D-Link DAP-2555 AirPremier N is a business class dual band access point with advanced security features including firewalled guest access and two factor authentication

In your small businesses, building a wireless network environment is very essential in providing the mobile devices (including laptops, iPads, and smart-phones) wireless connection to allow the employee work even though they are away from their desks. Generally you install a traditional multi-function wireless access point such as DAP-2553 by D-Link a dual band access point or a new 450Mbps Trendnet TEW-690AP.

When the volume of the data traffic is growing and larger area to cover wirelessly, typically multiple access point devices are required. And when you require to expand your business into multiple locations, the deployment and maintenance of multiple access points with many locations is getting complicated. This is the time you need a business class access point, DAP-2555 Airpremier – a PoE dual band access point with advanced business class features.

What this Product Does

With multiple access point devices for your growing business, you need a well managed design of the wireless environment that is easy to install, configure, and manage. The D-Link DAP-2555 is powered by 802.11N technology with dual band support.

D-Link DAP-2555 is a PoE wireless access point which is powered by the Cloud Command technology to allow you manage the devices easily from everywhere even from the internet. With Cloud Command technology, you can manage, monitor, and configure the multiple DAP-2555 devices easily and remotely from all over the world where you can access the internet. What you need is logon to the internet and access your account via dlink.cloudcommand.com to add or remove user access rights, make any security changes or view graphical reports. With this Command Cloud technology, the complication of maintaining multiple access point devices in multiple locations was in the past.

This business class DAP-2555 access point supports dual band to work with mix wireless devices with either 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands. It is compliant with all devices with 802.11a/n/g/n standards.  Installing the devices is easy and it supports PoE (Power over Ethernet) to let you install the access point in area where power outlet is not available yet such as in ceilings.

Advanced Security

DAP-2555 dual band access point, like other wireless AP devices, supports the WPA/WPA2 security encryption either personal or enterprise. As an addition, it supports the Individual Device Authorization (IDA) which automatically identifies and secures each individual connected client on an individual basis.

For advanced authentication, DAP-2555 supports two-factor authentication a method of providing two independent identification methods such as using Token (which produces the synchronized key codes) for the addition of your normal password.

This DAP-2555 is a business class access point – for small to medium businesses which have multiple offices in different locations for easy management and installation and is beneficial for those businesses who implement two-factor authentication infrastructure. For small offices, this business class access point is too expensive which is three times as much as the price of DAP-2553 D-Link access point. For single location offices, the DAP-2553 is your solution for providing wireless access to wireless devices.

By Ki Grinsing

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