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1 Introduction
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NTRODUCTION
The 3Com Wireless 7760 11a/b/g PoE Access Point is a high
performance access point that allows you to join isolated wired
Ethernet networks into a unified wireless local area network
(WLAN). The Access Point (AP) supports Wi-Fi Protected Access
security standards to provide a higher level of security for network
data and communications. The Wireless 7760AP is also fully
compatible with IEEE 802.11a, 802.11g, and also 802.11b, so it
connects with all existing 802.11b-compliant devices.
Key Product
Features
Access Point 7760 —The product operates using 11a or 11g modes.
This access point creates an enterprise-class wireless LAN
supporting up to 64 simultaneous users.
Security 3Com offers one of the most robust suites of standards-based
security on the market today. To protect sensitive data broadcast
over the wireless LAN, 3Com supports Wireless Equivalent Privacy
(WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2). 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.
