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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...
There's nothing on page 23 about WPS, I guess you mean page 37.
On that page you can see the Push 'N' Connect method. You agree that the method 1 I described above is correct, just need pressing two buttons on client and Router/AP and it's all done (what a security nightmare, if hackers are scanning and waiting).
Now method 2 is not described in the manual, what you see in page 38 (next page) is connecting a client to AP using the "client" PIN number. This is called "AP Interface".
But note that AP has it's own PIN at the back of the box. You do the reverse of what is in the manual on your WPS enabled client. That is you enter the AP PIN on the client. This is called "Client Interface"
I was told that on AP nothing needs doing when you carry out the operation on client. This is not clear, but I would like to believe you need to press the WPS button on AP, it's not mentioned anywhere though. On other boxes you go through "Client Interface" on AP - read about it in the link below. I don't see NETGEAR providing this. You then have 2 minutes to enter the AP PIN on client (see photo in link). I wonder if NETGEAR has implemented this via pushing the WPS button and done away with "Client Interface".
Please take a little time and read this, it describes both PIN operations of AP interface and Client interface (it's well worth it):
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/30368-wi-fi-protected-setup-wps-need-to-know
Interestingly both D-Link and Belkin have options to disable WPS completely, shame about NETGEAR.
On that page you can see the Push 'N' Connect method. You agree that the method 1 I described above is correct, just need pressing two buttons on client and Router/AP and it's all done (what a security nightmare, if hackers are scanning and waiting).
Now method 2 is not described in the manual, what you see in page 38 (next page) is connecting a client to AP using the "client" PIN number. This is called "AP Interface".
But note that AP has it's own PIN at the back of the box. You do the reverse of what is in the manual on your WPS enabled client. That is you enter the AP PIN on the client. This is called "Client Interface"
I was told that on AP nothing needs doing when you carry out the operation on client. This is not clear, but I would like to believe you need to press the WPS button on AP, it's not mentioned anywhere though. On other boxes you go through "Client Interface" on AP - read about it in the link below. I don't see NETGEAR providing this. You then have 2 minutes to enter the AP PIN on client (see photo in link). I wonder if NETGEAR has implemented this via pushing the WPS button and done away with "Client Interface".
Please take a little time and read this, it describes both PIN operations of AP interface and Client interface (it's well worth it):
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/30368-wi-fi-protected-setup-wps-need-to-know
Interestingly both D-Link and Belkin have options to disable WPS completely, shame about NETGEAR.