Authentication, Authorization, And Accounting; Roaming; Rf Management - 3Com 3CRWX120695A Installation And Basic Configuration Manual

Software Features 17
Authentication, 802.1X—A WX switch can authenticate users based on 802.1X
Authorization, and protocols. Based on authentication, users are assigned VLAN
Accounting membership, access control, and roaming boundaries.
MAC authentication—If a device does not support 802.1X, you can
configure authentication based on the source MAC address to assign
VLAN membership, access control, and roaming boundaries.
Guest authentication—Guests can be authenticated by a shared set of
authorization attributes that assign VLAN membership, access control,
and roaming boundaries.
Local and remote authentication—You can authenticate users locally
using information configured on the WX switch, or use a Remote
Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server. When you use a
remote server, the WX switch can enhance performance by
performing some of the AAA tasks locally or distributing the load
across multiple servers.

Roaming

MAP access point roaming—You can configure the WX switch to
allow users to roam from one MAP access point to another on the
same WX switch.
Mobility Domain™ roaming—You also can configure a group of WX
switches to allow users to roam from one switch to another.
Regardless of the wired subnet connections, each user maintains the
same IP address and session across the network.
Session management—You can display session information and
statistics for users.

RF Management

RF Auto-Tuning—MSS can automatically assign channels and power
settings to MAP access points based on RF information collected from
the network.
Radio frequency (RF) topology—With 3Com Wireless Switch Manager,
you can verify site coverage and capacity.
Rogue detection and countermeasures—MAPs can be used to gather
RF information for validating an RF deployment plan, and for
detecting and combatting rogue access points.
User-based RF—You can gather statistics on a per-user basis as users
roam across the network.