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Topic: Wireless
Product:
Asanté
FR1104-G Wireless Router
Provided by:
Asanté Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ: ASNT.PK)
INTRODUCTION
It seems like more and more people are becoming road warriors these days,
they maybe trying to finish that sales report before catching a plane out of
Dallas or perhaps sending and email message from their computer to make sure
that sales contract gets faxed out before the end of business today. All
this is made possible by a sometimes simple (when it's working) system
called wireless.
So maybe you're not the true road warrior type but instead the mocha
slurping type that hangs out at the local WiFi hotspot and checks your
fantasy football picks, no matter which one you are if you want to have this
same fun at your home or office your are going to have to invest in a
wireless router so you can establish a wireless connection between your
laptop computer and the Internet and
that is where the
Asante
FR1104-G Wireless Router really does shine. It's not enough just
to have a connection to the outside world it needs to be a safe connection,
one that has the ability to keep the local war drivers from scooting through
your neighborhood and visiting your network or perhaps your financial
records
The other thing a good wireless router needs to be is easy for the
average Joe or Jane Smoe to setup and get running, companies don't make
money if they have to spend all of their profits on tech support and
customer service reps to answer questions that could of been eliminated had
the design team made the product a bit more consumer friendly.
With all of that said let's take a look at the FR1104-G and see how it
stacks up and also check back at the end and see how we would rate it as far
as being user friendly.
SPECIFICATIONS
Overview
- LAN: 4 x 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet with Auto-Uplink (100BaseTX,
10BaseT): RJ-45 connector
- Wireless: 54 Mbps (IEEE 802.11g), 22 Mbps (TI 802.11b+) and 11 Mbps
(IEEE 802.11b)
- Internet: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet with Auto-Uplink (100BaseTX,
10BaseT): RJ-45 connector
- Status Indicators: Power, Status, Speed, Link/Activity (per port),
Internet and Wireless
- Wireless Antenna: Single 4 dBm, upgradeable (uses RP-SMA connector)
Software
- Setup: Wizard guides you through basic settings required for your
installation
- Administration: Configure locally or remotely from any popular web
browser
- Remote Administration: Allow a trusted administrator to change
settings via Internet
- Firmware: Upgradeable via web browser or Windows application
- Device Status: Router IP address, LAN MAC address, WAN MAC address
and firmware version
- Supported WAN Types: Dynamic IP address (default), static IP, PPPoE,
PPPTP and dynamic for Road Runner/Telstra
BigPond
- Virtual Private Network: VPN pass through for IPSec, PPTP and L2TP
- Dynamic DNS: Supports dyndns, TZO and dhs
- Routing: Network address translation (NAT), static and dynamic
routing (RIP 1/2) tables
- Advanced Features: Wake-on-LAN (WOL) management and SNMP (v1 and 2c)
Network Security Settings
- Log: Records all intrusion attempts and activities into on-screen
log, syslog and email alert
- Firewall: Schedule inbound/outbound packet filter, domain filters
and keyword/URL blocking
- MAC Address Control: Set access for different users and assign IP
address to a specific MAC address
- Miscellaneous: Discard ping from WAN, denial of service protection,
ping device, DMZ, virtual servers and time server
Wireless Settings
- Basic: Network ID (SSID), channel, 64- and 128-bit WEP encryption
- Advanced: 256-bit WEP encryption, hide SSID, WPA (with RADIUS server
or pre-shared key)*
- Authentication: 802.1X with 64/128-bit key for RADIUS server
- Frequency: 2.412-2.497 GHZ ISM frequency band
- Channels: USA and Canada (1-11), Europe (1-11), Japan (1-11), Spain
(10-11), France (10-11)
- Modulation Techniques: 802.11b: CCK (11, 5.5 Mbps), DQSP (2 Mbps)
and DBPSX (1 Mbps)
- 802.11g: OFDM (54 Mbps)
- Typical Coverage: 802.11b: Indoor up to 50 M at 11 Mbps; outdoor up
to 130 M at 11Mbps
- 802.11g: Indoor up to 20 M at 54 Mbps; outdoor up to 50 M at 54 Mbps
Performance
- Microprocessor: 32-bit embedded RISC with integrated 8 KB cache
- Internet: 10/100 Mbps
- LAN: 10/100 Mbps
System Requirements
- Microsoft: Windows 95/98/Me, NT/2000/XP and Xbox
- Apple: Mac OS 8, 9 and X
- Network Interface: 10/100 Fast Ethernet or 802.11b/g adapter
- Web Browser: Internet Explorer (v5 and later), Netscape (v5 and
later), Safari (v1 and later)
Applications Interoperability
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