About This Guide...................................................................................................................................... 15

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................15

Document Conventions ..........................................................................................................................................15

Notational Conventions ..........................................................................................................................................16

Chapter 1: Introduction............................................................................................................................ 17

New Features .........................................................................................................................................................18

Power Management Antenna Configuration File.............................................................................................18

Hotspot Customization ....................................................................................................................................19

WAN Failover ..................................................................................................................................................19

Proxy ARP Support .........................................................................................................................................20

Multi Cipher Support .......................................................................................................................................20

Dynamic Chain Selection ................................................................................................................................20

Broadcast/Multicast Transmit Rate Control.....................................................................................................21

Dedicated Sensor Support ..............................................................................................................................21

LED Disable ....................................................................................................................................................21

LLDP Support..................................................................................................................................................22

Feature Overview ...................................................................................................................................................22

802.11n Support..............................................................................................................................................23

Sensor Support ...............................................................................................................................................23

Mesh Roaming Client ......................................................................................................................................25

Separate LAN and WAN Ports ........................................................................................................................25

Multiple Mounting Options...............................................................................................................................26

Antenna Support for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Radios ...........................................................................................26

Sixteen Configurable WLANs..........................................................................................................................26

Support for 4 BSSIDs per Radio .....................................................................................................................26

Quality of Service (QoS) Support ....................................................................................................................27

Industry Leading Data Security .......................................................................................................................27

VLAN Support .................................................................................................................................................30

Multiple Management Accessibility Options ....................................................................................................31

Updatable Firmware ........................................................................................................................................31

Programmable SNMP v1/v2/v3 Trap Support .................................................................................................31

Power-over-Ethernet Support .........................................................................................................................31

MU-MU Transmission Disallow .......................................................................................................................32

Voice Prioritization ..........................................................................................................................................32

Support for CAM and PSP MUs ......................................................................................................................32

Statistical Displays ..........................................................................................................................................33

Transmit Power Control ..................................................................................................................................33

Advanced Event Logging Capability ...............................................................................................................33

Configuration File Import/Export Functionality ................................................................................................33

Default Configuration Restoration ...................................................................................................................33

DHCP Support ................................................................................................................................................34

Mesh Networking ............................................................................................................................................34

Additional LAN Subnet ....................................................................................................................................35

On-board RADIUS Server Authentication .......................................................................................................35

Hotspot Support ..............................................................................................................................................35

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) .................................................................................................................36

Manual Date and Time Settings ......................................................................................................................36

Dynamic DNS..................................................................................................................................................36

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