D-Link DWL-3500AP Administration Guide - Page 16

D-Link Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide Features and Benefits This section lists the DWL-3500AP and DWL-8500AP features and benefits, which are in the following categories: • IEEE Standards Support • Wireless Features • Security Features • Networking • Maintainability • Access Point Hardware IEEE Standards Support The DWL-3500AP comes configured as a single-band access point with one radio and is capable of broadcasting in the following modes: • IEEE 802.11b mode • IEEE 802.11g mode • Dynamic Turbo 2.4 GHz The DWL-8500AP comes configured as a dual-band access point with two radios and is capable of broadcasting in the following modes: • IEEE 802.11b mode • IEEE 802.11g mode • IEEE 802.11a mode • Dynamic Turbo 5 GHz • Dynamic Turbo 2.4 GHz The DWL-3500AP and DWL-8500AP access points provide bandwidth of up to 54 Mbps for IEEE 802.11a or IEEE 802.11g, 108 Mbps for IEEE 802.11a Turbo, and 11 Mbps for IEEE 802.11b. Wireless Features The following list describes some of the DWL-3500AP and DWL-8500AP wireless features: • Auto channel selection at startup • Transmit power adjustment • Quality of Service (QoS) for enhanced throughput and better performance of time- sensitive wireless traffic like Video, Audio, Voice over IP (VoIP) and streaming media • Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) compliance for QoS • Load Balancing • Built-in support for multiple SSIDs (network names) and multiple BSSIDs (basic service set IDs) on the same access point • Channel management for automatic coordination of radio channel assignments to reduce AP-to-AP interference on the network and maximize Wi-Fi bandwidth • Neighboring access point detection (also known as "rogue" AP detection) • Support for IEEE 802.11d Regulatory Domain selection (country codes for global operation) • Support for IEEE 802.11h, incorporating TPC and DFS • Support for Super AG technology, which can increase WLAN speed and throughput 16 © 2001-2008 D-Link Corporation. All Rights Reserved.