Security for WLAN

I'm looking for a LinkSys WAP54G Access Point.

What can I expect from:

IP?
- does WLAN have its own subnet with DHCP (or DHCP relay)?
- packet filtering?
- packet filtering per connection (when using radius)?

Security?
- WEP with RADIUS? What policies can be checked?

Performance?
- What is the performance with some cheap ASUS or Sweex PCI cards?

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:27:05 +0100, Joris Dobbelsteen spoketh

>I'm looking for a LinkSys WAP54G Access Point.
>
>What can I expect from:
>
>IP?
>- does WLAN have its own subnet with DHCP (or DHCP relay)?
>- packet filtering?
>- packet filtering per connection (when using radius)?
>
>Security?
>- WEP with RADIUS? What policies can be checked?
>
>Performance?
>- What is the performance with some cheap ASUS or Sweex PCI cards?
>

The WAP54G is just a simple wireless network hub. It doesn't have any
DHCP features or packet filtering features. The AP itself can be
configured as a DHCP client, but it does not do any routing or DHCP
relaying. If you need to keep your WLAN on a different subnet, then
you'll need a wired router (or a switch that'll do VLAN routing) that
can do the DHCP relaying for you.

The WAP54G supports WEP and WPA with Radius authentication. As for
policies, there's a million options, what are you specifically looking
for?

Expect to get around 20-30 Mbps through the access point...


Lars M. Hansen
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