User guide

Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP User Guide 1-1
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Introduction
ThischapterintroducestheEnterasysWirelessStandalone802.11nAccessPoint(AP)and
providesanoverviewoftheAP’sapplications,features,and policy.
Standalone AP Overview Refer to page...
About the Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP 1-1
Applications 1-2
Features 1-2
About the Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP
TheEnterasysWirelessStandalone802.11nAPprovidessecure,highlyscalable,wirelesshigh‐
speeddatacommunicationbetweenthewiredLANandfixedormobiledevicesequippedwithan
802.11a,802.11 b,802.11g,and/or802.11nwirelessadapter.Thissolutionoffersfast,reliable
wirelessconnectivitywithconsiderablecostsavingsoverwiredLANs(whichincludelong‐term
maintenanceov
erheadforcabling).
TheEnterasysWi
relessStandalone802.11n APisanIEEE802.11n‐compliantaccesspointthat
offerss
ignificantincreaseindatathroughputandcoveragerangewithoutadditionalbandwidth
ortransmi
tpower.Withboth2.4GHzand5GHz802.11nstandardradiomodules,theAPdelivers
totaldatarate
sofupto300Mbps.Giventhattheimprovedthroughputof300Mbpswillbe
spreadov
eranumberofsimultaneoususers,the performanceoftheAPwillbeclosetothatofa
wired10
0MbpsEthernetconnection—thestandardfordesktopconnectivity.WiththeEnterasys
WirelessStandalone802.11
nAP,mobileusersgetasimilarexperiencetowirednetworkswhile
accessinghigh‐bandwidthdata,vo
ice,andvideoapplications.TheEnterasysWirelessStandalone
802.11nAPisacost‐effectiv
esolutionthatisbotheasytomanageandeasytodeploy.
TheAPsuppo
rtsuptoeightvirtualaccesspoints(VAP)perphysicalradiointerface:eightonthe
802.11a/nradioandeightonthe802.11b/g/nradio.ForeachVAP,youcanapplydifferentsecurity
settings,VLANassignments,andotherparameters.EachradiointerfaceontheAPcanoperatein
oneofthreewa
ys:
• AccessPo
int–Providingconnectivitytowirelessclientsintheservicearea.
• Bridge(P
oint‐to‐Point)–Providinglinkstootheraccesspointsin“Bridge”or“RootAP”
modeconnectingwiredLANsegments.
• RootAP(P
oint‐to‐Multipoint)–Providinglinkstootheraccesspointsin“Bridge”mode
connectingwiredLANsegments.
Inaddition,theAPoffersfu
llnetworkmanagementcapabilitiesthroughaneasytoconfigureweb
interface,acommandlineinterfaceforinitialconfigurationandtroubleshooting,andsupportfor
SimpleNetworkManagement(SNMP)tools.