WPS, or Wi-Fi Protected Setup, is a function on your router meant to help make connecting to your Wi-Fi network easier without entering a password. There are two ways to use WPS.

There are several ways to set up a new device, as follows. WPS PIN (Personal Identification Number) Enter the PIN into the access point that was assigned to the client device.

On the plus side, your router's mostly secure. Security researcher Stefan Viehbock has just discovered a major security hole which allowed him to use a brute force technique to access a WPS PIN ...