Appendix C
C
C.1 Underlying standards
Standards met by SCALANCE W devices completely or partly
The following table lists some of the standards for SCALANCE W devices.
Name of the standard Topic
IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
IEEE 802.1D-1998 Media Access Control (MAC), bridges
IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Bridged LANs (VLAN Tagging, Port Based VLANs)
IEEE 802.1W-2004 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
IEEE 802.1X Port Based Network Access Control
IEEE 802.3-2002 Ethernet
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)
IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network
IEEE 802.11a Wireless standard for use of the 5 GHz frequency band
IEEE 802.11at PoE +
IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless standard for use of the 2.4 GHz frequency band
IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS)
IEEE 802.11 h Expansion of the spectrum and transmit power for use of the 5 GHz fre‐
quency range in Europe.
IEEE 802.11i Encryption of WLANS
IEEE 802.11n Standard for high transmission rates
IEEE 802.11ac Standard for very high transmission rates in the 5 GHz frequency band
IEEE 802.11w Standard for encryption of the transmitted management information for
setup and operation of data connections
SCALANCE W1780/W1740 according to IEEE 802.11ac Web Based Management
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