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Introduction
The D-Link
Air
Plus
X
treme
G+
DWL- High-Speed Wireless Access Point is a
802.11g high-performance, wireless access point that supports high-speed wireless
networking at home, at work or in public places.
The DWL- is capable of operating in one of 4 different modes to meet your
wireless networking needs. The DWL- can operate as an Access Point; in Access
Point-to-Access Point Bridging mode; Access Point-to-Multipoint Bridging mode; or
Wireless Client mode.
The DWL- is an ideal solution for quickly creating and extending a wireless
local area network (WLAN) in offices or other workplaces, trade shows and special
events.
* Available Q4 2003 as a free download
Unlike most access points, the DWL- provides data transfers at up to 8X
(compared to the standard 11 Mbps) when used with other D-Link
Air
PlusXtreme
G+
products. The 802.11g standard is backwards compatible with 802.11b products. This
means that you do not need to change your entire network to maintain connectivity. You
may sacrifice some of 802.11g’s speed when you mix 802.11b and 802.11g devices, but
you will not lose the ability to communicate when you incorporate the 802.11g standard
into your 802.11b network. You may choose to slowly change your network by gradually
replacing the 802.11b devices with 802.11g devices .
Authentication
is a first line of defense against intrusion. In the
Authentication process the server verifies the identity of the client attempting
to connect to the network.Unfamiliar clients would be denied access.
In addition to offering faster data transfer speeds when used with other 802.11g products,
the DWL- has the newest, strongest, most advanced security features available
today. When used with other 802.11g WPA (WiFi Protected Access) and 802.1x
compatible products in a network with a RADIUS SERVER, the security features include:
WPA:*
802.1x*:
A new security feature,
Wi-Fi Protected Access
authorizes and identifies
users based on a secret key that changes automatically at a regular interval.
WPA
uses
TKIP
(
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
) to change the
temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message
transmitted over a network.) This insures much greater security than the
standard WEP security. (By contrast, the older WEP encryption required
the keys to be changed manually.)
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