Single Station Adapter (Lw0051A, Lw0056A, Or Lw0061A-Can) - Black Box LW0050A Manual

PRO 11 SERIES WIRELESS ETHERNET
Mobile workstations, such as laptops and hand-held devices, can roam between
Access Points that belong to the same Extended Service Set (ESS). In an Extended
Service Set, all Access Points have the same ESSID. When the access points are set
up so that their coverage areas overlap, users can roam seamlessly from cell to cell.
This means that there is no interruption of network connection when moving from
one coverage area to the other through the overlap area. The roaming is
completely transparent to the user and the applications. The Station Adapters
decide when a mobile user becomes disassociated from one access point and
associated with another. This process is fully transparent, requires no user
intervention, and involves no loss of data packets.
Multiple access points can be positioned in locations where heavy network traffic is
expected; this creates a multicell and increases the aggregate throughput capacity
in areas where it is needed most. The system implements a load-balancing
algorithm to divide the stations equally between the available co-located Access
Points.
The Access Point contains an embedded SNMP agent, enabling effective
management by any standard SNMP management station. Software upgrades can
be downloaded by TFTP protocol via the wired LAN or wireless LAN.
The Access Point is available in two models:
• With two integrated omnidirectional antennas (LW0050A), and
• For use with external high-gain antennas (LW055A or LW0060A-CAN).
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The Single-Port Station Adapter is a wireless LAN station adapter that converts any
device equipped with an Ethernet interface into a wireless LAN station. The Single-
Port Station Adapter is transparent to the device's hardware, software, and network
operating system. This enables plug-and-play installation.
The Single-Port Station Adapter enables its workstation to communicate with any
other wireless station in the same cell coverage area, and to access all network
resources—such as file servers, wired stations, printers, and shared databases—via
the Access Point. Any two wireless stations in two different cells can communicate
through their Access Points.
Workstations that can be connected to the wireless LAN include PCs, X-Terminals,
and any other device that supports Ethernet. The unit is transparent to the
workgroup devices' hardware, software, and network operating system.
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