User's Manual

Wireless Router Setup Manual

Configuring Your Wireless Network for Internet Access 21

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

DHCP from the router.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless router, launch a browser such

as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. You should see the wireless 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.

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

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 online User

Manual. A link to the User Manual is on the Resource CD.)

These instructions assume that you are configuring WPS on the router for the first time and

connecting a WPS-capable device.

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.

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

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 you choose to use WPS, the only security methods supported are WPA-PSK and

WPA2-PSK. WEP security is not supported by WPS.