WPS is a technology that provides a quick connection of gadgets to Wi-Fi. When it does not need to enter a long key wireless networkwhich often besides letters and numbers contains special characters. This method is particularly relevant for devices that do not have convenient ways of input: TVs, smartphones with small screen, electronic books Without keyboard and touchscreen.
Note! On some router models, the WPS button can be combined with "Reset". With a short press, the quick connection mode is activated, and if you press the button, the router settings will be returned to the factory.
Install WPS connection using a button
To activate a quick connection mode, press "WPS" on the router. Also, this button may be denoted by two rounded arms indicating each other. The router will report on connecting the relevant LED by flashing. The Wi-Fi Protected Setup mode will be valid for 1-2 minutes, depending on the device used.
Within this time interval, press the same button on the device you want to connect to a wireless network. When the devices define each other, data will be exchanged and communication is established. If the router or external Wi-Fi device does not have such a button, it is possible to initiate a connection to a programmatically. To do this, go to the equipment settings and activate the necessary function. For example, in Windows, it will be enough to choose a wireless network to which you want to connect. In the case when this function is already activated on the router, the password is not required.
Important! After activating the quick connection mode, any Wi-Fi device will be able to connect to your wireless network. To view the list of active devices, use the router control panel.
WPS connection using PIN-code
Wi-Fi Protected Setup technology also allows you to set the authorization password used when connecting to a wireless network. It is called PIN, but instead of traditional four digits consists of eight. Depending on the type of device, its PIN may be indicated on a sticker, box or separate liner. As a rule, a sticker from the bottom side is used on routers. Most models of routers also allows you to change the standard PIN through the web interface.
The specified code is entered to quickly connect devices to home network. In parallel with this, you can connect using WPA / WPA2 (a regular Wi-Fi password).
Differences WPS from QSS
IN wireless routers The TP-LINK manufacturer The WPS feature has a different name: QSS (Quick Secure Setup). The principle of operation of technology is no different. On the back panel tP-LINK routers There is a similar button, and Pin also consists of 8 digits. You can change the QSS settings in the control panel, the QSS feature menu.
After pressing the "Add device" button, a page will open on which you can enter its PIN code. You can also select the second point and use the button on the device for two next few minutes.
Remember! There are no fundamental differences in these standards. Differs only the name.
WPS technology vulnerabilities
The most common method of hacking wireless networks is the selection of the client PIN code. Serious vulnerabilities in this protocol were discovered already in 2011. Since then, a large number of programs have been developed that allow the method of exemption to find out the PIN code of the necessary equipment. In this case possible options It is only 11,000, so you can choose a password in a few hours.
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a standard developed by Wi-Fi equipment that simplifies the connection to the wireless network. Using WPS, any user can quickly and easily configure the protected Wi-Fi Network Network in technical additions and encryption settings. When connecting via WPS automatically sets the network name (SSID) and the encryption method (WPA / WPA2), which are usually entered manually.
Setting up Wi-Fi network is usually held in two steps:
- Setting the router;
- Connect your devices to the created Wi-Fi network.
Setting up WPS.
Consider an example of setting up Wi-Fi network using WPS technology on a computer with Windows 7 (WPS only starts from Windows Vista. SP2 and Windows 7) and wireless access with WPS TENDA W309R support. The WPS configuration process for other Tenda devices is completely similar.
After connecting the router, check the list of wireless networks. It should appear the network with the title similar to TENDA_1A3BC0.. Connect to it.
When connected to an empty network with a lack of encryption, as in our case, Windows will offer to set the router. Press OK And make the setting. (If you do not need configuration, you can simply connect to the network by clicking Oman).
To make further settings, you will need to enter PIN. Often, the PIN code can be found on the sticker located on the device itself (router, access point), it consists of 8 digits (then it can be changed in the router settings). Enter PIN and click Further.
In case the PIN code was entered correctly, you will appear windows window For settings, access point parameters. You need to enter the parameters of your Wi-Fi network:
- Name Name
- Encryption type
- Security key (password)
Network settings shown in the figure are suitable, but the network name changes to its (it must be entered by English letters and should not contain spaces).
After the configuration is completed, the wizard will remind you of security key (see Figure below). By this moment, your computer is already connected to the Wi-Fi network, and the access point is configured.
After we have successfully configured the access point, connect to it from another computer on which Windows 7 is also installed. Open the list Wi-Fi networks And find your network in it. Connect to it.
In order to connect, you need to enter the network key or press the button on the device itself if your router supports PCB method (Push Button Configuration). Click the button and after a couple of seconds you will be connected to your Wi-Fi network.
