User's Manual

10/10/03 Table of Contents
90-100584-004 Airespace Product Guide xiv
Airespace Switch and Appliance Features 28
Airespace Switch and Appliance Model Numbers 30
Airespace Wireless Switch Direct Connect Mode 31
Airespace Switches and Appliances in Appliance Mode 32
Airespace Wireless Switch Hybrid Mode 33
About the Distribution System Port 34
About the Service (Management) Port 35
About the Startup Wizard 36
About Airespace Switch and Appliance Memory 37
Airespace Switch and Appliance Failover Protection 38
Switched Network Connection to the Airespace Switch or Appliance 39
Model 4012 and 4024 Airespace Wireless Switches 39
Model 4101 and 4102 Airespace WLAN Appliances 40
Enhanced Security Module 41
About Airespace Access Points
About Airespace AP Models 44
About Airespace AP External and Internal Antennas 45
External Antenna Connectors 45
Antenna Sectorization 45
802.11a Internal Antenna Patterns 45
802.11b/g Internal Antenna Patterns 48
802.11a/b/g Internal Antenna Patterns 50
About Airespace AP LEDs 51
About Airespace AP Connectors 52
About Airespace AP Power Requirements 54
About Airespace AP External Power Converter 55
About Airespace AP Mounting Options 56
About Airespace AP Physical Security 57
About Airespace AP Monitor Mode 58
About Third-Party Access Points
About Rogue Access Points
Rogue AP Tagging and Containment 61
About the Airespace Control System Software
About ACS Airespace Switch and Appliance Autodiscovery 63
About the Airespace Web Browser Interface
About the Airespace Command Line Interface
SOLUTIONS
AireOS Security
Overview 69
Layer 1 Solutions 70
Layer 2 Solutions 71
Layer 3 Solutions 72
Single Point of Configuration Policy Manager Solutions 73
Rogue AP Solutions 74
Rogue AP Challenges 74
Tagging and Containing Rogue APs 74
Integrated Security Solutions 75
Simple, Cost-Effective Solutions 76
Configuring a Firewall for ACS Software Server