Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point Manual page 16

What a RoamAbout PC Card Provides
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Roaming, where wireless clients can roam from one Access Point to another in the
same wireless LAN without losing connectivity.
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Local management via its local console port or remote management by the
RoamAbout Access Point Manager software, or Network Management Station
(NMS).
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Support for RMON Groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 (Statistics, History, Alarms, and Events).
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Upgradeable via a downline-load using BOOTP and TFTP.
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802.11 power management.
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8000 node forwarding address database.
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Redundancy through an 802.1d Spanning Tree.
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Settable protocol filtering.
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Settable source and destination address filtering.
What a RoamAbout PC Card Provides
The RoamAbout PC Card is an IEEE 802.11 Direct Sequence (DS) compliant wireless
network interface card.
The RoamAbout PC Card functions like any standard wired Ethernet card; however, the
RoamAbout PC Card uses radio frequencies instead of a cable for the LAN connection.
When installed in a computer, the PC Card and computer are referred to as a RoamAbout
wireless client.
The RoamAbout PC Card includes the following features:
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Fits into any PC card type II slot.
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RoamAbout ISA Adapter Card option, which allows installation into computers that
do not have a PC card slot but do have an available ISA bus slot.
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802.11 DS compliant radio.
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1-4 Wireless Network Configurations