User Manual

Introducing the 802.11G ACCESS POINT

Overview of the Device

The 802.11G ACCESS POINT is an access-point based on IEEE 802.11g based 2.4-GHz

radio technology. It contains an 802.11g and a full-duplex 10/100 LAN interfaces. The

802.11G ACCESS POINT can function as a simple Access Point (AP), and act as the center

point of a wireless network supporting a data rate of up to 54 Mbps. It can also connect these

wireless devices to wired network through the LAN interface.

The 802.11G ACCESS POINT can also function in a repeater mode, which is used to extend

the physical coverage of the wireless network. Finally, the 802.11G ACCESS POINT can also

function in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) mode. Multiple 802.11G ACCESS

POINT’s can be configured to operate in the WDS mode to inter-connect wired LAN

segments that are attached to these 802.11G ACCESS POINT’s.

Since the 802.11g share the same 2.4GHz radio band as the 802.11b technology, it can inter-

operate with existing 11Mbps 802.11b devices. Therefore you can protect your existing

investment in 802.11b client cards, and migrate to the high-speed 802.11g standard as your

needs grow.

To address growing security concerns in a wireless LAN environment, different levels of

security can be enabled in the 802.11G ACCESS POINT, including:

• To disable SSID broadcast to restrict association to only those client stations that are already

pre-configured with the correct SSID

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To enable WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) encryption to protect the privacy of your

data.

• Support of Access List Control to allow you to grant/deny access to/from specified

wireless stations

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Provisioning of centralized authentication through Radius Server(s).

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