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As broadband continues to grow in popularity, the combination of a high-speed Internet connection and wireless networking becomes even more appealing. Inexq meets this need with the ISW054u, designed for the home or small office with a cable or Ethernet-based ADSL modem.
Its silver casing includes a NAT firewall, a four-port auto MDI/MDIX switch and a USB printer port. The wireless access point is based on the 802.11g standard.
Installing the device is fairly straightforward. The manual gives you the default IP address, which can then be used to connect to the browser-based management interface.
The interface won?t win any awards for design, but it is easy enough to navigate to the appropriate configuration pages with a mouse click or two. The basic wizards get you on to the Internet but they won?t help you set up the wireless LAN.
A built in DHCP server automatically allocates IP address to both wired and wireless clients. IP filtering allows you to manage traffic based on IP addresses. Basic URL filtering can be applied, but there?s no anti-virus option.
Wireless security is based on MAC address filtering and the ability to prevent the broadcast of SSID. Standard WEP encryption is supported up to 128-bit. WDS (wireless distribution system) can be used to aggregate additional access points.
It?s a solid product, and its combination of core functionality and price make it an attractive entry-level product.
Contact: Inexq
www.inexq.com
Specifications:
- Firewall: NAT
- Protocols supported: DHCP, PPoE, TCP/IP, VPN pass-through
- Printing protocols: TCP/IP Windows LPD
- Ports: Four 10/100Mbit/s auto switching; one WAN port
- USB connection: USB 1.1 printer port
- Wireless standard: 802.11G, 2.4GHz
- Warranty: One year RTB
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