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How the NID and WPS-Push Button can be used
Following is an example of how the NID button can be used:
1. Select a PlugLink 9571 device in your network. Press and hold the NID
button for 10 seconds. After about 10 seconds, the lights on your device will
blink off briefly and come back on immediately. This will change the existing
Network Encryption Key (NEK) to a randomized NEK.
2. On the PlugLink 9571 device from Step #1, press and hold the NID button for
about 2 seconds. The power light on the device will begin flashing. This unit
has now been set to allow other units to join the network and be assigned
the same password. This unit will remain in "adder" mode for about 2
minutes.
3. Before the three minutes is up from Step #2, select another PlugLink device
from your network. Press and hold the NID button for about 2 seconds. The
power light on the device will blink as well. The two devices will communicate
and the second device will have its NEK set to the NEK of the first device. This
should happen in about 15 to 20 seconds. Once the process has been
completed, you can then test if the two devices are communicating.
4. If you add units at a later time, you only need to perform Step #2 (using any
device in the network) and Step #3 (any new devices). Step #1 is not
necessary unless you wish to change your NEK.
Following is a basic description of how the WPS-Push Button can be used:
1. Press WPS/sw2 for more than 5 seconds. (Or click Reset WPS network
button on the web interface’s wireless-basic-settings tab). This will create a
new wireless network with random SSID, random wireless password and
WPA2-Personal-AES security algorithm. The PL9571 will wait 2 minutes for a
client to join the wireless network by pushing the client’s WPS button.
2. Press WPS/sw2 for less than 5 seconds (or click WPS AP Push Button
on the web interface’s wireless-basic-settings tab).
a) If the current wireless network was not created by WPS:
Pressing the WPS/sw2 button will create a new wireless
network with a random SSID, random wireless password using
the WPA2-Personal-AES security algorithm. After the new
wireless network is created, the PL9571 will wait 2 minutes for a
client to join the wireless network by pushing the client’s WPS
button.
