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How to connect to Wi-Fi with the push of a button

Security experts recommend that you control access to your home or small office Wi-Fi access point by using the WPA2 protocol and a unique, hard-to-guess pre-shared key. When you or a guest connect to that network, you need to enter the key manually.

Unless, that is, your network hardware supports a standard called Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), which lets you securely share the network key with a device by pressing the WPS button.

The idea behind WPS is that your network hardware is in a secure place, with physical access allowed only to authorized people. (And if your router or network gateway isn't in a secure physical location, you face much bigger security risks.)

If you have WPS-compatible network hardware and have enabled the feature, you can begin Wi-Fi setup as you normally would on a Windows PC. When prompted to enter the network security key, skip that error-prone typing and instead press the WPS button on the router or access point.

All currently supported versions of Windows work with WPS, as do some wireless printers and Android devices. But don't expect the feature to work with other hardware platforms. Macs and iOS devices don't support WPS at all.

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