3Com WL-560 - Manual (Page 11)

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NTRODUCTION
3Com wireless technology has all of the benefits of a local area network
(LAN) without the constraints and expense of network wiring.
3Com 11a/b/g Wireless LAN products provide easy, affordable, flexible
ways to extend wireless networks to more users. This guide shows how
you can use the 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless Workgroup Bridge in your office
or classroom to connect groups of wired Ethernet client devices to your
wireless LAN.
Product Features The 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless Workgroup Bridge includes a robust suite of
standards-based security features, and supports wireless network
standards including 802.11a and 802.11g.
Security To protect sensitive data broadcast over the radio, 3Com supports
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) RC4 64-bit, 128-bit and 152-bit
shared-key encryption. 3Com strengthens this basic security mechanism
with additional security features, including:
■ MAC address access control lists
■ IEEE 802.1x per-port user authentication with RADIUS server
authentication support
■ Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
■ Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
■
WiFi Protected Access (WPA)
■
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) support: EAP-TTLS and PEAP