Access Point Features - ProCurve 420 Installation And Getting Started Manual

Introducing the ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420

Access Point Features

Access Point Features
The wireless features of the Access Point 420 include:
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The other basic features of the Access Point 420 include:
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supports up to eight Service Set IDentifier (SSID) interfaces
security and VLAN settings per SSID interface
supports up to 128 wireless clients
IEEE 802.11g Compliant – interoperable with multiple vendors
precise control over signal transmission power and data rate
advanced security through 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption, Wi-Fi
Protected Access (WPA and WPA2), IEEE 802.1X, remote authentication
via a RADIUS server, and MAC address filtering features to protect your
sensitive data and authenticate only authorized users to your network
remote logging of system messages
time synchronization via SNTP server for message logs
neighbor access point detection
Spectralink Voice Priority support
auto channel selection – simplifies deployment by testing all available
channels and selecting the best channel based on signal-to-noise ratio
international country configuration – select the appropriate country and
the access point automatically configures radio operation to match regu-
latory requirements (model J8131B only)
one 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 port
supports Power over Ethernet based on the IEEE 802.3af standard
full-duplex operation for the 10/100 RJ-45 port
easy management of the access point through several available interfaces:
• console interface—a full featured, easy to use, VT-100 terminal
interface that is especially good for out-of-band access point manage-
ment and for Telnet or Secure Shell access to the access point
• web browser interface—an easy to use built-in graphical interface
that can be accessed from common web browsers (includes support
for secure HTTP connections)
• SNMP—a network management application such as ProCurve
Manager can manage the access point via the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) from a network management station
(supports SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3)