Compex Technologies WPE54 manual Hardware Installation

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Smart Select

This feature will automatically scan and recommend the best channel that the access point can utilize.

Wireless Routing Client Capability

The Wireless Routing Client mode enables Internet Service Provider (ISP) or offices to send their data packet wirelessly and these network packets will be routed to a wired Local Area Network via the access point.

Wireless Ethernet Adapter

The Wireless Ethernet Adapter mode enables any computers with an Ethernet interface to be connected to the wireless LAN without the need to install any driver software. This is extremely useful for machines with limited driver support, e.g. Apple Macintosh machines and Linux machines.

Parallel Broadband

This unique feature allows bandwidth aggregation and fail-over redundancy capability when set to gateway mode which uses wireless distribution system to wirelessly link all associated access point gateway together.

Universal Configuration Software

The uConfig software allows users to get onto the web based configuration interface of the access point without the need to further manipulate the TCP/IP setup of the workstation.

Web-based Management Interface

Embedded with a HTTP server allows the configuration of the access point features via a user-friendly web-based management interface. In addition, firmware upgrade can be done through this interface as well.

IEEE 802.1x Authentication and WPA

The access point supports latest wireless security WPA using both Pre-Share Key and 802.1x EAP authentication. A wide range of IEEE 802.1x authentication methods like EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and EAP-PEAP for strong mutual authentication and data encryption is supported.

Wireless Pseudo Virtual LAN

Allows the creation of wireless virtual nodes or workgroups for wireless clients to increase the privacy in a wireless LAN installation.

SNMP

For easy remote management and monitoring of the access point through standard SNMP software.

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