EnGenius Technologies ENH500 Product Overview, Features, Difficult-to-wire environments

1 Product Overview

Thank you for using the ENH500. It is a powerful and enhanced business-class product with 4 multi-functions: Access Point, Client Bridge, WDS, and Client Router.

EnGenius’ ENH500 uses the latest wireless standard, 802.11n, which allows for faster wireless throughput. The ENH500 affords a great advantage to minimize the time and cost which is required to expand your network. It operates at 5GHz and is also backwards compatible with 802.11a networking equipment.

The ENH500 is easy to install almost anywhere with included proprietary Power over Ethernet adapter for quick outdoor installation. In addition, the ENH500 can manage power level control, and it features narrow bandwidth selection, traffic shaping and real-time RSSI indication. The ENH500 fully supports wireless encryption including Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK), (64/128/152)-bit WEP Encryption, and IEEE 802.1x with RADIUS. Additionally, the ENH500 is an ideal choice to pair with the ENH500 in a Access Point – Client Bridge or WDS Bridge – WDS Bridge topology.

The ENH500 utilizes a proprietary PoE adapter. Only use the supplied PoE adapter. Damage may occur if another PoE adapter is used.

1.1 Features

The following list describes the design and scope of the ENH500 made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs:

a) Difficult-to-wire environments

There are many situations where wires cannot be laid easily. For example, historic and older buildings as well as open areas and cross-street architectures make the installation of LANs either impossible or very expensive.

b) Temporary workgroups

Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibition centers, disaster-recovery, temporary offices and construction sites where one wants a temporary WLAN established and removed at a future date. The ENH500 is easy to place into and remove from production.

c) The ability to access real-time information

Doctors and nurses, point-of-sale employees, and warehouse workers can access real-time information while dealing with patients, serving customers, and processing information.