User's Manual

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Wi-Fi Alliance (http://www.wi-fi.org). Both WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) mode and full
WPA mode are supported. WPA is composed of TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)
and IEEE 802.1x and serves as a successor to WEP for better WLAN security.
 Repeater.
When the AP is in AP/Bridge mode, it can communicate with other APs or
wireless bridges via WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Therefore, an AP can wirelessly
forward packets from wireless clients to another AP, and then the later AP forwards the
packets to the Ethernet network.
 Antenna alignment assistance. The AP provides a WDS link quality indicator
via Wireless Network Manager to facilitate alignment of directional antennas when
deploying pairs of wireless bridges.
 Link health monitoring. This feature enables the administrator to see if the WDS
links of the AP to other peer wireless bridges are working fine.
 Wireless client isolation.
When the AP is in AP/Bridge mode, wireless-to-wireless
traffic can be blocked so that the wireless clients cannot see each other. This capability can
be used in hotspots applications to prevent wireless hackers from attacking other wireless
users’ computers.
 AP load balancing.
Several APs can form a load-balancing group. Within a group,
wireless client associations and traffic load can be shared among the APs. This function is
available when the AP is in AP/Bridge mode.
 Transmit power control.
Transmit power of the AP’s RF module can be adjusted to
change RF coverage of the AP.
 Link integrity.
When the AP is in AP/Bridge mode and its Ethernet LAN interface is de-
tected to be disconnected from the wired network, all currently associated wireless clients
are disassociated by the AP and no wireless client can associate with it.
 Association control.
When the AP is in AP/Bridge mode, it can be configured to deny
association requests when it has served too many wireless clients or traffic load is too
heavy.
 Associated wireless clients status.
When the AP is in AP/Bridge mode, it can show
the status of all wireless clients that are associated with the AP.
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 DHCP client.
The AP can automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.
 DHCP server.
The AP can automatically assign IP addresses to computers or other devices by
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
 Static DHCP mappings.
The administrator can specify static IP address to MAC ad-
dress mappings so that the specified IP addresses are always assigned to the hosts with the
specified MAC addresses.
 Showing current DHCP mappings.
Showing which IP address is assigned to which
host identified by an MAC address.
 Packet Filtering.
The AP provides Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 filtering capabilities.