Introducing The Wla-5000Ap 802.11 A/G Access Point; Overview - Air Live WLA-5000AP User Manual

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1.1 Overview

The WLA-5000AP 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT is an access-point based on IEEE
802.11a/g based 2.4-GHz radio technology. It contains an 802.11a/g and a full-duplex
10/100 LAN interfaces. The 802.11A/G 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 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT can also function in a repeater mode, which is used to
extend the physical coverage of the wireless network. Finally, the 802.11A/G ACCESS
POINT can also function in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) mode. Multiple
802.11A/G ACCESS POINTs can be configured to operate in the WDS mode to
inter-connect wired LAN segments that are attached to these 802.11A/G ACCESS
POINTs.
Since the 802.11g shares 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 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT:
To disable SSID broadcast to restrict association to only those client stations that are
already pre-configured with the correct SSID
To enable WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) 64, 128, or 156-bit 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
Provisioning of centralized authentication through Radius Server(s).
WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key) for home users to provide
authentication, data integrity, and data privacy.
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) works with a RADIUS server to provide stronger
authentication as well as data integrity and privacy.
Introducing the WLA-5000AP
802.11 A/G Access Point
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