Chapter 2 Features and Applications
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traffic prioritization to enhance the performance of delay-sensitive applications like
voice and video. You can also use an option that gives SIP priority over all other
traffic. This maximizes SIP traffic throughput for improved VoIP call sound quality.
2.2 Applications
These are some example applications for your NXC. See also
for configuration tutorial examples.
2.2.1 AP Management
Manage up to 240 separate Access Points (APs) from a single, persistent location.
APs can also be configured to monitor for rogue APs.
Figure 7
AP Management Example
Here, the NXC (A) connects to a number of Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices
(B). They connect to the NWA5260 Access Points (C), which in turn provide access
to the network for the wireless clients (D) within their broadcast radius.
2.2.2 Wireless Security
Keep the connections between wireless clients and your APs secure with the NXC’s
comprehensive wireless security tools. APs can be configured to require WEP and
WPA encryption from all wireless clients attempting to associate with them.
Furthermore, you can protect your network by monitoring for rogue APs. Rogue
APs are wireless access points operating in a network’s coverage area that are not
A
B
C
D