Air Premier N Dual Band Po E Access

Air. Premier N Dual Band Po. E Access Point DAP-2553 Version 1. 0 D-Link HQ, Aug. 2008 1 D-Link Confidential

Contents Ø Product Competition Overview ü Positioning Highlights ü Technology Briefing ü 802. 11 n Access Point Portfolio Ø Product Application Guide Ø Competitive Comparison & Analysis ü Product Position/Main Competitors ü Key Comparison ü Art of the War 2

Product Competition Overview o Positioning Highlights n In the SMB environment, administrator not only care about higher reliability、 performance and security but also how to management their wireless network easily and effectively. n Now the new D-Link Air. Primer N Dual Band Po. E Access Point DAP-2553 provides SMB environments with a business-class solution for deploying a wireless network in the workplace. Model DAP-2553 H/W config 1 Giga Po. E Lan Port 5 GHz/2. 4 GHz Selectable Dual Band Three Dual Band Detachable Antennas (3 d. Bi for 2. 4 GHz/5 d. Bi for 5 GHz ) n With D-Link Management Tools AP Manger II, and Dview module, administrator can centrally manage D-Link business APs. n Support WPA/WPA 2 Enterprise and WLAN Partition increase the wireless security for SMB. n Up to 300 Mbps throughput for different application and high performance demand. Ex: VOIP、Multimedia 、Streaming. 3

Product Competition Overview o D-Link Technology Brief n Business Level 2. 4 / 5. 0 GHz Selectable Dual Band AP － Support 802. 11 a/n or g/n for different application, deployment. n Enhanced Performance － Up To 300 Mbps Faster than standard 10/100 Mbps wired connection n Compatible With Current Wireless Environment － Compliant with 802. 11 a/b/g n Flexible to Meet Different Requirements － AP、WDS with AP, and Wireless Client Mode n Multiple-SSID/VLAN support － Support Multiple-SSID in AP Mode and multiple-SSID over WDS － Supplement with VLAN for network segmentation n Total Network Security and Access Control Function － Support WEP、WPA-Personal/Enterprise、WPA 2 -Personal/Enterprise － Provide MAC Filter and WLAN Partition － Support Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) n Easy to Management － Support Web, Telnet, SSL, SSH, D-View, APMII. 4

Product Competition Overview o 802. 11 n Access Point Portfolio DAP-2590 2. 4/5 GHz 10/1000 M Lan Port p 802. 3 af Po. E p 2. 4/5 GHz Selectable Dual Band p Three Dual Band Antennas p Support APMII 、D-View 6. 0 p Rugged Metal Chassis p Plenum-rated Housing p F e a t u r e DAP-2553 • 10/1000 M Lan Port • 802. 3 af Po. E • 2. 4/5 GHz Selectable Dual Band • Three Dual Band Antennas n Support APMII、D-View 6. 0 DAP-1353 2. 4 GHz • 10/100 M Lan Port • 2. 4 GHz Single band • Three Dual Band Antennas • Support APM、D-View 5. 1 P r i c e 5

Product Application Guide o Application Diagram – Access Point Mode DAP-2553 Wireless PCs using the DAP-2553 as a central connection point 6

Product Application Guide o Application Diagram – Wireless Client Mode 7

Product Application Guide o Application Diagram – WDS Mode 8

Product Application Guide o Application Diagram – WDS with AP Mode 9

Competitive Comparison & Analysis o Competitive Analysis – Highlighted by DAP-2553 Features Cisco 1250 series l l D-Link DAP-2553 l l Higher build up cost Hard to setting and maintenance Support concurrent Dual Band Up to 600 Mbp throughput NETGEAR WNDAP 330 l l l No Wireless Client mode Without central management function One RP-SMA 3 dbi dual band patch antenna 3 Com Air. Connect 9150 • • Only support AP/WDS mode Without 5 GHz Strength Weakness P r i c e 10

Competitive Comparison & Analysis D-Link DAP-2553 3 Com Air. Connect 9150 Netgear WNDAP 330 Cisco 1250 Series a/draft n or b/g/draft n a/b/g/draft n Yes Yes AP/WDS with AP/Wireless Client AP/WDS AP/Bridge/Repeater AP/WDS/Repeater/ Wireless Client WEP WPA/WPA 2 -Personal WPA/WPA 2 -Enterprise WEP WPA/WPA 2 -Personal WPA/WPA 2 Enterprise WLAN Partition Yes No No Yes Rogue AP Detection Yes Yes WEB <HTTP> Yes Yes HTTPS Yes No No Yes APM II AP discovery utility No No SNMP Yes Yes Telnet Yes Yes SSH Yes No Yes AP Grouping/Load balance Yes No No Yes Model Name IEEE 802. 11 a/b/g/n Multiple SSID/IEEE 802. 1 q Operation Mode Security AP Manager/AP Manager II [ Please refer to the Competitive Analysis File for a detailed comparison ] 11

Competitive Comparison & Analysis o Art of the War Myth 3 COM Air. Connect 9150’s selling price would be the same as DAP-2553 once DAP-2553 release NETGEAR WNDAP 330 has similar feature with DAP 2553 Cisco 1250 series has more features than DAP-2553 Truth & Counterplot Truth: Air. Connect 9150 have price advantage in SMB 11 n business AP. Once DAP-2553 to go on sale. 3 COM may adjust their strategy to beat with DAP-2553. Ø Counterplot: DAP-2553 support 2. 4 GHz/5 Ghz selectable dual band much management function. The customer would have more feature for different requirement when they spend the same money, so it is easy to specify out this product. ü Truth: WNDAP 330 also have selectable dual band、M-SSID 、 Po. E 、 multiple operation mode. Ø Counterplot: DAP-2553 support free centralize management tool “AP Management II” with this tool administrator can easily management their D -Link business APs in their network environment. This tool would be a selling point to beat with WNDAP 330. ü Truth: 1250 series support concurrent dual band, throughput can up to 600 Mbps (2. 4 GHz+5 GHz) and it can be standalone or unified AP. Ø Counterplot: DAP-2553 has most of features and very good price advantage to compete with 1250 series. Unless the user need to run very high level function or no need to buy such expensive device. ü 12