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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dslater" data-source="post: 364021" data-attributes="member: 32537">No - read page 284 - section 2: "The Camera will wait about two minutes for a WPS connection request from the smart device." - the camera is acting as the server (access point), and the smart device is the client connecting to the camera. Indeed, this is why an unsecured network is a problem - because someone else can come in the room with another phone and connect to your your same camera.Not quite. Actually, all the camera requires is the use of the Nikon App. It's the fact that Nikon has chosen not to build their app for PC's that restricts you to a smartphone. All it takes is a simple rebuild of the app for a PC, and a PC would just as happily connect to the camera. The exchange of the PIN is not a good indicator of who's the server and who's the client. WPS setup works both ways. Thus, if you buy a new PC, you can easily add it to your existing WiFi network by exchanging the PIN with your router. Alternatively, if you decide you want to upgrade your router, you can again exchange the PIN with your existing PC to quickly get the new router on the network. In both cases, the router is the access point (server).   The SSID on the other hand is defined by the access point ( server ). Since the camera defines the SSID you conenct to, it is acting as the server. If you're familiar with how WiFi networks are setup, it is clear from reading the connection instructions who is the server & who is the client.</blockquote>

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