BW1253s User Guide v1.0
Nov. 2013
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Thank you for choosing the Indoor Access Point BW1253s.
The BW1253s is fully compliant to 802.11a/b/g/n standard and provides the flexibility of different kinds
of 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11g or 802.11b clients access to the BW1253s. With the high speed data
rate(Max. 300Mbps) and security, feature rich software functionality, it provides the high performance
wireless connection for the SMB, enterprise, and hotspot of public area.
Product Overview
Flexibility and high performance
BW1253s is a high-performance and feature-rich indoor Access Point. It provides high quality
connectivity for Wi-Fi networks designed to support large hotspots. The platform providing powerful
hardware processing ability and maximize its service coverage for deploying enterprise-scale Wi-Fi
networks including warehouses, universities, airports, hospitals, and large corporations.
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Support IEEE802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi standard.
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Wireless AP router mode: NAT, Different IP subnet per BSSID, Support DHCP server or client.
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FAT AP with AP or AP Router mode configuration.
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THIN AP with centralize configuration.(2013/Q4 first release)
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Point to point or smart point to multi-point bridge.
Secure and reliable wireless networking
BW1253s supports and meets industry security requirement of wide area networking professionals for
secured wireless network:
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Supports VLAN, up to 16 VLAN ID
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IEEE 802.1x/EAP with password, certificates and SIM card
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64bits/128bits static and dynamic WEP encryption
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Supports Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) with AES and TKIP support
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Layer 2 Isolation for preventing snooping on the same BSS
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MAC address filtering (ACL) for preventing illegal attacking from Internet
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Hidden SSID broadcast to prevent illegal users connection
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Built-in Web login authentication (UAM, AP Router mode)
Strong Anti-interference
Dynamic Channel Allocation (DCA) solution automatically selects optimal operational frequency
channel during power up and the periodically monitors the environment and adjusts for best
operational channel. DCA enhances BW1253s performance and provide continuous coverage under
high AP density wireless network environment.
Multiple BSSID “Virtual AP” Technology
Supports up to16 BSSID and each can be configured independently to support range of security
policies, authentication model, RADIUS servers and VLAN IDs. Each BSSID also can be set different
priority based on 802.1p tag or 802.11e EDCA which enables WLAN client device to access wireless
link QoS capabilities.
Chapter 1 – Introduction
