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> [...] The manual states to use wps use the button on the back. There > is NO wps button on the back.... [...]
Which "The manual" states that? When I visited http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number ("R6400V2"), and looked for Documentation, I was led to this User Manual:
In it, the "Top and Front Panels" section (pages 10-11) shows a "WPS button with LED" on the top, and the "Rear Panel" section (Page 11) shows nothing about "WPS". Similarly, the "WiFi Connection" section (page 18) says, "3. Press the WPS button on the router." -- nothing about "the button on the back".
> So how do I activate wps or what is the alternative?
I don't know how _you_ do it, but I'd try the instructions in the User Manual. Searching in that manual for "WPS" should also find ways to do it which involve the web-browser interface, which might obviate the (apparently) insoluble problem of finding the hardware WPS button.
> It's not there. Even the illustration doesn't show where it is.
I can't see your gizmo, so all I have to go by is tha manual. There, "Table 1. LED and button descriptions (continued)", on page 11, shows the icon associated with the "WPS button with LED", a padlock with "radio waves". It's the rightmost LED(+button).
Assuming that your R6400v2 looks like my D7000, the two rightmost LEDs are actually LED+button combinations. These protrude from the panel more than the other, similar LED indicators which are only indicators. The two LED+buttons also click when depressed, unlike the plain, LED-only indicators.
Interestingly, the manual for a D7000 has a full-page illustration devoted to emphasizing those two LED+button combinations (although they're still not especially well described).
I'm still betting that the button-ness of the LED+buttons is what you're missing, but many things are possible.
Remember, the WPS "button" is one of those dual-purpose things that looks like the rest of the lights on the device. You would not be the first person to miss that subtle design feature.
Press the WPS LED.
You can also start the process in the software interface.
There is a manual for the R6400v2 somewhere at the end of this link:
