ParkerVision WR1500 - Manual (Page 7)

WR1500
4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router
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WR1500 Wireless Router LED
The blue WR1500 Wireless Router LED (also known as the Breathing LED) is on when the WR1500
Wireless Router is on and blinks (or breaths) when data is being transmitted to/from its wireless stations.
You may use the web confi gurator to turn this LED off even when the WR1500 Wireless Router is on and
data is being transmitted/received.
802.11b Wireless LAN Standard
WR1500 Wireless Router products containing the letter “B” in the model name, such as WR1500
Wireless Router B-2000, WR1500 Wireless Router B-2000 v.2, comply with the 802.1 lb wireless
standard.
The 802.1 lb data rate and corresponding modulation techniques are as follows. The modulation
technique defi nes how bits are encoded onto radio waves.
Output Power Management
Power Management is the ability to set the level of output power.
There may be interference or diffi culty with channel assignment when there is a high density
of APs within a coverage area. In this case you can lower the output power of each Wireless
Router, thus enabling you to place Wireless Routers closer together.
Limit the number of Client Connections
You may set a maximum number of wireless stations that may connect to the WR1500
Wireless Router. This may be necessary if for example, there is diffi culty with channel
assignment due to a high density of APs within a coverage area.
SSL Passthrough
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) uses a public key to encrypt data that’s transmitted over an
SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many web
sites use the protocol to obtain confi dential user information, such as credit card numbers.
By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with “https” instead of “http”. The
WR1500 Wireless Router allows SSL connections to take place through the WR1500 Wireless
Router.
Firewall
The WR1500 Wireless Router employs a stateful inspection fi rewall with DoS (Denial of
Service) protection. By default, when the fi rewall is activated, all incoming traffi c from the WAN
to the LAN is blocked unless it is initiated from the LAN. The WR1500 Wireless Router fi rewall
supports TCP/UDP inspection, DoS detection and prevention, real time alerts, reports and logs.
IEEE 802.1 x Network Security
The WR1500 Wireless Router supports the IEEE 802. lx standard to enhance user
authentication. Use the built-in user profi le database to authenticate up to 8 users using MD5
encryption. Use an EAP-compatible RADIUS (RFC2138,2139 - Remote Authentication Dial
In User Service) server to authenticate a limitless number of users using EAP (Extensible
Authentication Protocol). EAP is an authentication protocol that supports multiple types of
authentication.
Wireless LAN MAC Address Filtering
Your WR1500 Wireless Router checks the MAC address of the wireless station against a list
of allowed or denied MAC addresses.
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Using the standard TCP/IP protocol, the WR1500 Wireless Router and other UPnP-enabled
devices can dynamically join a network, obtain an IP address and convey its capabilities to
other devices on the network.