Devolo dLAN 85 HSplus User Manual

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Contents
Preface .............................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Thank you for placing your trust in this devolo product. .................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About this manual ......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
devolo on the Internet.................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1 Introduction ...................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 What exactly is dLAN?.................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 devolo—Up to speed on green IT .................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 The dLAN 85 HSplus at a glance .................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Sample applications....................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.1 Networking between two computers ............................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.2 Internet standalone solution............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.3 Internet multiple installation solution............................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Initial use .......................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Package contents........................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2 System requirements...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3 Functions....................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.1 Control lamps (LEDs) ....................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.2 Ports............................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4 Connecting the dLAN 85 HSplus .................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.5 Software installation ...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5.1 Software for Windows..................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5.2 Software for Mac OS X .................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5.3 Software for Linux........................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Security in the dLAN ......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 Encrypting the dLAN network......................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 devolo Informer ............................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4 Appendix........................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1 Bandwidth optimisation ................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2 Important safety instructions .......................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Technical data ............................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4 Declaration of conformity............................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.5 Warranty conditions....................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Devolo dLAN 85 HSplus Specifications

General

Brand	Devolo
Model	dLAN 85 HSplus
Category	Network Accessory
Language	English