Wireless devices can communicate with a network infrastructure through the base station.
The base station also supports Ethernet or dial-up access to the Internet. The wireless LAN supported by the base station requires a wireless device that contains an IEEE 802.11 client radio card from Cisco Aironet or another vendor. This card allows you to communicate to the Internet through the base station or to configure the base station using an Internet browser. To configure the base station using the BSCU, you must use a wireless device containing a Cisco Aironet IEEE 802.11 client radio card with firmware version 4.13 or later. If your client radio card has an earlier firmware version, you must update the firmware by selecting the Load New Client Firmware option in the Client pull-down menu.