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NETGEAR Wireless N150 Access Point WN604 Reference Manual Supported Standards and Conventions The following standards and conventions are supported: • Standards Compliance. The Wireless Access Point complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g/n standards for Wireless LANs. • Wi-Fi Protected Setup support. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) support, a standard created and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for easy and secure home wireless network configuration. • Full WPA and WPA2 support. WPA and WPA2 enterprise-class strong security with RADIUS and certificate authentication as well as dynamic encryption key generation.WPAPSK and WPA2-PSK preshared key authentication without the overhead of RADIUS servers but with all of the strong security of WPA. • DHCP Client Support. DHCP provides a dynamic IP address to PCs and other devices upon request. The WN604 can act as a client and obtain information from your DHCP server; it can also act as a DHCP server and provide network information for wireless clients. • LAN ports. 4 x 10/100 LAN ports support. Key Features The WN604 provides solid functionality, including the following features: • Operating Frequency. The Wireless Access Point operates in the standard 2.4 GHz band. It has Multiple operating modes: - Wireless Access Point. Operates as a standard 11b/bg/ng access point. - Point-to-Point Bridge. In this mode, the WN604 only communicates with another bridgemode wireless access point (with or without clients). Network authentication should be used to protect this communication. - Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge. In this mode the WN604 is the "Master" for a group of bridge-mode wireless access points. The other bridge-mode wireless access points send all traffic to this "Master", and do not communicate directly with each other. Network Authentication should be used to protect this traffic. - Client mode. In this mode the access point acts as a client. It is used to extend the LAN of clients that do not have wireless connectivity • Scheduled Wireless ON/OFF. Schedule wireless to be ON/OFF through certain days of the week and hours of each weekday. 1-2 Introduction v1.0, March 2010

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NETGEAR Wireless N150 Access Point WN604 Reference Manual
1-2
Introduction
v1.0, March 2010
Supported Standards and Conventions
The following standards and conventions are supported:
•
Standards Compliance
.
The Wireless Access Point complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g/n
standards for Wireless LANs.
•
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
support
. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) support, a standard created
and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for easy and secure home wireless network configuration.
•
Full WPA and WPA2 support.
WPA and WPA2 enterprise-class strong security with
RADIUS and certificate authentication as well as dynamic encryption key generation.WPA-
PSK and WPA2-PSK preshared key authentication without the overhead of RADIUS servers
but with all of the strong security of WPA.
•
DHCP Client Support.
DHCP provides a dynamic IP address to PCs and other devices upon
request. The WN604 can act as a client and obtain information from your DHCP server; it can
also act as a DHCP server and provide network information for wireless clients.
•
LAN ports
. 4 x 10/100 LAN ports support.
Key Features
The WN604 provides solid functionality, including the following features:
•
Operating Frequency.
The Wireless Access Point operates in the standard 2.4 GHz band. It
has Multiple operating modes:
–
Wireless Access Point.
Operates as a standard 11b/bg/ng access point.
–
Point-to-Point Bridge.
In this mode, the WN604 only communicates with another bridge-
mode wireless access point (with or without clients). Network authentication should be
used to protect this communication.
–
Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge.
In this mode the WN604 is the “Master” for a group of
bridge-mode wireless access points. The other bridge-mode wireless access points send all
traffic to this “Master”, and do not communicate directly with each other. Network
Authentication should be used to protect this traffic.
–
Client
mode. In this mode the access point acts as a client. It is used to extend the LAN of
clients that do not have wireless connectivity
•
Scheduled Wireless ON/OFF
. Schedule wireless to be ON/OFF through certain days of the
week and hours of each weekday.