NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall DG834G User Manual

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Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DG834G User Manual

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Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings

v1.0, May 2008

5. For WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK, enter the passphrase.

6. If prompted, enter the settings for the Radius server. For WPA-802.1x or WPA2-802.1x, these

settings are required for communication with the primary Radius server.

Primary Radius Server IP Address. The IP address of the Radius server. The default is
0.0.0.0

Radius Port. Port number of the Radius server. The default is 1812.

Shared Key. This is shared between the wireless access point and the Radius server
during authentication.

7. To save your settings, click Apply.

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 modem router’s SSID and security settings and, at the same time, connect the wireless client
securely and easily to the modem router. Look for the

symbol on your client device

(computers that will connect wirelessly to the modem router are clients). WPS automatically
configures the network name (SSID) and wireless security settings for the modem router (if the
modem router is in its default state) and broadcasts these settings to the wireless client.

Some considerations regarding WPS are:

WPS supports only WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK wireless security. WEP security is not
supported by WPS.

NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the WPS standard. All other Wi-Fi-certified
and WPS-capable products should be compatible with NETGEAR products that implement
Push 'N' Connect.

If 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

“Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup” on page 2-14

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

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

“Using a

WPS Button to Add a WPS Client”

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