Table of contents
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 9
1.1
1.2
Type designations ................................................................................................................... 13
1.3
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Description ............................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1
Network structures .................................................................................................................. 15
2.2
2.3
Product characteristics ........................................................................................................... 21
2.4
IEEE 802.11n .......................................................................................................................... 24
2.5
2.6
C-PLUG and KEY-PLUG ........................................................................................................ 29
2.7
Digital input / output ................................................................................................................ 31
2.8
Power over Ethernet (PoE) ..................................................................................................... 33
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Technical basics ...................................................................................................................................... 37
3.1
VLAN ....................................................................................................................................... 37
3.2
MAC-based communication .................................................................................................... 38
3.3
iPCF / iPCF-MC ...................................................................................................................... 39
3.4
iREF ........................................................................................................................................ 42
3.5
AeroScout ............................................................................................................................... 44
3.6
NAT/NAPT .............................................................................................................................. 46
3.7
SNMP ...................................................................................................................................... 47
3.8
Spanning Tree ........................................................................................................................ 49
3.8.1
RSTP, MSTP, CIST ................................................................................................................ 50
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Assignment of an IP address ................................................................................................................... 53
4.1
Structure of an IP address ...................................................................................................... 53
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
SCALANCE W780/W740 to IEEE 802.11n Web Based Management
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