User's Guide

Chapter 1: Working with the ER-1000
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1 Working with the EL-500
Thank you for choosing the Tranzeo EL-500 802.11 Access Point. The EL-500 is a full-
featured access point in a ruggedized enclosure designed for outdoor installation. This user’s
guide presents a wide array of configuration options, but only a limited number of options have
to be configured in order to deploy an EL-500.
1.1 EL-500 Variants
There are two EL-500 variants available, as shown in Table 1.
Model Number Frequency Band 802.11 standard
EL-500HG 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g
EL-500HA 5.8 GHz 802.11a
Table 1. EL-500 variants
Throughout the manual, “EL-500” will be used to collectively refer to this family of
products. Where the functionality of the variants differs, the actual model number will
be used.
1.2 EL-500 Capabilities
Based on the IEEE 802.11b/g and 802.11a standards and complete with FCC certification, the
EL-500 family of outdoor access points are fully standards compliant. This family of outdoor
access points has been designed with a multitude of network and management features for
ease of installation and operation in any new or existing network. Features include:
• Multiple ESSIDs per radio
• High-powered +26dBm output in 802.11b/g mode
• High-powered +23dBm output in 802.11a mode
• Router or bridge mode operation
• DHCP server
• DHCP relay
• QoS support (IEEE 802.11e WMM)
• VLAN support (IEEE802.1q)
• Security
o WPA
o WPA2
o WEP 64/128