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1. Introduction

This chapter introduces the ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 and describes some of

the key features. This chapter includes the following sections:

• About the ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 on this page

• What Is In the Box? on p

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• System Requirements on p

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• Key Features and Standards on p

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• Hardware Description on p

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About the ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320

The ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 is the basic building block of a wireless

LAN infrastructure. It provides connectivity between wired Ethernet networks and

radio-equipped wireless notebook systems, desktop systems, print servers, and other

devices.

The wireless access point provides wireless connectivity

to multiple wireless network devices

within a fixed range or area of coverage—interacting with a wireless network interface card

(NIC) through an antenna. Typically, an individual in-building wireless access point provides

a maximum connectivity area of about a 500-foot radius. The ProSafe Wireless-N Access

Point WNAP320 can support up to 64 users simultaneously in a range of several hundred

feet.

The ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 acts as a bridge between the wired LAN

and wire

less clients. Connecting multiple wireless access points through a wired Ethernet

backbone can further increase the wireless network coverage. As a mobile computing device

moves out of the range of one wireless access point, it moves into the range of another. As a

result, wireless clients can freely roam from one wireless access point to another and still

maintain seamless connection to the network.

The autosensing capability of the ProSafe Wirele

ss-N Access Point WNAP320 allows packet

transmission at up to 300 Mbps, or at reduced speeds to compensate for distance or

electromagnetic interference.

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