3Com WL-560 manual Introduction

1 INTRODUCTION

3Com wireless technology has all of the benefits of a local area network (LAN) without the constraints and expense of network wiring.

3Com 11a/b/g Wireless LAN products provide easy, affordable, flexible ways to extend wireless networks to more users. This guide shows how you can use the 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless Workgroup Bridge in your office or classroom to connect groups of wired Ethernet client devices to your wireless LAN.

Product Features The 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless Workgroup Bridge includes a robust suite of standards-based security features, and supports wireless network standards including 802.11a and 802.11g.

Security To protect sensitive data broadcast over the radio, 3Com supports Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) RC4 64-bit, 128-bit and 152-bit shared-key encryption. 3Com strengthens this basic security mechanism with additional security features, including:

■MAC address access control lists

■IEEE 802.1x per-port user authentication with RADIUS server authentication support

■Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

■Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

■WiFi Protected Access (WPA)

■Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) support: EAP-TTLS and PEAP