User's Manual

Overview of the Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software solution
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Conventional wireless LANS
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access point. The 802.11 standard defines access point communications as
devices that allow wireless devices to communicate with a distribution system.
This setup is defined as a basic service set (BSS) or infrastructure network.
To allow the wireless devices to communicate with computers on a wired network,
the access points must be connected to the wired network providing access to the
networked computers. This topology is called bridging. With bridging, security
and management scalability is often a concern.
Figure 1 Standard wireless network solution example
The wireless devices and the wired networks communicate with each other using
standard networking protocols and addressing schemes. Most commonly,
Internet Protocol (IP) addressing is used.
DCHP Server
RADIUS
Authentication
Server
Ethernet
Router
Wireless AP
Wireless AP
Ethernet
Wireless
Devices
Wireless
Devices