Owner's Manual

Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings

N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500

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 wireless modem router’s SSID and security settings and, at the same time,

connect the wireless client securely and easily to the wireless modem router. Look for the

symbol on your client device (computers that will connect wirelessly to the wireless

modem router are clients). WPS automatically con

figures the network name (SSID) and

wireless security settings for the wireless modem router (if the wireless modem router is in its

default state) and broadcasts these settings to the wireless client.

Note: NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the Wi-Fi

Protected Setup (WPS) standard (for more information, see

http://www.wi-fi.org). All other Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-capable

products should be compatible with NETGEAR products that

implement Push 'N' Connect.

Some considerations regarding WPS are:

• W

PS supports only WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK wireless security. WEP security is not

supported by WPS.

• I

f 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 Adding Both WPS and Non-WPS Clients on p

age 30.

A WPS client can be added using the Push Button method or the PIN method.

• Usi

ng the Push Button. This is the preferred method. See the following section, Using a

WPS Button to Add a WPS Client .

• Ente

ring a PIN. For information about using the PIN method, see Using PIN Entry to Add

a WPS Client on p

age 29.

Using a WPS Button to Add a WPS Client

Any wireless computer or wireless adapter that will connect to the wireless modem router

wirelessly is a client. The client must support a WPS button, and must have a WPS

configuration utility, such as the NETGEAR Smart Wizard or Atheros Jumpstart.

The first time you add a WPS client, make sure that the Ke

ep Existing Wireless Settings

check box on the WPS Settings screen is cleared. This is the default setting for the wireless

modem router, and allows it to generate the SSID and WPA/WPA2 security settings when it

implements WPS. After WPS is implemented, the wireless modem router automatically

selects this check box so that your SSID and wireless security settings remain the same if

other WPS-enabled devices are added later.