Product manual

devolo
®
dLAN
®
Wireless extender
31
Establishing a connection
to the dLAN
®
network
4 Establishing a connection to the dLAN
®
network
4.1 Basics
Before you can use your Wireless extender in your dLAN
®
network, you must
first establish a connection to the existing adapters in your home network.
Two specific pieces of information are especially important for this:
● The dLAN
®
password is not only important for accessing the HomePlug
network. It also serves as an encryption key, ensuring the security of the
transferred data. Using a shared dLAN
®
password (in combination with
the exchanged security codes) defines the limits of the dLAN
®
network.
● Each HomePlug adapter has its own 16-digit security code (usually on
a label on the underside of the device) that is its unique identifier. All
dLAN
®
devices on the network must exchange these security codes
before they can establish a connection.
Both items of information are required when setting up a dLAN
®
network
using the dLAN Configuration Wizard.
Please note that you must configure a number of other network, security and
WLAN-related settings via the integrated configuration interface to ensure
the successful operation of the Wireless extender. For more information, see
Chapters 3 and 5.
4.2 Setting up a dLAN
®
network
The dLAN
®
Configuration Wizard is designed to help you connect multiple
devolo
®
dLAN
®
adapters into a self-contained, secure home network. After
successfully installing the devolo
®
software, you can launch the Wizard via
the Start  Programs  devolo program group and the Device  Start
dLAN Configuration Wizard menu of the devolo Informer.