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Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of access points are Linux-based units designed as entry-level wireless APs for light workloads. Most versions in the Cisco Small Business line of wireless access points support Cisco's Single Point Setup system, which makes it possible to configure, manage and repair a group of access points from a single device via a simple web browser tool. All of the models support Power over Ethernet and feature Quality of Service (QoS), rogue access point detection, and bridge mode for connecting to a second network.
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified Wi-Fi infrastructure consultants offer remote or onsite configuration and troubleshooting services to help your organization to plan, configure, update, optimize, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi AP deployments of any size or topology. Progent's Cisco wireless controller experts can also help you to integrate your wireless environment with your wired network infrastructure and cloud-hosted resources to build a seamless enterprise connectivity foundation that is simple to manage and expand. Progent also can provide affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to assist you to determine the most efficient selection, placement and configuration of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs to accommodate your specific office layout, building structure, and expected network traffic.
Cisco's Small Business WAP121 AP is a wallmount, single-radio 2.4GHz unit that can handle 16 active 802.11b/g/n clients, has a Fast Ethernet interface, permits up to 4 access pointss and 40 active clients per cluster, and supports data rates of 300 Mbps. The Cisco Small Business WAP125 is an entry-level desktop 802.11ac Wi-Fi AP that features a one Gbit LAN port with Power over Ethernet, delivers performance up to 867 Mbps, handles 10 active clients, and works with Cisco's FindIT Network Management platform for simple deployment and control. Cisco's Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-radio 802.11n access point able to handle 16 active clients on each radio for a total of up to 32 wireless clients, features a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, and delivers throughput of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP131 does not allow clustering. Cisco's WAP150 is a general-purpose Wave 1 dual-radio AC/n AP that features a 1xGE Power over Ethernet (PoE) port and can support 16 clients from each radio with 867 Mbps performance for AC clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. The Cisco WAP1501 supports 4 APs per cluster.
The Cisco Small Business WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point is a wallmount single-band (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) 802.11n device with support for up to 80 active wireless clients in an 8-device cluster. The WAP321 has a Gigabit Ethernet interface and can support a data rate of 300 Mbps for the selected radio. The Cisco Small Business WAP351 is a dual-radio 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n AP with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can support 32 active wireless clients per radio for a total of up to 64 clients, and support a sustained data rate of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP351 does not support clustering. The Cisco Small Business WAP361 is a dual-band 802.11ac access point that features a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet LAN switch, allows 32 clients on each radio, and delivers 867 Mbps throughput for 802.11ac clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. Cisco's WAP361 supports eight WAP361 access points per cluster. Cisco's wall-mountable WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-radio device that supports 802.11a/b/g/n and the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a Gigabit Ethernet interface, can support as many as 32 wireless clients on each radio, and eight access points for each cluster.
The Cisco WAP561 Wireless-N Selectable Band access point includes one Gigabit Ethernet port and two radios (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) that deliver 450 Mbps throughput for each radio, support 64 devices for each radio, and allow 16 APs per cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is similar to Cisco's WAP 561 but features a single radio selectable band. The Cisco Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (the weather-proof outdoor model) are dual-band 2.4/5 GHz Wireless-AC/N access points that feature two integrated Gigabit Ethernet LAN interfaces with link aggregation (LAG), and as high as 1.9 Gbps throughput with 1300 Mbps on 11ac and 600 Mbps over 11n. Both wireless access points support 32 active WAN clients on each radio and 16 access points on each cluster.
Cisco's Small Business WAP581 Wireless-AC Wave 2 Wireless Access Point complies with the Wi-Fi 5 standard and features 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to deliver 2.8 Gbps data rates at 5 GHz and 0.6 Gbps at 2.4 GHz for an aggregate top throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The WAP581 has a fixed 2.5G Ethernet LAN interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port with 802.3at Power over Ethernet. Cisco's WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 access point supports up to 200 connective users, a maximum of 50 active client users per radio, 16 access points per cluster, and 960 active users per cluster.
How Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi Access Points
Progent can provide cost-effective remote or on-premises support from a certified CCIE network expert to assist your organization to design, install, administer, tune, update or repair a wireless environment that incorporates Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points. Progent can assist you manage and debug legacy Cisco Small Business APs or migrate efficiently to Cisco's latest lineup of Wave 2 Wi-Fi APs based on the 802.11ac specification. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can help you to see whether your Wi-Fi network should include Cisco Wi-Fi controller hardware or can be managed with software utilities.
Progent's online and on-premises wireless site surveys can help your organization to determine the most efficient selection and placement of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs to support your user volume, offer the coverage you need, and deal with your critical applications. Progent's cybersecurity consultants can assist you to plan, deploy and validate a security and compliance strategy that includes network policies, remote network monitoring, and streamlined management. Progent's disaster preparedness consultants and business continuity planning consultants can help you to build fault-tolerance and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to optimize the productivity of your converged wired/wireless infrastructure.
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