Product manual

devolo
®
dLAN
®
Wireless extender
Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................3
Thank you! .........................................................................................................................3
About this manual..............................................................................................................3
devolo
®
on the Internet......................................................................................................4
Package contents ...............................................................................................................5
1 Introduction.............................................................................................................8
1.1 What exactly is dLAN
®
?..........................................................................................8
1.2 What is WLAN?.......................................................................................................8
1.3 What the dLAN
®
Wireless extender has to offer.....................................................9
1.4 Sample applications .............................................................................................10
1.4.1 dLAN
®
Wireless extender as an access point...............................................10
1.4.2 dLAN
®
Wireless extender as a client............................................................10
2 Initial use...............................................................................................................12
2.1 Displays and connections .....................................................................................12
2.1.1 LEDs ............................................................................................................12
2.1.2 Ports............................................................................................................13
2.2 Connecting the dLAN
®
Wireless extender.............................................................13
2.3 Software installation.............................................................................................14
2.3.1 Software for Windows
®
...............................................................................14
2.3.2 Software for Mac OS X ................................................................................16
2.3.3 Software for Linux .......................................................................................16
3 Configuration ........................................................................................................17
3.1 The devolo Informer .............................................................................................17
3.2 Accessing the integrated configuration interface .................................................18
3.3 WLAN status.........................................................................................................20
3.4 Change configuration ...........................................................................................20
3.4.1 Security........................................................................................................21
3.4.2 Network settings .........................................................................................21