Lucent Wireless LAN

Lucent Wireless LAN ... access to the network. The Access Point is a gateway to the corporate network, enabling users within proximity to tie into email, the Internet, and network files. The PCI adapter, when combined with the PC card, enables you to add networked desktop computers without having to run new cables. The HP/Lucent 802.11b Wireless LAN Access Point extends the range of your cabled Ethernet network, providing easy network access to mobile users and difficult to wire locations. The unique architecture features dual PC card slots, enabling you to protect your investment, double your network capacity, and create a wireless backbone.

In large open areas, the architecture supports a wireless-to-wireless bridging feature. This allows you to build an extension to your wireless network without expanding the wired backbone. The HP/Lucent 802.11b Wireless LAN Access Point comes with state-of-the art network management software and a host of security features. A MAC address based authentication scheme utilizes a centrally maintained, RADIUS-based database that records the users who are permitted to have access to the network. Network administrators can now easily manage and update their wireless networks because they only need to manage a single database to control which users get access and what level of access they receive. Using a MAC address-based authentication can also help prevent unauthorized access of the corporate network by visitors with their own portable wireless devices. Adding a new user to an entire network of wireless access points now only takes seconds.