Wireless Setup Issue - WPS in Progress

j16384 wrote:

This is incredibly irritating, isn't it? Netgear really ought to fix this problem, or provide a better error message. WPS is an automated mated procedure-- you press a button on the router, and on the client device, and the two devices automatically mate (sort of like bluetooth). The problem is that the router seems to think that someone has initiated a WPS procedure even when you haven't. Until the WPS procedure is canceled, it doesn't allow you to update any of the settings. I found I could work around the problem by following these steps: 1. Use the web interface to initiate a WPS process e.g. Click "Add WPS client" on the menu, then click the button to start the process 2. Cancel the WPS process e.g. Click the cancel button on the admin web page 3. Now go and edit your router settings. The above steps worked for me with my WNR2000

Hi, thanks for the simplified response. I have an N600 (WNDR3400) that worked fine, up until I got my windows 8 Samsung Laptop. The two devices work well independently, not so much together. Other devices stay connected to the network fine, win8 laptop gets kicked off every 4-5 minutes... incredibly annoying when you're trying to stream audio or video...!

So, in order to get anything done, I'm stuck stationary so I can hardwire in. GeekSquad gave me some misc. advice to open up the NAT... (?) and I logged in and reset it to fact settings. Now my network is open (yay), and I cannot name network or set up WEP password.

I just followed the steps above, and while the light goes solid, as soon as I update the settings in wireless and 'apply' I get the same message: 'WPS process is in progress, please apply the changes later.'

Even if I do that, I'm sure the wireless connection issues between windows 8 laptop and netgear n600 router will continue.
Are you able to shed any light on either of these two issues?

Thoroughly annoyed in columbus, ohio--

Katie