Cisco offers a diverse portfolio of wireless connectivity products intended to increase employee output, facilitate teamwork, and improve responsiveness among workers, associates, and customers. This technology enables real-time strategic applications and establishes a safe, mobile, interactive workplace so that organizations can exceed client expectations, stay ahead of their competition, and realize a substantial return on investment in information technology. Cisco wireless products supported by Progent include wireless access points, bridges, LAN controllers, and wireless adapters.

Cisco's Unified Wireless solution offers cost-effective wireless networks for business-critical mobility. Cisco's products support the high level of protection, expandability, and ease of management for wireless LANs that organizations insist on for their wired environments. This encompasses built-in advanced protection that identifies, blocks, and responds to known and unknown security threats. Unified wireless solution includes unified mobility functions such as voice, location features, guest connectivity, and enhanced protection. Cisco wireless technology has the flexibility and expandability to satisfy the needs of environments of all sizes, from small companies to large-scale corporations, within wireless LAN campus installations or branch offices. Cisco's Unified Wireless Network platform enables customers to use the RF infrastructure to streamline the way they do business and enhance efficiency through a mobile workforce. Cisco's wireless product families reduce operational expenses and simplify network deployment, management, and maintenance.

Aironet Access Points
Aironet wireless access points) offer secure, easy-to-manage, and reliable network links with outstanding coverage and performance. Lightweight access points operate in conjunction with Cisco's wireless LAN controllers and Cisco's Wireless Control System (WCS). Cisco provides LAN access points equipped with either single 802.11g wireless transceiver for up to 54 Mbps of capacity or dual 802.11g wireless transceiver LAN access points handling both 802.11g and 802.11a for as much as 108 Mbps of throughput. The Aironet line includes wireless LAN access points designed for workplaces and ordinary indoor facilities, for noisy RF environments such as manufacturing plants and warehouses, and for outside areas. These devices can be deployed on desktops, on walls, on or above ceilings, and on top of poles. Aironet Wireless Mesh access points allow cost-effective, expandable installation of protected outdoor wireless networks using Mesh networking technology.

All Aironet wireless LAN access points accommodate the Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network (SWAN), an architecture for wired/wireless integration that delivers high levels of protection, manageability, and important services.

Aironet 1000 or 1130AG family access points are intended for offices and similar locations which have little environmental instability. These access points have integrated antennas that provide predictable radio range profiles. The 1130G Series product is designed for restricted locations that do not allow 5GHz transmission.

Cisco Aironet 1230AG/1240AG family wireless access points are designed for more difficult RF environments like manufacturing plants and warehouses or above suspended ceilings which commonly call for adjustable external antennas and rugged metal cases. The Cisco Aironet 1240G family wireless access point is available for regulatory locations that do not allow 5GHz transmission.

Cisco Aironet 1500 lightweight outside wireless mesh LAN access points offer a cost-effective, scalable, secure outdoor wireless network mechanism for outdoor campus areas and public connectivity for portable devices in outdoor areas.

Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Bridges
Cisco wireless LAN bridges provide a high-throughput and multi-featured technology for integrating multiple local area networks in a metro area or public wireless network. Cisco bridges provide a versatile, easy-to-use technology that satisfies the security needs of public networking professionals. These bridges manage both PTP and PMP configurations with outstanding range and the ability to handle data throughput up to 54 Mbps.

Cisco Aironet wireless LAN bridges deliver data rates significantly faster than E1/T1 connections for a fraction of the expense, erasing the need for costly leased lines when connecting different offices. Because bridges carry no ongoing costs, savings on connection services rapidly pay for the initial hardware costs. Self-installed private lines and in some cases leased lines using metal or optical cable often require high startup expenses when they are impeded by obstacles such as freeways, train tracks, or bodies of water. Cisco Aironet wireless LAN bridges can be deployed rapidly with an excellent ROI.

Aironet 1300 outdoor wireless access points/bridges can be deployed as stand-alone wireless access points, bridges, or workgroup bridges. These appliances have a durable enclosure and provide high-speed, affordable wireless interfaces between numerous fixed or mobile environments and users.

