Small Business Series of Wireless Access Points
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of APs are Linux-based devices designed as entry-level Wi-Fi APs for light workloads. Most versions in the Cisco Small Business line of wireless access points support Cisco's Single Point Setup technology, which makes it possible to set up, manage and troubleshoot a cluster of access points from a single device through an intuitive browser-based interface. All of the models include Power over Ethernet (POE) and provide QoS, rogue AP detection, and bridge mode for wirelessly connecting to another network.
Progent's Cisco CCIE wireless network experts can provide remote or on-premises integration and troubleshooting services to assist your organization to design, configure, upgrade, optimize, administer and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access point deployments of any size or architecture. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can also help you to integrate your wireless environment with your wired network and cloud-based resources to build a seamless enterprise-wide connectivity foundation that is simple to manage and scale. Progent also can provide affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to help you to decide the most appropriate selection, location and configuration of Cisco Small Business wireless access points to accommodate your specific workplace layout, construction, and expected network traffic.
The Cisco Small Business WAP121 Wireless-N Access Point is a wallmount, single-band 2.4GHz unit able to support 16 802.11n wireless clients, has a Fast Ethernet port, allows up to four AP devices and 40 wireless clients per cluster, and can handle throughput of up to 300 Mbps. The Cisco WAP125 is an entry-level desktop 802.11ac wireless AP that features a Gigabit Ethernet LAN port with Power over Ethernet, delivers performance up to 867 Mbps, handles 10 active clients, and can be used with Cisco's FindIT Network Management platform for easy deployment and management. The Cisco WAP131 is a desktop dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n wireless access point that can handle 16 wireless clients per radio for a total of up to 32 clients, includes a GE port, and can support sustained data rates of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 Wireless-N does not support AP clustering. Cisco's WAP150 is a general-purpose Wave 1 dual-radio AC/n AP that includes a one Gbit Poe port and can handle up to 16 clients per radio with 867 Mbps performance for AC clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 supports 4 APs per cluster.
Cisco's Small Business WAP321 model is a wallmount selectable-band (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) 802.11a/b/g/n unit that can handle 80 active clients sharing an 8-AP cluster. The Cisco WAP321 features a GE interface and can deliver throughput of 300 Mbps for the selected radio. The Cisco WAP351 is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n wireless access point with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and can support 32 wireless clients per radio for up to 64 active clients, and support a data rate of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP351 access point does not allow clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP361 is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz Wireless-AC/N access point that features a 5 x Gb Ethernet LAN switch, allows 32 clients on each radio, and offers 867 Mbps performance for wireless AC clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. Cisco's Small Business WAP361 supports eight WAP361 access points per cluster. Cisco's wall-mountable Small Business WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-band device that works with 802.11n as well as the new 802.11ac wireless networking specification. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a GE interface, can support as many as 32 active wireless clients per radio, and 8 APs per cluster.
The Cisco WAP561 802.11n Selectable Band wireless access point includes a GE interface and two radios (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) that deliver 450 Mbps performance per radio, can handle 64 devices per radio, and allow 16 access points per cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is like Cisco's WAP 561 but features a single radio selectable band. The Cisco Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (a ruggedized outside model) are dual-band 2.4/5 GHz Wireless-AC/N APs incorporating two fixed 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interfaces with link aggregation, and up to 1.9 Gbps throughput with 1300 Mbps over 11ac and 600 Mbps on 802.11n. Both devices can handle 32 clients per radio and 16 APs per cluster.
Cisco's Small Business WAP581 Wireless-AC Wave 2 Wireless Access Point supports the Wi-Fi 5 standard and features 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to deliver 2.8 Gbps throughput on the 5.0-Ghz radio and 0.6 Gbps at 2.4 GHz for a total max data rate of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 includes an integrated 2.5G Ethernet interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface with 802.3at Power over Ethernet. Cisco's WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 AP can handle up to 200 connective client users, up to 50 active client users for each radio, 16 access points for each cluster, and 960 active client users per cluster.
How Progent Can Help You with Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points
Progent offers affordable online or on-premises help from a Cisco-certified CCIE network consultant to help you to design, install, administer, optimize, upgrade or troubleshoot a wireless network that includes Cisco Small Business wireless APs. Progent can assist you maintain legacy Cisco Small Business devices or move efficiently to Cisco's current generation of Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points based on the 802.11ac specification. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can assist you to determine whether your Wi-Fi deployment calls for Cisco Wi-Fi controller hardware or can be managed with software tools.
Progent's online and on-premises wireless site surveys can help your organization to determine the most efficient selection and location of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points to support your user volume, provide the RF coverage you require, and keep up with your critical applications. Progent's cybersecurity consultants can help your organization to plan, deploy and validate a compliant security strategy that covers policy enforcement, remote network monitoring, and unified management. Progent's disaster recovery consultants and business continuity planning experts can assist you to incorporate availability and recoverability into your Cisco product implementations to maximize the uptime of your seamless wired/wireless network infrastructure.
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