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From: isw on 21 Jun 2008 16:20
I just got one of these. Set up easily, works fine, and provides more
signal strength than my old Belkin. But here's the question:

On one end there is a small, square, translucent plastic button. When
pressed, a blue LED inside the box illuminates the button. There is no
mention in the user manual of this button.

What does it so? (Note: I am not talking about the recessed "reset"
button on the rear of the box).

thx

Isaac
From: Jeff Liebermann on 21 Jun 2008 20:07
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:20:40 -0700, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote:

>I just got one of these. Set up easily, works fine, and provides more
>signal strength than my old Belkin.

Is this the one?
<http://www.airlink101.com/products/ar430w.php>

>On one end there is a small, square, translucent plastic button. When
>pressed, a blue LED inside the box illuminates the button. There is no
>mention in the user manual of this button.
>
>What does it so? (Note: I am not talking about the recessed "reset"
>button on the rear of the box).

The user manual is at:
<http://www.airlink101.com/download/ar430w.php>
Hmmmm.... no mention in the manual or quick install guide.

My guess(tm) is that it's part of some kind of SES (Secure Easy Setup)
or AOSS wireless client setup feature. However, there's no way to
tell from the Airlink docs.





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From: LR on 22 Jun 2008 03:50
isw wrote:
> I just got one of these. Set up easily, works fine, and provides more
> signal strength than my old Belkin. But here's the question:
>
> On one end there is a small, square, translucent plastic button. When
> pressed, a blue LED inside the box illuminates the button. There is no
> mention in the user manual of this button.
>
> What does it so? (Note: I am not talking about the recessed "reset"
> button on the rear of the box).
>
> thx
>
> Isaac
As Jeff says it will be an "easy" wireless security set up system
button. Later Airlink models use WPS( WiFi Protected Setup) so if it is
the same system on your router you may get more information on how to
use it from one of the more modern router manuals.
<http://www.airlink101.com/products/ar670w.php>

From: isw on 22 Jun 2008 13:29
In article <k4idnbH0OMvSmcPVnZ2dnUVZ8trinZ2d(a)bt.com>,
LR <lrme(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> isw wrote:
> > I just got one of these. Set up easily, works fine, and provides more
> > signal strength than my old Belkin. But here's the question:
> >
> > On one end there is a small, square, translucent plastic button. When
> > pressed, a blue LED inside the box illuminates the button. There is no
> > mention in the user manual of this button.
> >
> > What does it so? (Note: I am not talking about the recessed "reset"
> > button on the rear of the box).
> >
> > thx
> >
> > Isaac
> As Jeff says it will be an "easy" wireless security set up system
> button. Later Airlink models use WPS( WiFi Protected Setup) so if it is
> the same system on your router you may get more information on how to
> use it from one of the more modern router manuals.
> <http://www.airlink101.com/products/ar670w.php>

Ah. Thanks.

I already have the security stuff running, so I guess I don't have much
use for it. Still, I always like to know what all the buttons do...

Isaac
From: Jeff Liebermann on 22 Jun 2008 13:58
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:29:22 -0700, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote:

>I already have the security stuff running, so I guess I don't have much
>use for it. Still, I always like to know what all the buttons do...

Beware of unlabeled buttons. There's always someone that just has to
press the button to see what it does.

In kollege, I did a psychology experiment on exactly that. I placed a
doorbell-like button outside an office in the engineering building.
The wires went to home made counter (Veeder-Root counter with a 10
second timer). The 10 second timer prevented repeated pressings from
counting as more than one button pressing.

For 5 days, the button was there without any label. It was pushed
about 150 times, presumably by 150 different individuals. Two weeks
later, the button reappeared, outside a different office, this time
with an engraved sign displaying "Buzzer". There was no buzzer. In 5
days, only 25 button pressings were recorded.

My paper concluded that curiosity motivated 6 times as many people to
press the button. I also concluded that there were at least 25 people
that either can't read, or don't believe what they just read.

Put a label on the button and your friends and visitors will be less
tempted to press it.

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