Devolo dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac Manual page 55

54 Network configuration
devolo dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac
If you enabled WPS, the access restriction is disabled
by a MAC filter (see 4.5.5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup
(WPS)).
Security (encryption)
You should always encrypt the connections in your Wi-
Fi network.
Without encryption, not only are all data transmitted
from client computers to the dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac
in your wireless network without protection, but there
is also no password prompt to establish the connec-
tion. If no other security measures were set up, such as
a Wi-Fi filter (see Wi-Fi filters), third parties can gain
access to your network at any time and, for example,
share your Internet connection. Usually this happens
without you noticing it.
When activating the encryption, make sure that the
Wi-Fi settings (SSID, encryption mode and encryption
key) of the access point always correspond to the set-
tings of the clients, as otherwise you will be (uninten-
tionally) excluding devices from your network.
To secure the data transmission in your wireless net-
work there are two security standards available for the
Access Point mode.
b The WPA and WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
methods allow individualised keys consisting of
letters and numbers with a length of up to
63 characters. You can simply enter them via the
keyboard. Under Mode, you can limit access of
clients to the dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac to the
method you have selected.
b In addition, the dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac also
supports the WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Mode
encryption key. As a central authentication server,
(for multiple access points) the RADIUS server
handles user administration (see
server).
Enterprise Mode does not support
any WPS.
Save all modified settings before leaving this configu-
ration area again.
In the Factory defaults, the WPA/
WPA2 Wi-Fi encryption is configured with
the WiFi Key as the Default WiFi key.
You will find the 16-character
security ID on the label on the back of
the housing.
WiFi Clone
WiFi Clone lets you apply the Wi-Fi access data of an
existing Wi-Fi access point (such as your Wi-Fi router)
at the touch of a button. Start the procedure with the
RADIUS