Product manual

devolo

dLAN

Wireless extender

Setting up a WLAN network

recommend using the various security measures provided by the Wireless

extender to prevent intruders from accessing the network.

To set up the dLAN

Wireless extender for operation as a WLAN access

point, open the adapter's integrated configuration interface in a window of

your web browser. If you know the IP address of the device, type it into the

address line of your browser. Otherwise, launch the dLAN Wireless

extender configuration application, or open the configuration from the

context menu of the appropriate entry in the devolo Informer.

Start in Overview  Change Configuration  WLAN mode. Ensure that

Access Point mode is enabled.

Do not confuse the input of the SSID and WEP key under the WLAN client

item with comparable entries in the WLAN settings (that apply to operation

as an access point).

Go to Overview  Change Configuration  WLAN settings. Ensure that

WLAN operation is activated. Select one of the available 13 channels for

your wireless network.

Contrary to popular belief, it is not a problem if multiple access points share

a channel. It can even be advantageous to choose a channel that is spaced

four numbers away from those of other access points within range. You

should therefore favor channels 1, 6 and 11.