The WPS button is usually located on the front, rear or sidebar of the device. Some manufacturers combine the WPS and reset button, so be careful. In case of alignment, the effect of pressing the button is determined by the time of its retention (1-2 seconds). If you keep longer, 5-7 seconds - a reset will occur. Be careful.
You just configured Wi-Fi, without using a router web interface, and now you know how you can connect to the wireless network by pressing just one button on the device panel.
WPS is a very useful and convenient technology. Now you will know what it is the PCB button on your device and how to use it.
Despite the elementality of the task, the question "What does WPS means" continues to distinguish the minds of novice users of modern network equipment. In principle, it is natural: I purchased a router or a modem, I began to deal with the capabilities and functionality of my device, and suddenly found a small button on the body with an unknown abbreviation of an unknown destination ... Maybe this is sizing the Hollywood function of self-destruction, exploding the spyware and all the "lucky" Are the zone of possible defeat?
Therefore, in this article we will tell in detail what the WPS button on the router means, and whether to disconnect the WPS mode when the modem is operating.
On some models of routers this feature Also called QSS, from cutting Quick Security Setup - fast setting security.
WPS function in the router: what it is and why is it needed?
In fact, WPS mode is not a radical way to get rid of hazardous equipment. Everything is much more prosperous and safer: WPS (from Wi-Fi Protected Setup) facilitates the user to connect to the wireless network of this router.
To "clarify" the paintings will analyze what WPS is on the modem more clearly.
Imagine that the Wireless Network created by your router is a house in which "live" its owners - Custom devices connected to the network (your PC, Tablet, etc.).
The "residents" of the home network can leave home and return back (connection to WiFi), assign a guide (device priority) and invite guests to them (temporary connection of new users).
But in the WiFi world (as in any other) there are lovers of "freebies", and each such "house" needs to protect good code Castle. After all, if you leave the "door" open (not to install ), Thieves will certainly climb into the house (unauthorized users of the network from among neighbors or random passersby) and will begin to steal your traffic shamelessly.
However, such a WiFi-Network Protection Castle-password often complicates life to the owners of the "House": now in order to get inside, you have to look for the right key every time and open a complex castle. And what if the key password is lost? Or on the "door opening" just do not have time? It comes to the point that users are trying to hack their WiFi or .
To avoid such incidents and need WPS on the router: This feature plays a kind of intercom, automatically creating a new wireless connection and generating all the parameters you need (security key, etc.).
At the same time, the Windows 7 / Windows 8 computer automatically scans the QSS function, and (if the WPS connection to the network is available) informs the user with the appropriate system message.
How to use WPS?
Consider what WPS mode on the router on the example of the same "DomoFon", protecting your network from lovers of "freebie" Internet.
As in the "classic" version here are two ways to connect: software (using manually entered code combination) and hardware (using the corresponding button).
- WiFi software connection Through WPS is carried out in the case when the router supports the appropriate function, but the QSS button on the router is missing (or the device is located in a hard-to-reach place).
Here for WPS connections you will need a special PIN code specified on the router's service label (located on the rear panel of the device).
If in the future physical access to the router will be limited, it is recommended to record PIN in advance WPS (Wireless Password / Pin) when connected and primary configuration of the device.
On the device connected to the network (Consider an example of a laptop with Windows 7) you need to go to and once click the "Connection" menu in the SSID you need (as a rule, the name of the router is used as the network name).
Next, you will open a system window where the setup wizard will request PIN Code WPS to automatically connect to this wireless network. Enter the eight-digit PIN, click "Next" - and the wireless connection to the router will be automatically installed.
- What is the WPS button on the router?
To connect to a wireless network via WPS "hardware" method, it is fairly first pressing the corresponding button on the WiFi adapter (or by connecting to the gadget network), and then on the distributing Wi-Fi router.
Within a few seconds, the main parameters of the network connection will be transferred from the router to a special controller of your device, and the connection to this access point will occur automatically.
What does the WPS button on the router mean?
By analogy with the intercom, it can be said that the WPS button on the router is a "pin key-tablet" to be attached to the reader (lock) to open the door.
WPS / RESET on the router: What is it?
On some models of routers, the WPS button is combined with the RESET button - reset the router settings to factory. In this case, the short-term pressing of the button (1-2 seconds) activates the WPS connection to the user device, and the holding of the button is pressed for 5 to 10 seconds by resetting the router settings.
How to connect wps on the router?
Enable / disable WPS via the router web interface:
- - in address line Any Internet browser installed on the computer, enter a combination of 192.168.1.1 and press ENTER;
- - In the user's authentication window, enter a login / password to access the router settings (default: "Admin" "Admin");
- - In the "Wireless Wireless" settings ("Wi Fi" or "Wireless" - depending on the router model), locate the WPS tab and check "Enabled" (or "Enable" to activate this feature.
