Small Business Series of APs
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of APs are Linux-based devices designed as value-priced Wi-Fi solutions for small offices. Many versions in Cisco's Small Business portfolio of APs work with Cisco's Single Point Setup technology, which makes it possible to configure, manage and repair a group of wireless access points from a single AP via a simple web browser interface. All of the versions include POE and provide QoS, rogue AP awareness, and bridge mode for wirelessly connecting to another network.

Progent's Cisco CCIE Wi-Fi infrastructure experts can provide online or onsite configuration and troubleshooting support to assist you to design, implement, update, optimize, administer and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business wireless AP environments of any scale or topology. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can also assist you to combine your Wi-Fi environment with your wired network and cloud-hosted resources to build an enterprise connectivity solution that is simple to manage and scale. Progent also offers affordable wireless site surveys to help you to determine the most efficient selection, placement and configuration of Cisco Small Business wireless APs to work with your specific workplace layout, building structure, and anticipated network traffic.
Cisco's Small Business WAP121 Wireless-N AP is a wallmount, single-band 2.4GHz unit that can support 16 802.11b/g/n wireless clients, includes a 10/100 Ethernet interface, permits up to four access pointss and 40 wireless clients in a cluster, and supports sustained data rates of up to 300 Mbps. The Cisco Small Business WAP125 is a general-purpose desktop 802.11ac Wi-Fi AP that includes a 1xGE port with PoE, delivers performance as high as 867 Mbps, handles 10 active clients, and can be used with Cisco's FindIT Network Management software for easy setup and control. The Cisco Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n AP that can handle 16 active wireless clients on each radio for a total of up to 32 clients, features a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, and delivers throughput of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 Wireless-N does not allow AP clustering. Cisco's WAP150 is a value-priced Wave 1 dual-radio 802.11ac/n wireless access point that features a one Gbit Poe port and can support 16 clients from each radio with 867 Mbps throughput for AC devices and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 allows 4 access points for each cluster.
Cisco's Small Business WAP321 Wireless-N AP is a wall-mountable single-band (2.4 or 5 GHz) 802.11a/b/g/n device that can handle 80 active clients in an 8-AP cluster. The WAP321 includes a GE interface and can deliver a data rate of 300 Mbps for the selected radio. The Cisco Small Business WAP351 is a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n wireless access point with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and can handle 32 active clients per radio for a total of up to 64 clients, and deliver a sustained data rate of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP351 access point does not allow clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP361 is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11ac wireless access point that includes a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, can support 32 active WLAN clients on each radio, and offers 867 Mbps performance for wireless AC clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. The Cisco Small Business WAP361 allows 8 WAP361 access points for each cluster. Cisco's wallmount WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-band AP that works with 802.11a/b/g/n as well as the latest 802.11ac IEEE standard. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a GE port, can support 32 active clients on each radio, and 8 access points for each cluster.
Cisco's Small Business WAP561 Wireless-N Dual Radio AP features one Gigabit Ethernet LAN interface and dual radios (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) that deliver 450 Mbps performance per radio, can handle 64 devices per radio, and allow up to 16 wireless access points for each cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is similar to the WAP 561 but has a single selectable band. Cisco's WAP571 and WAP571E (a weather-proof outdoor model) are dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11ac Wave 1 APs incorporating two fixed 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces with link aggregation (LAG), 3x3 MIMO, and up to 1.9 Gigabit/sec performance with 1300 Mbps on 11ac and 600 Mbps over 802.11n. Both units can handle 32 clients per radio and 16 APs on each cluster.

Cisco's WAP581 Wireless-AC Dual Radio Wave 2 Access Point supports the 802.11ac specification and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO to provide 2.8 Gbps throughput at 5 GHz and 0.6 Gbps on the 2.4-GHz radio for a total top throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 has a fixed 2.5G Ethernet LAN interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port with 802.3at PoE. Cisco's WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 access point can handle as many as 200 connective users, up to 50 active users for each radio, 16 APs for each cluster, and 960 active users for each cluster.
How Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Small Business Wireless APs
Progent can provide cost-effective remote or on-premises help from a certified CCIE network consultant to assist your organization to design, install, administer, tune, update or troubleshoot a Wi-Fi environment that incorporates Cisco Small Business wireless access points. Progent can help you maintain legacy Cisco Small Business APs or move efficiently to Cisco's latest lineup of Wave 2 Wi-Fi APs based on 802.11ac technology. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can help you to determine whether your wireless network calls for Cisco wireless controller hardware or can be managed with software-based utilities.
Progent's remote and onsite Wi-Fi site surveys can help you to determine the most efficient selection and location of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points to handle your user volume, provide the coverage you need, and keep up with your critical applications. Progent's cybersecurity experts can help you to design, deploy and validate a security and compliance strategy that covers network policies, remote network monitoring, and centralized management. Progent's disaster recovery consultants and business continuity experts can help you to build availability and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to optimize the productivity of your converged wired/wireless infrastructure.
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