Pairing - Establishing A Plc Connection - Devolo Mesh WiFi 2 Handbuch

16 Introduction
Fig. 3 Network connections
2.3 Pairing – Establishing a PLC
connection
devolo Mesh adapters that are in the factory de-
fault condition, i.e. have been recently purchased
or successfully reset (see Chapter 3.5 Removing
the devolo Mesh adapter from a network), auto-
matically start to attempt to pair (establish a PLC
connection) with another devolo Mesh adapter
when reconnected to the mains supply.
devolo Mesh WiFi 2
Starting up a new devolo Mesh network
After plugging the devolo Mesh adapters into
available power sockets, a new devolo Mesh net-
work is established automatically within 3 minutes.
Expanding an existing devolo Mesh network by
adding another devolo Mesh adapter
In order to use a new devolo Mesh WiFi 2 in your
devolo Mesh network, first you have to connect it
to your existing devolo Mesh adapters devices as a
network. This is accomplished by using a shared
PLC password, which can be assigned in various
ways:
b
Using devolo Cockpit
devolo Home Network App (see Chapter 3.4
Installation of devolo software)
b
Using the web interface (see Chapter 4.5
Powerline)
b
Using the PLC button as described below.
or the