Utility File.

AP-8 Release 2.5.2 New Features

This release includes the following new features:

Wireless Multimedia (WMM)

Supports Spectralink Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for 802.11g.

This feature supports the IEEE 802.11e draft amendment WMM subset based upon the Wi-Fi Alliance WMM specification.

Radius-based authentication for management Access Device Management Access control using RADIUS

User Modes Supported ? Super User, Limited User

Support for Telnet/SSH, HTTP/HTTPS

Authentication Mechanism based on Username-Password

Local authentication mode

Support of SSH2 protocol for secure remote login for management access

Improved Rogue AP Detection Support

Promiscuous mode monitoring of Clients

Multi-band (2.4 GHz & 5 GHz) Scanning

Continuous scanning on dedicated Interface(s)

Enhanced Radius Attributes

Attributes include:

State

Calling Station ID

Called Station ID

Session Timeout

Acct-Delay-Time

Acct-Input-Octets, Acct-Output-Octets

Acct-Session-Time

Acct-Input-Packets

Acct-Output-Packets

Acct-Terminate-Cause

Class

Vendor Specific Attributes for VLAN.

CLI Batch file for Configuration

Upload and Execution of CLI Batch file via HTTP/TFTP

Enhanced Auto-Configuration feature

VLAN Enhancements

Security Policy Configuration per VLAN Includes mixed mode of security

Authentication Server Configuration per VLAN

RADIUS Server-based VLAN assignment of users

Ability to remotely Shutdown the Wireless Interface(s)

802.11d support

Allow clients to adapt to the AP regulatory domain

Add Country Specific Regulatory Information

Ability to disable Reset option

Option to disable Hardware Reset (Reset to Factory defaults)

Super A/G mode

Provides a higher data rate for 802.11g

Turbo A/G Mode

Can enable Turbo mode can be enabled on 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11b/g operational modes

Enhances the throughput by performing channel bonding

DHCP Relay Agent

The AP can forward DHCP requests from clients to configured DHCP servers on the same or different network segment.

Broadcast SSID

Supports the broadcast of a single SSID when multiple SSIDs are configured on a wireless interface. An administrator must enable this feature on the desired SSID to broadcast the SSID in the beacon.

Closed system is also supported per SSID when multiple SSIDs are configured.

Mixed Security Modes using Security Profiles

Security is now configured using Security Profiles which can be applied to the wireless interface?s SSIDs.

Mixed security modes can be used with VLAN disabled, but VLAN must be enabled when you want to support multiple SSIDs.

The Security Profiles can be configured with combinations of supported security modes.

WPA2 including Pre-authentication and Pairwise Master Key (PMK) Caching

WPA2 is compliant with the IEEE 802.11i which includes mutual authentication and CCMP/AES data confidentiality protocol.

Pre-authentication and PMK caching allows for an AP to pre-authenticate a client which in turn will allow for faster roaming between APs.

NOTE: Upgrading more that two release levels of firmware on any Access Point may cause problems in the operation of the device.