Chapter 1 Introduction; About The Prosafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point Wndap360 - NETGEAR WNDAP360 Reference

Introduction
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This chapter introduces the NETGEAR® ProSafe™ Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point
WNAP360 and describes some of the key features. This chapter includes the following sections:
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About the ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360

• What Is In the Box?
• System Requirements
• Key Features and Standards
• Hardware Description
Note: For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit
the support website at http://support.netgear.com.
About the ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point
WNDAP360
The ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360 is the basic building block of a
wireless LAN infrastructure. It provides 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5 GHz 802.11a/n
connectivity between wired Ethernet networks and radio-equipped wireless notebook
systems, desktop systems, print servers, and other devices.
The wireless access point provides wireless connectivity to multiple wireless network devices
within a fixed range or area of coverage—interacting with a wireless network interface card
(NIC) through an antenna. Typically, an individual in-building wireless access point provides
a maximum connectivity area of about a 500-foot radius. The ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N
Access Point WNDAP360 can support a small group of users—typically 10 to 32 users per
radio—in a range of several hundred feet, with a maximum of 64 supported clients.
The ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360 acts as a bridge between the
wired LAN and wireless clients. Connecting multiple wireless access points through a wired
Ethernet backbone can further increase the wireless network coverage. As a mobile
computing device moves out of the range of one wireless access point, it moves into the
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