
inform ation t o set up t he net wor k, since it is unconfigur ed and has no existing inform at ion.
Figure 170 WPS: Exam ple Network Step 1
I n step 2 , you add anot her wir eless client t o t he network. You know t hat Clien t 1 support s registrar
m ode, but it is bett er to use AP1 for t he WPS handshake wit h t he new client since you m ust
connect t o t he access point anyway in order t o use t he net work. I n this case, AP1 m ust be t he
registrar, since it is configured ( it already has securit y inform ation for the network) . AP1 supplies
the existing securit y inform at ion t o Clien t 2 .
Figure 171 WPS: Exam ple Network Step 2
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SECURITY INFO
CLIENT 1
AP1
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CLIENT 1
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CLIENT 2
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