Cisco Aironet 1400 family bridges provide high-speed, dependable outdoor bridging for LOS applications. They are housed in a ruggedized enclosure that can withstand harsh outside conditions and operate in extended temperature extremes.

Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Cards
Cisco Wireless LAN Client Adapters connect a range of devices to a wireless network either in ad hoc peer-to-peer mode or in infrastructure mode with access points. Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters work with Aironet infrastructure appliances to provide seamless wireless LAN implementations.

Available in CardBus, PC Card and PCI formats, Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters quickly connect PC and portable computers to the wireless network in 802.11x-compatible environments. Using Aironet Wireless Client Adapters, businesses can quickly connect new workers to a network, create ad hoc workgroups, or offer web access in meeting areas.

Capable of a hefty 100 mW of transmit power and the top reception in the industry, the Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client cards boast the best coverage and highest reliability in the industry for wireless clients. Advanced engineering in the Aironet 350 family Client Adapters helps deal with the destructive interference often found in busy offices. Smart filtering addresses ambient noise that can decrease network functionality.

The Aironet 350 Series Wireless LAN Client Adapters offer outstanding performance so workers can benefit from virtually the identical access they gain from wired interfaces. Designed with direct sequence spread spectrum engineering and running in the 2.4-GHz spectrum, the Aironet 350 Series Client Adapters adhere to the 802.11b specification, ensuring compatibility with all compliant wireless devices.

Wireless Network Controllers
Wireless LAN Controllers are designed to manage system wide WLAN functions, such as integrated IPS, fast RF control, zero touch configuration, and full N+1 redundancy. Cisco WLAN controllers operate with lightweight access points and a management appliance to deliver enhanced throughput and advanced management functions.

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) provide the control, scalability, security, and reliability that network managers require to build secure, large-scale wireless solutions, from satellite locations, to small businesses, to main campuses. Cisco Wireless Controllers can be configured together to offer accommodation for as many as 2400 wireless access points for each roaming domain.

The Cisco WLCM or WLCM-E Module for Integrated Services (IS) Routers provides small-to mid-size businesses and large corporations an affordable solution to deploy and manage secure wireless networks at branch locations. These wireless controllers manage up to twelve Cisco Aironet lightweight wireless access points and are supported on 2800/3800 Series Routers and 3700 Series Integrated Services Routers.

Cisco's 2106 Wireless LAN Controller works. operates together with Cisco Aironet lightweight wireless access points and Cisco's WCS platform to provide systemwide WLAN services. Cisco's 2106 controller handles up to six Cisco lightweight WAPs, making it a sensible choice for multi-controller architectures common for large corporation satellite office deployments. Cisco's 2106 controller can also be used for single controller solutions for small and midsize business (SMB) environments. Cisco's 2106 Series WLC provides eight Ethernet ports, two of which can provide power to Cisco Aironet lightweight WAPs.

Cisco's 4400 Series WLC offers network wide WLAN features for medium to enterprise facilities. The Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controller operates in conjunction with Cisco lightweight WAPs, the the Cisco Wireless Control System, and Cisco's Wireless Location Appliance to manage vital wireless data, voice, and video applications. The Cisco 4400 WLC offers real-time coordination between Aironet lightweight WAPs and other wireless controllers to deliver integrated security policies, wireless IPS functions, advanced RF management, QoS, and mobility.

How Progent's Consultants Can Assist Your Company with Cisco Wireless Technology
Progent can provide a certified CCIE or certified CCNP to help you to develop a comprehensive wireless network design and implementation strategy that integrates a wide array of wireless products and technologies and provides the identical security, scalability, and ease of management you expect from a wired environment. Progent can assist you to implement transparent integration between Cisco wireless technology and wireless devices and software from other suppliers to give your company the features you require as well as the most secure, reliable, and economical wireless networking system possible. Progent's CISM and CISSP security professionals can show you how to design protection into your WLAN and your business processes.

For a more in-depth look at Progent's wireless integration capabilities, visit Progent's Wireless Network Support.

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