Chapter 25 Product Specifications
SSL Passthrough | SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) uses a public key to encrypt data |
| that's transmitted over an SSL connection. Both Netscape |
| Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many Web |
| sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, |
| such as credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require |
| an SSL connection start with “https” instead of “http”. The NWA |
| allows SSL connections to take place through the NWA. |
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MAC Address Filter | Your NWA checks the MAC address of the wireless station |
| against a list of allowed or denied MAC addresses. |
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Wireless Association List | With the wireless association list, you can see the list of the |
| wireless stations that are currently using the NWA to access |
| your wired network. |
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Logging and Tracing | |
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Embedded FTP and TFTP | The embedded FTP and TFTP servers enable fast firmware |
Servers | upgrades as well as configuration file backups and restoration. |
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Auto Configuration | Administrators can use text configuration files to configure the |
| wireless LAN settings for multiple APs. The AP can |
| automatically get a configuration file from a TFTP server at |
| start up or after renewing DHCP client information. |
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SNMP | SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol |
| used for exchanging management information between |
| network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP protocol |
| suite. Your NWA supports SNMP agent functionality, which |
| allows a manger station to manage and monitor the NWA |
| through the network. The NWA supports SNMP version one |
| (SNMPv1) and version two c (SNMPv2c). The |
| supports version 3 (SNMPv3). |
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DFS | DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) allows a wider choice of |
| 802.11a wireless channels. |
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CAPWAP (Control and | The NWA can be managed via CAPWAP, which allows multiple |
Provisioning of Wireless | APs to be configured and managed by a single AP controller. |
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