Devolo Wireless Extender User Manual page 24

Configuration
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network. The basic wireless settings and encryption methods can be
configured under Overview Change Configuration WLAN Settings.
When using your Wireless extender as a WLAN client, all of the options on
this page are irrelevant. A message informing you of the current status will
be displayed if that is the case.
It is also possible to completely disable the WLAN capabilities of your
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Wireless extender, for example when using it as a simple dLAN adapter via
its integrated Ethernet port. Simply disable the Activate WLAN option.
Please note that your existing wireless connection to the Wireless extender
will be reset when saving these settings. In this case, configure the device via
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Ethernet or dLAN .
When using the device as an access point, you must specify a channel. 13
channels are available. Channel 6 is selected by default.
Contrary to popular belief, it is not a problem if multiple access points share
a channel. It can even be advantageous to maintain a channel spacing of five
numbers from other access points. You should therefore favor channels 1, 6
and 11.
The SSID specifies the name of your wireless network. Others can see this
designation when logging on to the WLAN to identify the correct subnet.
Your wireless network will remain invisible if you activate the Hide SSID
option. In that case, potential network users must know the exact SSID and
enter it manually to establish a connection.
A number of WLAN adapters have difficulties connecting to such invisible
wireless networks. If you have problems connecting to a network with a
hidden SSID, start by establishing a connection with the SSID visible, then
hide the SSID.
If you do not use encryption, not only will all data being transferred from
client computers to the Wireless extender in your wireless LAN be
unprotected, users will not be prompted for a password when establishing a
connection. If you have not set up any other security measures such as WLAN
filters (see section 3.4.5), third parties will be able to access your network at
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devolo dLAN Wireless extender