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LANCOM 3550 Wireless

Preface

Preface

Thank you for placing your trust in this LANCOM product.

The combination of UMTS/HSDPA, WLAN, DSL and VPN opens up a completely new range of possibilities in enterprise connectivity—for example, mobile conferen-ce rooms that are connected via UMTS/HSDPA and offer Internet access over WLAN or access to the company network via VPN.

As a back-up connection for site coupling, UMTS/HSDPA is cheaper and faster than the conventional alternative, ISDN. Furthermore, it is significantly less prone tofailure as there are no cables which are at risk from construction works. Using VRRP with the LANCOM 3550 Wireless offers fully vendor-inde- pendent high availa-bility and a completely transparent, automatic switch of media in the event of backup.

Apart from that, UMTS/HSDPA is able to bridge the “last mile” for customers who do not have access to an equivalent broadband connection. The UMTS/ HSDPA card is simply operated in the CardBus expansion slot of the LANCOM 3550 Wireless. The device automatically switches Internet access between HSDPA, UMTS andGPRS depending on availability.

Security settings

For a carefree use of your device, we recommend to carry out all security set- tings (e.g. Firewall, encryption, access protection, charge lock), which are not already activated at the time of purchase of your device. The LANconfig wizard ’Check Security Settings’ will support you accomplishing this.Further informa- tion regarding this topic can be found in chapter 'Security settings'.We ask you additionally to inform you about technical developments and actual hints to your product on our Web page www.lancom-systems.com, and to down- load new software versions if necessary.

User manual and reference manual

The documentation of your device consists of three parts: the installation guide, the user manual and the reference manual.

You are now reading the user manual. It contains all information you need to start your device. It also contains the most important technical specification for the device.

The reference manual can be found on the CD as an Acrobat (PDF) document. It is designed as a supplement to the user manual and goes into detail on top- ics that apply to a variety of devices. These include for example:

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