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Cisco Small Business Family of Wireless Access Points
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of APs are Linux-powered units intended as value-priced Wi-Fi solutions for small offices. Many versions in the Cisco Small Business family of wireless access points support Cisco's Single Point Setup system, which makes it possible to set up, manage and repair a group of wireless access points from one AP via an intuitive web browser interface. All of the versions support Power over Ethernet (POE) and provide Quality of Service (QoS), rogue access point detection, and bridge mode for wirelessly connecting to another Ethernet LAN.

Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified wireless network consultants can provide remote or on-premises configuration and troubleshooting support to assist you to design, implement, update, optimize, administer and debug Cisco Small Business wireless AP deployments of any scale or architecture. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can also help you to integrate your Wi-Fi ecosystem with your wired network and cloud-based resources to create an enterprise connectivity foundation that is simple to manage and expand. Progent also offers affordable wireless site surveys to assist you to determine the most efficient selection, placement and setup of Cisco Small Business wireless access points to accommodate your specific office layout, building structure, and anticipated network traffic.

Cisco's Small Business WAP121 AP is a wall-mountable, single-radio 2.4GHz unit that can support 16 active 802.11b/g/n clients, has a 10/100 Ethernet port, allows up to four access pointss and 40 wireless clients in a cluster, and supports throughput of 300 Mbps. The Cisco Small Business WAP125 is a general-purpose desktop 802.11ac Wi-Fi access point that includes a 1xGE LAN port with Power over Ethernet, provides performance as high as 867 Mbps, handles 10 active clients, and works with Cisco's FindIT Network Management software for simple setup and management. The Cisco WAP131 is a desktop dual-radio 802.11n AP that can support 16 active clients per radio for a total of up to 32 wireless clients, includes a GE port, and can support throughput of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP131 Wireless-N does not allow clustering. The Cisco WAP150 is a value-priced Wave 1 dual-radio AC/n wireless access point that includes a 1xGE Power over Ethernet port and can support up to 16 clients per radio with 867 Mbps throughput for 802.11ac clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. The Cisco WAP1501 supports 4 access points per cluster.

The Cisco Small Business WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point is a wallmount selectable-band (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) 802.11n device with support for 80 active wireless clients sharing an 8-device cluster. The WAP321 includes a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface and can deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps for the activated radio. The Cisco Small Business WAP351 is a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n access point with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can support 32 wireless clients per radio for a total of up to 64 clients, and support a data rate of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP351 AP does not support clustering. The Cisco Small Business WAP361 is a dual-radio 802.11ac AP that includes a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, can support 32 active WLAN clients per radio, and delivers 867 Mbps performance for 802.11ac clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. Cisco's WAP361 allows eight WAP361 access points for each cluster. Cisco's wallmount Small Business WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-radio device that works with 802.11n and the new 802.11ac IEEE Wi-Fi specification. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, can support up to 32 active wireless clients on each radio, and 8 access points for each cluster.

Cisco's Small Business WAP561 Wireless-N Dual Radio Selectable Band access point features a GE port and dual concurrent radios that offer 450 Mbps performance per radio, support 64 clients for each radio, and allow 16 APs per cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is similar to the WAP 561 but features a single selectable band. Cisco's WAP571 and WAP571E (a ruggedized outside version) are dual-radio 802.11ac Wave 1 APs incorporating two fixed Gigabit Ethernet ports with link aggregation (LAG), 3x3 MIMO, and up to 1.9 Gbps performance with 1300 Mbps on 11ac and 600 Mbps on 802.11n. Both wireless access points support 32 clients on each radio and 16 access points on each cluster.

Cisco's WAP581 Wireless-AC Dual Radio Wave 2 Access Point complies with the 802.11ac standard and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to provide 2.8 Gbps throughput at 5 GHz and 600 Mbps at 2.4 GHz for a total max throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The WAP581 has a fixed 2.5G Ethernet interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interface with 802.3at Power over Ethernet. The WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 AP can handle as many as 200 connective client users, up to 50 active users for each radio, 16 APs for each cluster, and 960 active client users for each cluster.

How Progent Can Help You with Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs
Progent can provide affordable remote or onsite support from a certified CCIE network consultant to help you to design, install, manage, tune, upgrade or troubleshoot a wireless network that includes Cisco Small Business wireless access points. Progent can help you manage and debug legacy Cisco Small Business APs or move efficiently to Cisco's latest generation of Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points based on 802.11ac technology. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can help you to see whether your Wi-Fi network calls for Cisco wireless controller appliances or can be configured and maintained with software-based tools.

Progent's remote and on-premises Wi-Fi site surveys can assist you to determine the most efficient selection and location of Cisco Small Business wireless access points to handle your user volume, offer the coverage you need, and keep up with your critical applications. Progent's cybersecurity consultants can help you to design, deploy and test a security and compliance strategy that covers policy enforcement, remote network monitoring, and unified management. Progent's disaster preparedness consultants and business continuity planning experts can assist you to build fault-tolerance and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to optimize the productivity of your converged wired/wireless network infrastructure.

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