Netgear DC112A – AirCard Smart Cradle User Manual

The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the 
Network Explorer on a Vista Windows computer) to configure the cradle’s wireless 
settings through WPS. 

(Optional) Select or clear the Enable Router’s PIN check box.

The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the cradle detects suspicious 
attempts to break into the cradle’s wireless settings by using the cradle’s PIN through 
WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by selecting the Enable Router’s PIN 
check box.

(Optional) Select or clear the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box.

By default, the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is selected. Best practice is 
to leave this check box selected.

If you clear this check box, the next time a new wireless client uses WPS to connect to 
the cradle, the cradle wireless settings change to an automatically generated random 
SSID and security key. 

Click the Apply button.

Your changes are saved.

You can set up the cradle to run as an access point (AP) on the same local network as 
another router.

When you use the cradle as a wireless AP, the cradle charges the 
mobile hotspot, but does not use the mobile hotspot’s wireless 
broadband Internet connection.

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Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of the cradle to a LAN port in the 
router.