| 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.
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