EnGenius ECB600, User Manual

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1 Introduction
The
ECB600
is a high-powered, long-range dual-band concurrent wireless 802.11a/b/g/n access point with six major
functional modes. It is designed to operate in numerous environments from large homes, small and medium-sized
businesses, multiple-floor offices, hotels and other venues to larger enterprise deployments. Its high-powered, long-range
characteristics make it a cost-effective alternative to ordinary access points that don’t have the range and reach to connect
to a growing number of wireless users who wish to connect to a large home or business network.
The ECB600 supports IEEE 802.11b/g/n standards in the 2.4GHz frequency band while at the same time supporting IEEE
802.11a/n standards in the less congested 5GHz frequency band ideal for streaming or transferring other large files.
The ECB600 delivers up to 6x faster wireless speeds and 7x extended coverage than legacy 802.11a/b/g wireless devices.
Even though the ECB600 has been designed and engineered for traffic heavy and demanding business environments it is
also quite at home in larger house scenarios because it efficiently extends the wireless range of an existing home router,
especially in very architecturally-challenging structures to provide whole home connectivity.
To protect sensitive data during wireless transmissions, the ECB600 offers different encryption settings for wireless
transmissions including industry-standard WPA and WPA2 encryption. The ECB600 also includes MAC address filtering to
allow network administrators to offer network access only to known computers and other devices based on their MAC
addresses.