AirLive WHA-5500CPE-PCBA - Manual (Page 7)

1. Introduction
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Introduction
1.1 Overview
The WHA-5500CPE is a wireless access-point based on IEEE 802.11a 5-GHz radio
technologies. It contains an 802.11a wireless interface and one half/full-duplex 10/100 LAN
interface. Moreover, WHA-5500CPE features a total of 6 wireless modes: Access Point,
Repeater, WDS Bridge, Client Infrastructure, Client Ad Hoc and WISP Router.
To address growing security concerns in a wireless LAN environment, different levels of
security can be enabled in WHA-5500CPE:
„ To disable SSID broadcast to restrict association to only those client stations that are
already pre-configured with the correct SSID
„ To enable WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) 64, 128, or 152-bit encryption to protect
the privacy of your data.
„ Support of Access List Control to allow you to grant/deny access to/from specified
wireless stations
„ Provisioning of centralized authentication through RADIUS Server.
„ WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key) for home users to provide
authentication, data integrity, and data privacy.
„ WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) works with a RADIUS server to provide stronger
authentication as well as data integrity and privacy.
1.2 Features
„ Compliant with 802.11a and Super A™ standards with roaming capability.
„ Supports 6 wireless multi-function modes: Access Point, Repeater, WDS Bridge, Client
Infrastructure, Client Ad Hoc and WISP Router.
„ Static assignment or DHCP client to set the device IP address.
„ Multiple security measures: SSID hiding, Access Control List, WEP based encryption
(64, 128, 152 bits), enhanced Security with 802.1x using a primary and a backup
RADIUS Server with/without dynamic WEP keys, WPA-PSK, WPA, and WPA2.
„ Extensive monitoring capability such as event logging, traffic/error statistics monitoring.
Support of remote logging.
„ Easy configuration and monitoring through the use of a Web-browser based GUI,
SNMP commands from a remote SNMP management station, and UPnP for users to
automatically discover the device.
„ Setup Wizard for easy configuration/installation.
„ Configuration file download and restore.
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