{"id":74,"date":"2010-04-20T03:41:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T09:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fixhomenetwork.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2021-06-27T05:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T11:58:41","slug":"press-the-configuration-button-on-your-access-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fixhomenetwork.com\/blog\/press-the-configuration-button-on-your-access-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Press the configuration button on your access point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>When do you get this error ?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you try to connect to the network on windows Vista or windows 7 computer, some times you get the error &#8220;<strong><em>press the configuration button on your access point or router<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>This is a type of security. Some routers use the configuration button to synchronize the wireless . For example Linksys router has a small Secure Easy set up button on the router. If you press it and hold it down, it will create a secured network with WPA security key. Now on your computer should be compatible with the Secured Easy set up. If it is then you just need to click on the SES on your computer and it will connect to that network automatically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Huh! &#8230;Difficult! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- FTP sq and all size --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2008585817684630\" data-ad-slot=\"3708431716\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Follow these steps Fix the error &#8220;<strong>Press the configuration button on your access point<\/strong>&#8221; ?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Operating system on the computer is Windows Vista \/ 7<br \/>\nClick <strong>Start.<\/strong><br \/>\nGo to <strong>Control Panel<\/strong>.<br \/>\nGo to <strong>Network and Internet<\/strong>.<br \/>\nGo to <strong>Network and sharing center<\/strong>.<br \/>\nOn the network and sharing enter window you will see &#8221; <strong>Connect to a network<\/strong> &#8221; .<\/p>\n<p>Click on it .<\/p>\n<p>You will see your wireless network in the list.<br \/>\nClick on your network and click connect .<br \/>\nIf your network is secured then it will ask you for the password or the network key.<br \/>\nType the correct network key and click connect. It will connect you.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when you try to connect to the network it will give you the message &#8221; <strong><em>press the configuration button on your access point<\/em><\/strong> &#8230;&#8221;&nbsp; or <strong>Enter the PIN<\/strong> number . In that case, on the same window, at the bottom you will find the option, I don&#8217;t want to configure, I want to enter the key manually or I just want to connect. click on that option and it will go to the next step.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1884\" src=\"http:\/\/fixhomenetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/wirelessVista.jpg\" alt=\"Press the configuration button on your access point\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fixhomenetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/wirelessVista.jpg 393w, https:\/\/fixhomenetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/wirelessVista-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fixhomenetwork.com\/How-to-connect-to-the-wireless-network.php\"><strong>Easy steps to connect to the wireless network:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know the password then you will need to open the set up page of the router and check the wireless settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Easy setup guide <\/strong>is designed to work with Linksys wireless router , Netgear wireless router, D Link wireless router and all other brands of routers.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fix Home Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When do you get this error ? 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