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U.S. Robotics has today announced the expansion of the company’s wireless business class product line with the addition of the USR805453 Professional Access Point.

Claiming to be a powerful wireless 802.11b/g access point with the management and security features demanded by small- and medium-sized organisations, the USR805453 is pitched as the ideal solution for businesses looking to deploy a high-performance wireless network.

Designed with advanced management and monitoring capabilities, relatively powerful security options, flexible installation procedures and excellent compatibility, the USR805453 delivers a powerful array of features at an exceptional price point, claims the company.

‘Our resellers that focus on the small- and medium-sized customer segment have told us that they want wireless access points that provide great security and manageability, especially support for clustering,’ says Jim Thomsen, USRobotics’ Senior Product Manager, Wireless. ‘The USR805453 enables up to seven access points to be managed from one ‘master’, automatically updating security settings and other wireless parameters.’

The USR805453 enables network administrators and business owners to deploy a wireless network in offices, warehouses, guest areas and other facilities located away from the company’s main network infrastructure. The management interface allows customers to manage an entire cluster of access points directly, or with integrated SNMP functionality.

Features like Multi-SSID/Multi-BSSID and Virtual Local Area Networking (VLAN) make this an ideal access point for hotspot providers or for businesses looking for secure and segregated wireless connections for employees and guests.

Features of the USR805453 Professional Access Point include a Web management interface, Telnet, SSH or through third-party SNMP management software, network health monitoring including status, throughput, security, RF interference, connected clients and more, and QoS support for prioritising bandwidth for delay-sensitive applications (e.g. VoIP).

Security comes in the way of multi-SSID/multi-BSSID for secure and segregated employee and guest traffic, Virtual Local Area Networking (VLAN) support, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)/802.11i, WPA and 64/128-bit WEP encryption, support for IPSec, PPTP and L2TP VPN pass-through, SSID broadcast disable, togue AP detection, Embedded Radius Server (100 users) and redirection to multiple Radius servers (i.e. 802.1x), and MAC filtering.

The USR805453 is a part of USRobotics’ business class family of products, which includes wired and wireless networking solutions, security and storage devices and VoIP and Skype-certified products. Available at Value Added Resellers in April, the USR805453 has an RRP of £149.

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