Technical data

Network configuration 57
devolo dLAN pro 500 Wireless+
WPS via PBC (Push Button Configuration):
햲 Start the encryption process on the
dLAN pro 500 Wireless+
쑗 either by pressing the WPS button on the
front panel of the device or
쑗 by pressing the Start setup button on the
user interface under Wi-Fi configuration 
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
햳 Then press either the WPS key of the Wi-Fi client
you are adding or the WPS button on the configu-
ration interface. Now the devices exchange their
encryption keys and establish a secure Wi-Fi con-
nection. The Wi-Fi LED on the front panel indi-
cates the synchronisation process by flashing.
WPS via PIN:
햲 To interconnect Wi-Fi clients securely in your wire-
less network via PIN variants, enter an individual-
ised key in the configuration interface under Wi-
Fi configuration  Wi-Fi Protected Setup
(WPS)  PIN and start the encryption process by
pressing the Start setup button.
햳 Open the configuration interface of the Wi-Fi cli-
ent to be added and transmit the PIN selected on
the dLAN pro 500 Wireless+. Confirm the encryp-
tion process as described there. Now the devices
exchange their encryption keys and establish a
secure Wi-Fi connection. The Wi-Fi LED on the
front panel indicates the synchronisation process
by flashing.
The client can also create the PIN;
this must then be entered onto the
configuration interface of the
dLAN pro 500 Wireless+.
Use of the WPS process implies WPA/WPA2 Private
Mode. For that reason, keep in mind the following au-
tomatic settings depending on the encryption standard
(also refer to 4.4.1 Device security), i.e.
쎲 if under Wi-Fi configuration  Access Point
No encryption is selected in advance, WPA/
WPA2 Private Mode is set automatically. The
newly generated password is displayed under Wi-
Fi configuration  Access Point in the Key
field.
쎲 if under Wi-Fi configuration  Access Point
WEP is selected in advance, WPA/WPA2 Pri-
vate Mode is set automatically. The newly gener-
ated password is displayed under Wi-Fi
configuration  Access Point in the Key field.
쎲 if under Wi-Fi configuration  Access Point
WPA/WPA2 Private Mode is selected in