Netgear WNAP320 User's Guide download pdf (Page 8)

8 | Chapter 1. Introduction

ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 Reference Manual

Supported Standards and Conventions

The ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 supports the following standards and

conventions:

• S

tandards compliance. The wireless access point complies with the IEEE 802.11 b/g

standards for wireless LANs, and is Wi-Fi certified for 802.11n standard.

• Ful

l WPA and WPA2 support. The wireless access point provides WPA and WPA2

enterprise-class strong security with RADIUS and certificate authentication as well as

dynamic encryption key generation. The WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK preshared key

authentication is without the overhead of RADIUS servers but with all of the strong

security of WPA.

• Multiple

BSSIDs. The wireless access point supports multiple BSSIDs. When a wireless

access point is connected to a wired network and a set of wireless stations, it is called a

basic service set (BSS). The basic service set identifier (BSSID) is a unique identifier

attached to the header of packets sent over a WLAN that differentiates one WLAN from

another when a mobile device tries to connect to the network.

The multiple BSSID feature allows you to configure up to eight SSIDs on your wireless

access point an

d assign different configuration settings to each SSID. All the configured

SSIDs are active, and the network devices can connect to the wireless access point by

using any of these SSIDs.

• DHCP client

support. DHCP provides a dynamic IP address to PCs and other devices

upon request. The wireless access point can act as a client and obtain information from

your DHCP server; it can also act as a DHCP server and provide network information for

wireless clients.

• SNMP Supp

ort. Support for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Management Information Base (MIB) management.

• 802.1

Q VLAN (virtual LAN) support. A network of computers that behave as if they are

connected to the same network even though they might actually be physically located on

different segments of a LAN. VLANs are configured through software rather than

hardware, which makes them extremely flexible. VLANs are very useful for user and host

management, bandwidth allocation, and resource optimization.

Key Features

The ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 provides solid functionality, including the

following features:

• Multiple operating

modes:

- W

ireless access point. Operates as a standard 802.11b/g/n wireless access point.

- Point-to-point bridge. In

this mode, the wireless access point communicates only

with another bridge-mode wireless station or wireless access point. Network

authentication should be used to protect this communication.

- Point-to-multipoint bridge. Sel

ect this only if this wireless access point is the master

for a group of bridge-mode wireless stations. The other bridge-mode wireless stations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 125 126

Comments to this Manuals

No comments

Netgear WNAP320 User's Guide Page 8

Comments to this Manuals

Related products and manuals for WLAN access points Netgear WNAP320