User's Manual

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curity.
 Repeater.
When the IEEE 802.11b/g is in AP/Bridge mode, it can communicate with
other APs or wireless bridges via WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Therefore, a IEEE
802.11b/g can wirelessly forward packets from wireless clients to another IEEE 802.11b/g.
Then the second IEEE 802.11b/g forwards the packets to the Ethernet network.
 Wireless client isolation.
When the IEEE 802.11b/g is in AP/Bridge mode, wire-
less-to-wireless traffic can be blocked so that the wireless clients cannot see each other.
This capability can be used in hotspots applications to prevent wireless hackers from at-
tacking other wireless users’ computers.
 AP load balancing.
Several IEEE 802.11b/g’s can form a load-balancing group. Within
a group, wireless client associations and traffic load can be shared among the IEEE
802.11b/g’s. This function is available when the IEEE 802.11b/g is in AP/Bridge mode.
 Transmit power control.
Transmit power of the IEEE 802.11b/g’s RF module can be
adjusted to change RF coverage of the IEEE 802.11b/g.
 Link integrity.
When the IEEE 802.11b/g is in AP/Bridge mode and its Ethernet LAN
interface is detected to be disconnected from the wired network, all currently associated
wireless clients are disassociated by the IEEE 802.11b/g and no wireless client can associ-
ate with it.
 Association control.
When the IEEE 802.11b/g is in AP/Bridge mode, it can be config-
ured to deny association requests when it has served too many wireless clients or traffic
load is too heavy.
 Associated wireless clients status.
When the IEEE 802.11b/g is in AP/Bridge mode,
it can show the status of all wireless clients that are associated with the IEEE 802.11b/g.
 Detachable antennas.
The factory-mounted antennas can be replaced with high-gain
antennas for different purposes.
z DHCP client. The IEEE 802.11b/g can automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP
server.
z DHCP server. The IEEE 802.11b/g can automatically assign IP addresses to computers or
other devices by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
 Static DHCP mappings.
The administrator can specify static IP address to MAC ad-
dress mappings so that the specified IP addresses are always assigned to the hosts with the
specified MAC addresses.
 Showing current DHCP mappings.
Showing which IP address is assigned to which
host identified by an MAC address.
z Packet Filtering. The IEEE 802.11b/g provides Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 filtering capa-
bilities.
z Firmware Management Tools
 Firmware upgrade.
The firmware of the IEEE 802.11b/g can be upgraded in the fol-
lowing methods: