User guide

Wireless LAN module Wireless Interface
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iMG/RG Software Reference Manual (Wireless)
9. Wireless
9.1 Wireless Interface
This part of the Software Reference Manual provides an overview about the wireless device configuration and
usage on products supporting the wireless interface (“W” models in groups: Fiber D, ADSL A, ADSL B - please
refer to the preface for the complete groups table).
9.1.1 Wireless LAN module
Allied Telesis wireless products are designed to support either embedded pci wireless networking card (ADSL
A group wireless products) or integrated wireless LAN chipset (FIBER D, ADSL B) with a range up to 300 m.
The following wireless main features are available on all Allied Telesis wireless products:
Fully compliant with standards IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g.
IEEE 802.11a is NOT supported
High speed wireless connection, up to 54 Mbps
Auto fallback data rate under noisy environment
High sensitivity and output power
64-bit, 128-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption
802.1x authentication
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption
Compliant with Standard 802.11i (WPA2) with AES-CCMP encryption
802.1q vlan integration with layer 2 802.3u managed switch (NOTE: only untagged vlans are supported on
the wireless interface)
Note: Refer to the Release Notes for guidelines on the use of these features with specific customer products.
9.1.2 Layer 2 switch on wireless port
The following scenario details a network example where the CPE wireless interface is used in a switched sce-
nario where wireless traffic is simply bridged to the ADSL port and vice versa.
In this scenario the wireless interface is member of the data VLAN together with a switch Ethernet port and
the ADSL port. Traffic originated by the wireless host can be forwarded to the host connected at the Ethernet
port and then to the uplink path without requiring any packet routing at layer 3.
Please refer to chapter 2. for any information on how to configure the bridge functionality on the CPE for each
different products group.