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WiFi Protected Security (WPS), not sure if it is secure !
A few days ago I got NETGEAR DGN1000 from Orange to connect to my internet. I'm also IT myself and went through all the settings to make sure everything is secure. Then I came across WPS. I read the m...
jmizoguchi, I'm afraid you might be wrong here. The trouble is you have posted this same reply on many threads which raised this point about WPS.
I have read the manual and spoken to the NETGEAR tech support team today on the phone. He confirmed that you do NOT need to push the button in order to connect via the PIN. There are two mechanisms as I explained above, one with button only, no need for PIN. One without button, PIN only.
Fair to say I have no WPS client to check this (I have Windows XP), but I'm looking for a program to allow me to check the WPS on XP for myself to be sure.
(This is for DGN1000 according to the manual and the tech support, I have no idea about other boxes.)
I have read the manual and spoken to the NETGEAR tech support team today on the phone. He confirmed that you do NOT need to push the button in order to connect via the PIN. There are two mechanisms as I explained above, one with button only, no need for PIN. One without button, PIN only.
Fair to say I have no WPS client to check this (I have Windows XP), but I'm looking for a program to allow me to check the WPS on XP for myself to be sure.
(This is for DGN1000 according to the manual and the tech support, I have no idea about other boxes.)