Devolo dLAN Wireless extender - Manual (Page 27)

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27 Configuration
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