3Com WL-575, 3CRWEASYA73 manual Introduction, Product Features

1 INTRODUCTION

The 3Com Outdoor 11a Building to Building Bridge and 11bg Access Point system provides point-to-point or point-to-multipoint bridge links between remote Ethernet LANs, and wireless access point services for clients in the local LAN area.

It includes an integrated high-gain antenna for the 802.11a radio and can operate as a “Slave” or “Master” bridge in point-to-multipoint configurations, or provide a high-speed point-to-point wireless link between two sites that can be up to 15.4 km (9.6 miles) apart. As a “Master” bridge in point-to-multipoint configurations it can support connections to as many as six “Slave” units. The 802.11b/g radio requires an external antenna option.

The unit is housed in a weatherproof enclosure for mounting outdoors and includes its own bracket for attaching to a wall, pole, radio mast, or tower structure. The unit is powered through its Ethernet cable connection from a power injector module that is installed indoors.

The wireless bridge system offers a fast, reliable, and cost-effective solution for connectivity between remote Ethernet wired LANs or to provide Internet access to an isolated site. The system is also easy to install and operate, ideal for situations where a wired link may be difficult or expensive to deploy. The wireless bridge connection provides data rates of up to 108 Mbps.

In addition, both wireless bridge models offer full network management capabilities through an easy-to-use web interface, a command-line interface, and support for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) tools.

PRODUCT FEATURES

„Supports a 5 GHz point-to-point wireless link up 15.4 km (at 6 Mbps data rate) using the integrated high-gain 17 dBi antenna

„Supports 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz point-to-multipoint links using various external antenna options

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