3Com WL-455 Network Card User Manual


 
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1 INTRODUCTION
The 3Com® Wireless LAN Access Point 7250 supports 802.11g and 802.11b wireless
users.
With their flexibility and unfettered access, wireless LANs are changing the way
people work. Now with 3Com’s enterprise-class wireless access points, you can build
a cost-effective, reliable, secure wireless network that provides users with seamless
connectivity to the Internet, company intranet, and the wired corporate network from
anywhere they happen to be—conference room, cafeteria or office.
Industry-leading security features and comprehensive management and performance
features combine to make these enterprise class wireless access points an ideal choice
for organizations ready to serve their increasingly mobile workforce.
PRODUCT FEATURES
Access Point 7250—The single wireless interface 802.11g 2.4 GHz, 54-Mbps access
point creates an enterprise-class wireless LAN supporting up to 250 simultaneous
users.
SECURITY
3Com offers one of the most robust suite of standards-based security on the market
today. To protect sensitive data broadcast over the wireless LAN, 3Com supports
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) RC4 40/ 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), Wireless Protected Access
(WPA) and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) support: EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS,
EAP-TTLS, and PEAP.
In addition to standards-based security, 3Com 128-bit Dynamic Security Link offers a
high level of security, requiring a user name and password to access the wireless LAN.