Just What Can Your Lancom Wlan Controller Do - Lancom WLC-4006 Manual

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Just what can your LANCOM WLAN Controller do?

The following table provides a comparison of the properties and functions of
your device depending on the model.
WLAN controlling
Number of managed devices (factory setting / upgrade optional to maxi-
mum number)
Automatic detection of WLAN controllers by the LANCOM Access Points or
WLAN routers
Automatic or manual authentication of
Communication between controller and
nection with CAPWAP
Encryption of the control data with DTLS, including HW crypto accelerator
Inheritance of configuration profiles, also multi-level
Self-sufficient operations for continued operation even when the connec-
tion to the WLAN Controller is interrupted
Advanced routing and forwarding (ARF) with customized DHCP, DNS,
routing, firewall and VPN functions for these networks, assignment of the
networks to SSIDs in the WLAN profile via VLAN IDs.
Dynamic VLAN assignment for target user groups based on MAC
addresses, BSSID or SSID by means of an external RADIUS server.
Integrated RADIUS server for MAC address list management
Integrated EAP server for authentication of 802.1x clients using EAP-TLS,
EAP-TTLS, PEAP, MSCHAP or MSCHAPv2.
Proxy mode for external RADIUS/EAP servers (forwarding and realm han-
dling)
802.11e / WME: Automatic VLAN tagging (802.1p) in the Access Points.
Conversion to DiffServ attributes in the WLAN controller, provided it is
used as a layer-3 router
Fast roaming via PMK caching and pre-authentication
Further applications
Internet access
LAN-LAN connectivity over VPN
Chapter 1: Centralized WLAN management
the Access Points
Access Points via simple IP con-
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