Wireless Switch http://wirelessswitch.org Everything you wanted to know about wireless switches and routers Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:18:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Wireless Switch http://wirelessswitch.org/wireless-switch/ http://wirelessswitch.org/wireless-switch/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:32:31 +0000 http://wirelessswitch.org/wireless-switch/ What is a Wireless Switch?

In simple terms a wireless switch is a computer networking device that manages devices or users which are connected to a wireless network and sends traffic to the correct device over the network.

There are a number of companies producing wireless switches including Motorola, Netgear, D-link and many others.

What Should I Look For in a Wireless Switch?

There are a number of different features that you might want to look for in a wireless switch. These include:

  • Support for different protocols including 802.11a/b/g/n
  • Additional ethernet ports
  • Support for Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) extensions
  • Advanced security support such as 802.1x, EAP-PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, 802.11i, MAC address, SSID and location-based authentication

Hopefully this information about wireless switch technology has proved useful to you.

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