Air Live WLA-500AP, User Manual

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Overview of the WLA-5000AP
The WISP Client Router mode that sits between your local Ethernet network and a remote network
(e.g., the Internet). The WLA-5000AP contains a 10/100Mbps Ethernet switch for connection to PCs
on your local wired network, and two wireless interfaces for connection to your local wireless network:
one supports 802.11a, another can be configured to support either both 802.11b and 802.11g or
802.11g only (both radios support a data rate of up to 54 Mbps).
Data comes into the WLA-5000AP from the local wired and wireless LAN and then is “routed” to the
Internet, and vice versa.
WISP Client Router mode Applications
A C C E S S I N G T H E I N T E R N E T
The most common use of the WISP Client Router mode is to provide shared Internet access to allow
everyone on your LAN to surf the web and send/receive emails or files. The WISP Client Router
mode can automatically acquire a public IP address when connecting to the Internet. In turn, it will
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