Devolo dLAN 500 WiFi - Manual (Page 60)

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6.5.2 Guest account
If you have friends or acquaintances visiting and you
want to provide them with Internet access but without
giving away the password for your Wi-Fi, you can set
up a separate guest account in addition to the main In-
ternet connection. The guest account can have its own
SSID, time limit and Wi-Fi password. This way your vis-
itors can surf the Internet without having access to
your local network.
To set up a guest account, enable the Activate guest
account option. You can also enable or disable the
guest account in dLAN Cockpit App using the Acti-
vate guest account button.
Define the name of the guest network in the SSID field
(Service Set Identifier).
Automatic shutoff
If you would like to set a time limit for the guest ac-
count, enable the option Automatically shut off
guest account after ... and enter the desired time
limit.
Note that guest access is subordinat-
ed to the actual Wi-Fi configuration,
and with it, is subject to the settings
of the Wi-Fi time control. This means
that guest access can only be used
within the times that are defined for the
dLAN 500 WiFi under 6.5.5 WLAN time con-
trol.
Security
You should also encrypt the guest account to prevent
anyone in signal range from intruding into your home
network and sharing your Internet connection. WPA
and WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security stand-
ards are available for this.
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 this using the keyboard, without hav-
ing to convert it into hexadecimal format first. Under
Mode, you can limit access to the dLAN 500 WiFi to
the method you have selected.