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Introducing the HP ProCurve RSVLC-0501
Access Point Features
Introducing the HP ProCurve
RSVLC-0501
Access Point Features
The wireless features of the RSVLC-0501 include:
■ dual-radio design with IEEE 802.11b/g and IEEE 802.11a/b/g radios
■ supports up to 16 Service Set IDentifier (SSID) interfaces per radio
interface
■ security and VLAN settings per SSID interface
■ supports up to 256 wireless clients per radio interface
■ IEEE 802.11a/b/g Compliant – interoperable with multiple vendors
■ precise control over signal transmission power and data rate
■ advanced security through 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption, Wi-Fi
Protected Access (WPA and WPA2), IEEE 802.1X, remote authentication
via a RADIUS server, and MAC address filtering features to protect your
sensitive data and authenticate only authorized users to your network
■ remote logging of system messages
■ time synchronization via SNTP server for message logs
■ wireless bridging between access points
■ neighbor access point detection
■ Quality of Service (QoS) support through Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) and
Spectralink Voice Priority
■ auto channel selection – simplifies deployment by testing all available
channels and selecting the best channel based on signal-to-noise ratio
■ international country configuration – select the appropriate country and
the access point automatically configures radio operation to match regu-
latory requirements (model J8987A only)
The other basic features of the RSVLC-0501 include:
■ one 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 port
■ supports Power over Ethernet based on the IEEE 802.3af standard
■ full-duplex operation for the 10/100 RJ-45 port
■ easy management of the access point through several available interfaces:
• console interface—a full featured, easy to use, VT-100 terminal
interface that is especially good for out-of-band access point manage-
ment and for Telnet or Secure Shell access to the access point
• Web browser interface—an easy to use built-in graphical interface
that can be accessed from common Web browsers (includes support
for secure HTTP connections)