I had no idea until tonight that Apple’s Airport Extreme has built-in support for WPS. WPS is a service that lets you automatically setup a device such as a printer, or, in my case, a ProForm Le Tour de France exercise bike, automatically with your WiFi network. On the device you are trying to setup, you may need to select a WPS setup option. On your Mac, go to /applications/utilities and find the AirPort utility application.
![WPS Setup](https://i0.wp.com/fuadkamal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Screen-Shot-2014-01-02-at-8.55.31-PM.png?resize=279%2C300&ssl=1)
After running it, click on the image of your AirPort extreme base station, then go to the menu up at the top of the screen and select BaseStation -> Add WPS Printer. Yes, it says “printer” but it should work for any WPS device – it worked fine for my TDF.
![WPS setup](https://i0.wp.com/fuadkamal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Screen-Shot-2014-01-02-at-8.55.02-PM.png?resize=300%2C228&ssl=1)
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[…] Extreme. Apparently, the Airport Extreme supports WPS, which before tonight I had no idea about. I’ve created a separate post here explaining how to use WPS with the Airport Extreme. Anyway, long story short, after doing the WPS setup, I was now able to successfully download a […]