Get Started and Connect to a WiFi Network
10
N600 WiFi USB Adapter
Note: For information about using WPS to let the adapter join a hidden
network, see Use WPS to Let the Adapter Join a Hidden Network on
page 11.
To use WPS to let the adapter join a WiFi network:
1. Press and hold the WPS button on the adapter for two seconds.
The adapter LED blinks.
2. Within two minutes, press the WPS button on your WiFi router or gateway.
The adapter joins the network, which can take a few minutes.
The adapter LED lights amber for a 2.4 GHz WiFi connection and blue for a 5 GHz WiFi
connection.
Your settings are saved in a profile. Both NETGEAR genie and the Windows Wireless
Network Connection utility can use this profile. If the network information does not
change, the next time that you launch genie, the adapter connects automatically to the
network that it joined previously
.
Join a Network Using a Standalone Driver
For Windows 8.1, 8.0, 7, and Vista, you can install the Windows standalone driver without
genie and use the Windows WLAN Autoconfig service to join a network. If you still use
Windows XP, you can install the Windows driver without genie and use the Wireless Zero
Configuration service to join a network.
Note: You do not need to install the standalone driver to use Windows
WLAN Autoconfig service or Wireless Zero Configuration.
Note: The adapter provides the best performance with a USB 2.0 port but is
compatible with a USB 1.1 port.
