5 dlan network, 1 security in the dlan, 2 encryption at the touch of a button – Devolo dLAN LiveCam User Manual
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5 dLAN network
5.1 Security in the dLAN
Before you can use the dLAN LiveCam in your dLAN
network, first you have to connect it to other dLAN AV
devices as a home network. Two specific pieces of in-
formation are especially important for this:
b
Shared use of a dLAN password results in a delim-
ited dLAN network.
b
Shared use of the dLAN password serves as access
control to the dLAN network as well as the
encryption, and thereby the interception protec-
tion, of the transmitted data.
Please note the following basic principle when choos-
ing your encryption method:
b
The dLAN password can be specified automati-
cally via the encryption button (see
b
or manually using the dLAN Cockpit program
(see
5.2 Encryption at the touch of a
button
To encrypt a dLAN AV network, in which all associated
devices are equipped with an encryption button, simply
press the encryption button that is located on the de-
vice. Pressing this button will encrypt your dLAN AV
network with a randomly generated password.
Adapters cannot be configured while
in Standby mode.
The following section contains exact instructions on
the basis of possible network scenarios: