Wireless protected setup – Motorola 2200 User Manual

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Administrator’s Handbook

Wireless Protected Setup

When you click the

Wireless Protected Setup

link in the left-hand links bar, the Wireless Protected

Setup configuration page appears.

Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) is a not a new security protocol. It is simply an easier way to use
existing protocols to provide greater security for your wireless network connections.

By default, Privacy is set to Wireless Protected Access (WPA-PSK). WPS allows you to automatically gen-
erate a new strong WPA key for your Gateway and any client devices on your wireless network.

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Note:

Not all client wireless devices suppor t WPS. Refer to their documentation.

This page offers two ways to enable WPS from the

Setup Type pull-down menu:

❑ by PIN Entry:

Here you create a Personal Identification Number (PIN), just as you would for a bank’s ATM card.

Select the MAC address of the client device you want to enable, enter a PIN number, and click the

Submit

button.

The Gateway generates a strong WPA key, and displays a completion message.

You must then follow the instructions that came with your WPS-enabled client device to complete the
configuration.