How to disable WPS on the router?
To turn off the WPS function, go to the interface of your router and uncheck the check box "Enable WPS" or check the status of this function as OFF (depending on the router model).
Flashing WPS on the router - what is it?
Some models of routers on the front panel there is a WPS state indicator, which indicates the status of this function.
As a rule, the WPS indicator flashes when the button of the same name is pressed, i.e. in the process wireless connection devices to the router for this protocol.
The WPS light bulb is not lit on the router - what to do?
In most cases, WPS does not burn if this feature is disabled in the router settings.
If you want to activate the WiFi connection via WPS, it is recommended to go to the configuration of your router and mark the status of the function as "Enabled" (or "ON").
Is it necessary to disable WPS on the router?
In some cases, the WPS connection is considered unsafe, since the protection of such a network "lame on both legs".
Therefore, the question is "How to remove WPS, and whether to do this" should be addressed on the basis of logic and common sense:
If you have a private house and a router coverage area covers only a household territory, then WPS wireless network " information threat"Does not represent;
If you live in a small apartment building, where in extreme cases and "Waifa for good neighbors do not mind", and permanent thieves can be calculated and "sent to the ban", then the WPS disabling is also not required;
If you organize corporate network WiFi, or you surrounds a lot of third-party lovers of "freebies", then this protocol is better disabled for greater reliability of your wireless network.
Most modern routers support WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP. With it, the user in a matter of seconds can configure a secure wireless network, without having scoring his head at all that "somewhere else you need to enable encryption and register the WPA key.WPS allows the client to connect to an access point of an 8-character code consisting of numbers (PIN). However, due to the error in the standard you need to guess only 4 of them. Thus, just a total of 10,000 inputs of the selection and regardless of the complexity of the password to access the wireless network you automatically get this access, and with it in addition - and this most password as it is.
Considering that this interaction occurs until any security checks, in a second you can send 10-50 input requests via WPS, and after 3-15 hours (sometimes more, sometimes less) you will receive keys.
When this vulnerability The manufacturers began to implement a limit on the number of input attempts (Rate Limit), after which the access point automatically turns off WPS - but so far such devices are not more than half of the already released. Even more - temporary shutdown does not change radically, since with one attempt to enter the minute we will need only 10000/60/24 \u003d 6.94 days. And Pin is usually found earlier than the whole cycle is.
How it works:
The mechanism itself specifies the name of the network and encryption, i.e. The user does not need to climb into the web interface and configure something. His task, just enter the correct PIN and it will get all the necessary settings.For this we will need two programs: Dumpper and JumpStart.
We need the first of them in order to find out the same PIN from the found WiFi connections.
So, proceed:
Run the Dumpper program. On the REDES tab, which is marked in Figure 1, check availability WiFi adapter, then press the SCAN button. It is necessary in order to check the availability of wireless networks.Figure 1 - REDES tab
After that, the REDES Detectadas field will appear the number and list of found wireless networks as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 - Found Networks
Next, we need to go to the WPS tab. Here you must click on the Todas Las Redes button to determine the PIN devices available for connection. And click on SCAN. After the issuance of connections and their PIN will appear.
Figure 3 - WPS
Figure 4 - WPS PIN
The next step will be checking the connection to the WiFi connection RVK_576 via PIN. To do this, run the JumpStart program.
Choose the item "Join A Wireless Network" and click "Next" as shown in Figure 5:
Figure 5 - JumpStart
It is important to remove a tick in the "Automatically SELECT THE NETWORK" item as shown in Figure 6.
After that, click Next.
Figure 6 - Pin Insert
After that, choose the desired connection as in Figure 7 and click Next.
Figure 7 - Select connection.
After that, start the process of connecting to the RVK_576 network via PIN, as in Figure 8:
Figure 8 - Connection process.
If in the router settings to which we connect is enabled, the WPS connection function, we will see the window with the message, as in Figure 9, that the connection is set.
Figure 9 - Connection
After all these actions, the password from the WiFi connection we can look at the properties of the wireless network, putting the "Display Input Entered" checkbox. Example in Figure 10.
Figure 10 - Wireless Properties
If the WPS function is disabled, the connection will be interrupted.
How to protect your WiFi network from such connections?
