Cisco provides a diverse catalog of wireless networking products designed to increase employee output, simplify teamwork, and improve interactions between employees, partners, and clients. This technology enables fast business-critical applications and establishes a secure, mobile, interactive environment so that companies can exceed customer expectations, outpace their competitors, and realize a measurable payback on investment. Cisco wireless technologies supported by Progent include wireless access points, bridges, wireless LAN controllers, and client adapters.

The Cisco Unified Wireless Network solution delivers cost-effective wireless networks for strategic mobility. Cisco's solutions support the identical level of security, expandability, and manageability for wireless networks that organizations expect for their wired environments. This encompasses integrated enterprise-class security that identifies, blocks, and adapts to familiar and unknown security attacks. Unified wireless solution includes unified mobility services such as voice services, location features, guest connectivity, and enhanced security. Cisco technology has the versatility and expandability to meet the requirements of networks of any size, from small businesses to global corporations, for wireless LAN campus installations or branch offices. Cisco's Unified Wireless Network technology enables companies to exploit the RF environment to improve their operations and improve efficiency through a mobile and connected workforce. Cisco's wireless product families lower overall operational costs and facilitate network deployment, management, and maintenance.

Cisco Aironet Wireless Access Points
Cisco wireless access points) provide protected, easy-to-manage, and reliable network links with outstanding coverage and performance. Centrally managed lightweight wireless access points work together with Cisco's wireless local area network controllers and Cisco's Wireless Control System. Cisco provides access points with either one WiFi wireless transceiver for as high as 54 Mbps of capacity or dual 802.11g radio access points supporting both 802.11g and 802.11a for as much as 108 Mbps of throughput. The Cisco Aironet series features WAPs designed for offices and ordinary indoor facilities, for challenging RF environments such as manufacturing plants and storage sites, and for the outdoors. These access points can be installed on desks, on walls, on ceilings, above ceilings, and on poles. Aironet Wireless Mesh access points allow cost-effective, expandable deployment of protected outside wireless LANs that incorporate Mesh networking.

All Cisco access points accommodate the Cisco SWAN network, an architecture for wired/wireless integration that provides enhanced degrees of protection, operational control, and functionality.

Cisco Aironet 1000 or 1130AG family wireless access points are ideal for offices and other environments which have little environmental instability. These devices include integrated antennas that offer predictable omnidirectional coverage profiles. The Cisco Aironet 1130G family WAP is designed for controlled domains that do not permit 802.11a/5GHz operation.

Cisco Aironet 1230AG/1240AG family access points are intended for more challenging RF situations like factories and warehouses or above ceiling structures which typically require adjustable protruding antennas and rugged metal cases. The Cisco Aironet 1240G family device is intended for regulatory domains that do not allow 802.11a/5GHz transmission.

Cisco Aironet 1500 family lightweight outdoor wireless mesh access points deliver a cost-effective, scalable, secure outdoor WiFi mechanism for enterprise campus and public access for portable phones or computers in outside areas.

Cisco Aironet Wireless Bridges
Cisco Aironet wireless LAN bridges offer a high-speed and multi-featured solution for integrating multiple local area networks in a metro situation or public access network. Cisco Aironet wireless bridges offer a versatile, easy-to-use solution that satisfies the protection needs of public networking professionals. These bridges manage both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint configurations with outstanding range and the ability to handle data throughput up to 54 Mbps.

Cisco Aironet wireless bridges deliver data rates several times faster than E1/T1 connections for a fraction of the expense, eliminating the necessity of expensive leased lines when connecting separate offices. Since wireless bridges carry no periodic charges, the expenses saved on connection bills rapidly pay for the startup equipment investment. Self-installed private lines and in some cases leased lines made of copper or fiber-optic cable often require high startup costs if they are separated by barriers like freeways, train tracks, or lakes and rivers. Cisco wireless bridges can be installed rapidly with a fast return on investment.

