Chapter 1
Introduction
This Chapter provides an overview of the ALL0274's features and capabilities.
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Congratulations on the purchase of your new ALL0274. The ALL0274 can function in any of
3 modes:
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Wireless Access Point
for 802.11b and 802.11g Wireless Stations.
•
AP/Router
providing Broadband LAN/WAN Access for all wireless stations.
•
Client Mode
converting your PC Ethernet port to a wireless interface.
There is also a
Config Mode
to make it easy to connect to the ALL0274 and change its con-
figuration.
Features
The ALL0274 incorporates many advanced features, carefully designed to provide sophisti-
cated functions while being easy to use.
General
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Compact Size.
Both the ALL0274 and its power supply are small and light, making it
easy to move from one location to another as required.
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Easy Setup.
Use your WEB browser for configuration. In
Config Mode
, you don't even
have to know the IP address of the ALL0274.
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Configuration File Upload/Download.
You can Save (download) the configuration
data from the ALL0274 to your PC, and restore (upload) a previously-saved configuration
file to the ALL0274.
If used in many different environments , this make it easy to change the configuration to
match the current environment.
Wireless
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Standards Compliant.
The ALL0274 complies with the IEEE802.11g (DSSS) specifi-
cations for Wireless LANs.
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Supports both 802.11b and 802.11g Wireless Stations.
The 802.11g standard
provides for backward compatibility with the 802.11b standard, so both 802.11b and
802.11g Wireless stations can be used simultaneously.
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Speeds to 54Mbps.
All speeds up to the 802.11g maximum of 54Mbps are supported.
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WEP support.
Support for WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is included. Key sizes of
64 Bit and 128 Bit are supported.
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WPA-PSK support.
The WPA-PSK standard for data encryption is supported. This
standard provides better encryption ;than WEP.
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Wireless MAC Access Control.
The Wireless Access Control feature can check the
MAC address (hardware address) of Wireless stations to ensure that only trusted Wireless
Stations can access your LAN.
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Simple Configuration.
If the default settings are unsuitable, they can be changed
quickly and easily.
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