Devolo dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac Manual page 53

52 Network configuration
devolo dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac
To enable a Wi-Fi network, select Enable this access
point.
The SSID specifies the name of your wireless network.
You can see this name when logging onto the Wi-Fi, al-
lowing you to identify the correct subnet. By default,
the SSID (e.g. devolo-d7e-8) consists of devolo, the
last three digits of the Wi-Fi MAC-address and the
numbering of the respective access point.
If you enable the Hide SSID option, your wireless net-
work name remains hidden. In this case, potential net-
work users must know the exact SSID and enter it
manually to be able to set up a connection.
A change to the SSID can interfere
with all existing connections for a
short time.
Some Wi-Fi clients have difficulty connecting
to such hidden wireless networks. If the con-
nection to a hidden SSID poses problems, first
try to set up the connection with a visible SSID
and only then try to hide it.
Depending upon the application scenario, security
considerations may mean that it is to be forbidden for
all devices to exchange data freely with each other. For
this purpose, the option No data forwarding be-
tween Wi-Fi stations can be activated, which imple-
ments a genuine "peer-to-peer isolation"; all Wi-Fi
devices configured as client are not able to exchange
any data with each other, but only with the
dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac.
Fig. 9
The factory defaults have this option
disabled, i.e. all Wi-Fi devices present
in the network can freely exchange
data with each other ("peer-to-peer"
mode).
Wi-Fi filters
In addition to encryption, you can secure your wireless
network even more by using a Wi-Fi filter to limit ac-
cess via Wi-Fi to the dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac for se-
lected devices. Even if the encryption is switched off,
the device will not establish a connection.