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SonicPoint Features
Note that in this manual SonicPoint refers to both SonicPoint 802.11a/b/g and SonicPoint G. While the
following table explicitly refers to each platform, the remainder of this manual refers to instances
where both are appropriate, simply using the SonicPoint name. The SonicPoint offers the following
capabilities:
Because of the high throughput capabilities of the SonicPoint, aggregate SonicPoints have the
potential to exhaust the capacity of Fast Ethernet interfaces on the security appliance. The following
table illustrates—per platform—the maximum number of SonicPoints per interface, and the total
recommended number of SonicPoints per appliance:
Feature
Platform
Tri-Mode, Dual-Band, Dual-Radio 802.11a/b/g
operation for simultaneous support of 802.11a and
802.11g/b clients
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g)
Support for 802.11g/b clients
SonicPoint G
WPA and WEP Encryption with EAP-PEAP, EAP-
TTLS, TKIP and AES Support
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g), SonicPoint G
802.11g Turbo Mode for data rates up to 108
Mbps
SonicPoint G
802.11a/g Turbo Modes for data rates up to 108
mbit
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g)
802.11d compliance
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g), SonicPoint G
802.3af Power over Ethernet
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g), SonicPoint G
Managed Mode and Stand-Alone Modes of
operation
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g), SonicPoint G
Rogue Access Point Discovery and BSSID/MAC
Address Object Authorization
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g), SonicPoint G
Safe Mode for recovery
SonicPoint (802.11a/b/g), SonicPoint G
