HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420 J8131B Merkblatt

Features and benefits

• IEEE 802.11g single-radio design: provides

choice for support of IEEE 802.11g and legacy
IEEE 802.11b wireless clients with selection of
three radio modes of operation: IEEE 802.11b,
IEEE 802.11g, or IEEE 802.11g with fallback
support for IEEE 802.11b

• Detachable antenna design: enables use 

of external antenna configurations for
improved radio coverage and performance

• Adjustable output power: controls cell size 

for high-density access point deployments

• Interoperability: Wi-Fi Alliance certifications

including IEEE 802.11g Wi-Fi and WPA2 to help
ensure multivendor interoperability

• Remote configuration and management:

through secure Web browser or command-line
interface (CLI)

• Management interface control: each of 

the following interfaces can be enabled or
disabled depending on security preferences:
console port, telnet port, reset button

• Manager, operator privilege levels: enables

read-only (operator) and read-write (manager)
access on CLI and Web browser management
interfaces

ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420

• Management VLAN: segments traffic to and

from management interfaces, including
CLI/telnet, Web browser interface, and SNMP

• RADIUS accounting support: separate RADIUS

accounting server support per SSID; provides
detailed session, usage, and billing information
for each client activity

• International country configuration: select

the appropriate country, and the access point
automatically configures operation to match
regulatory requirements (model J8131B only)

• Local wireless bridge client traffic filtering:

when enabled, prevents communication
between wireless devices associated with the
same access point

• Choice of IEEE 802.11i, Wi-Fi Protected Access

2 (WPA2), or WPA: locks out unauthorized
wireless access by authenticating users prior 
to granting network access; robust Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES) or Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption secures 
the data integrity of the wireless traffic

• IEEE 802.1X: provides port-based user

authentication with support for Extensible
Authentication Protocol (EAP) MD-5, TLS, TTLS,
and PEAP with choice of AES, TKIP, and static 
or dynamic WEP encryption for protecting
wireless traffic between authenticated clients
and the access point