Product manual

devolo
®
dLAN
®
Wireless extender
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Configuration
3 Configuration
The dLAN
®
Wireless extender consists of three separate, integrated network
components.
● The dLAN
®
adapter connects the device to the dLAN
®
network via a
power outlet.
● The WLAN station can either establish a connection to an existing
wireless network or serve as an access point.
● Computers can also be connected directly to the Ethernet port of the
Wireless extender as an alternative to the WLAN or in addition to it.
The dLAN
®
Wireless extender features an integrated configuration interface
that can be accessed using a standard web browser. Most of the adapter's
settings can be configured with it. The only exception is the initial integration
of the Wireless extender into an existing dLAN
®
network, which should be
performed using the dLAN Configuration Wizard (see section 4.2).
3.1 The devolo Informer
devolo Informer can detect all available dLAN
®
adapters in your home
network and display device information in an overview. After installing the
devolo
®
software (see section 2.3), it can be found in the Start  Programs
 devolo program group.
When the Informer is launched, it initially scans your home network for all
available dLAN
®
devices. This may take a moment. All found adapters are
listed with their names and MAC addresses in the overview window. The
transmission speed of active dLAN
®
connections between adapters is also
displayed.
devolo Informer generally updates the list of found dLAN
®
devices
automatically. If newly-added adapters do not appear in the window, refresh
the display with F5 or via the View menu.
devolo Informer can use special access techniques to find the dLAN
®
Wireless
extender in your network in cases in which you cannot access it using a web