To date, the only option is to disable WPS. If you or your familiar complexity with the "setup" of the network - turn on WPS only at the time of connecting the new device. True, not all routers / firmware give this opportunity. However, not everything is so bad. Newer firmware limit the possibility of selecting with Rate Limiting - after several unsuccessful attempts to authorize WPS automatically turns off. Some models increase the shutdown time even more if there were still unsuccessful attempts to enter the short interval.On most devices, the button with the inscription or with the luminous WPS marking is usually located on the side of the housing on the control panel or on the back next to the jacks of the connectors.
Graphically, this key is indicated in the form of two arcuate arrows aimed at each other. The location of the button is shown in Fig. №1 and 2.
Not many have an idea of \u200b\u200bhow to properly configure WPS feature on the router itself.
WPS mode on the router - what is it?
This is a standard or, according to the terminology of professionals, the protocol. It was designed in 2007.
WPS abbreviation means - Wi-Fi Protected Setup - safe connection to Wi-Fi network.
This protocol was specifically designed for inexperienced users.
The simplicity of this standard allows you to connect any inhabit and configure the distribution of the wireless Internet signal to the router on the router.
Also, this mode automatically connects the device to the World Wide Web after the reboot, even if the access password was lost.
WPS technology allows you to automatically assign the name of the home network, generate the cipher of its protection against unauthorized access and broadcast the steady radio signal at the same time for several devices (smartphone, tablet, laptop, television with the SMART option).
In this case, the system provides a high speed of information transfer. On the various models Home basic stations mode wireless communication Activated in different ways.
How functions WPS mode
The algorithm for managing this feature is easy. Setting and reinstalling the wireless network includes two stages:
- setting the access point of the router itself (router);
- connecting users to the created and activated local wireless network.
The WPS protocol greatly simplifies these manipulations.
Configuring operation is made automatically by transferring the necessary data from the router to the controller.
In this case, the identifier (name) of the network - SSID - remains the same. A new protective password is generated by a processor arbitrarily.
WPS protocol supports all operating systems without exception created on windows platformdesigned for both stationary PCs and mobile devices.
For operating systemsWith no integrated WPS utilities, special drivers have been developed that allow you to connect to a wireless network.
How to set up a wireless network?
One of the advantages of the WPS standard is the ability to configure without the need to enter the digital interface. Options for activating home network Two:
- hardware
- by pressing the WPS button on the router; This mode automatic setting referred to as Push Button Connect;
- in the absence of a button, its virtual option can be found in the digital device interface
- program
- some modules that support WPS protocol do not have an automatic reinstallation button on the case, to activate the network via the Web interface, you must enter an eight-bit PIN code;
- also, the PIN code can be entered through the computer (laptop) after connecting to the router and activation of the program session.
Council.The PIN code is pricked by the manufacturer on the label located on the back or bottom side of the device housing (see Fig. 3). In the settings of the equipment code can be changed by the user.
After pressing the button, you should wait for two or three minutes.
During this time, everything activated devices Install contact with each other and, thus, the local network is configured.
If there is also a WPS button on the adapters of the receiving devices, then it is pressed immediately after turning on the router button.
Light indication on the router
If on the equipment, the WPS feature has light indicationThe domestic network connection status to the incoming Internet network can be monitored visually.
In case of violation of the contact or lack of a signal from the external network, the indication on the router does not burn.
If the light indicator blinks, this means that the router is in the program setup stage or there is an incorrect connection of receiving devices.
It may be necessary to disable and restart the base station.
When the indicator is on constantly - the signal distribution is stable. Such a functional solution is used on most devices.
If the WPS button on the router is missing?
On some routers, the reload button of the wireless signal distribution process is combined with the resetting key of the current settings (Reset).
This example can be seen in the picture.
In this case, in order to configure the signal, it is necessary to press and hold the reset button once. wi-Fi settings within 2 seconds.
Hardware settings are reset after keeping the key down for 5-10 seconds.
If this is not necessary, you should be neat.
On TP-LINK network hardware wi-Fi connections It is called QSS, which means Quick Secure Setup - a quick secure connection.
This default feature is already activated by the manufacturer.
How to disable WPS in this case on the router?
For this, also for the subsequent reinstallation, in the menu it is necessary to find the "Security" tab. It will indicate the status "Enable".
To disable, select the "Disable QSS" or "Disable WPS" command (see Fig. 5).
Council.When setting up a WPS home network, access key should be remembered or recorded.
Other WPS functions
Processors of some routers provide a change in functional key.
Such a solution manufacturers laid to optimize the operation of the device.
The WRT router program from ASUS provides the ability to use the WPS key only to turn on and off the signal distribution.
To make a correction to factory settings, you should enter the "Administration" directory through the Web interface and open the System tab.
The WPS Button Behavior item should be overdid by choosing the Toggle Radio command.
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