Cisco 1300 family outdoor wireless access points/bridges can be implemented as independent access points, bridges, or wireless group bridges. These devices have a durable cover and offer high-speed, affordable wireless interfaces between numerous stationary or mobile networks and users.

Cisco Aironet 1400 wireless bridges provide high-speed, reliable outdoor bridging for line-of-sight (LOS) environments. They are housed in a ruggedized enclosure that can withstand harsh outside environments and operate in extended temperature extremes.

Aironet Wireless Client Adapters
Cisco Wireless LAN Client Adapters connect a range of products to a wireless network either in impromptu peer-to-peer mode or in infrastructure mode with access points. Cisco Aironet Wireless Client cards are compatible with Cisco Aironet infrastructure appliances to provide transparent wireless network implementations.

Offered in CardBus, PC Card and PCI formats, Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters quickly connect PC and mobile computers to the wireless network in 802.11x-compatible environments. With Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters, you can instantly connect additional workers to a system, create ad hoc workgroups, or introduce web connectivity in meeting areas.

Capable of a hefty 100 milliwatts (mW) of transmission power and the best receive sensitivity available, the Aironet 350 family LAN Client cards boast the best coverage and top dependability in the industry for wireless devices. Advanced engineering in the Cisco 350 family LAN Client cards helps deal with the destructive interference often encountered in office environments. Smart filtering addresses RF noise and signal distortion that can degrade network performance.

The Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client cards provide outstanding performance so users can benefit from practically the identical connectivity they get from wired connections. Based on direct sequence spread spectrum technology and operating in the 2.4-GHz band, the Cisco 350 Series LAN Client Adapters adhere to the 802.11b standard, which supports interoperability with all other compliant WLAN devices.

Cisco Wireless Network Controllers
Cisco Wireless Network Controllers are responsible for system wide WLAN features, such as integrated intrusion prevention system (IPS), real-time RF control, zero touch deployment, and full N+1 redundancy. These controllers operate with lightweight wireless access points and a management appliance to offer enhanced performance and advanced management capabilities.

Wireless LAN Controllers provide the manageability, expandability, security, and dependability that system managers need to build safe, enterprise-scale wireless networks, from satellite locations, to small businesses, to headquarter campuses. Cisco Wireless Network Controllers can be configured together to provide support for as many as 2400 wireless access points per roaming domain.

The Cisco WLCM or WLCM-E Module for Integrated Services (IS) Routers provides small-to mid-size businesses (SMBs) and large corporations an economical solution to deploy and control secure WLANs at branch offices. These controllers manage as many as 12 Aironet lightweight access points and are supported on 2800/3800 Routers and Cisco 3700 Series Integrated Services Routers.

The Cisco 2106 Series WLC works. operates in conjunction with Cisco lightweight WAPs and the Cisco WCS platform to support centralized wireless network functions. Cisco's 2106 Wireless LAN Controller handles as many as six Cisco Aironet lightweight access points, representing a cost-effective alternative for multi-controller environments typical of enterprise branch office installations. Cisco's 2106 Series controller can also be utilized for single device deployments for small and midsize business environments. The Cisco 2106 WLC provides eight 10BASET Ethernet ports, two of which can supply power directly to Cisco lightweight access points.

Cisco's 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controller provides network wide wireless LAN features for medium to enterprise facilities. Cisco's 4400 Series WLC works in conjunction with Cisco lightweight access points, the Cisco's Wireless Control System, and Cisco's Wireless Location Appliance to manage vital wireless data, voice, and video applications. Cisco's 4400 Wireless LAN Controller provides instant communication between Cisco Aironet lightweight access points and other WLCs to offer integrated security policies, wireless intrusion prevention system (IPS) capabilities, advanced RF control, QoS, and mobility.

How Progent's Consultants Can Help 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 incorporates a broad range of wireless appliances and technologies and offers the same protection, expandability, and manageability you demand from a wired environment. Progent can assist you to implement transparent interoperability between Cisco wireless technology and wireless products from other suppliers to give your business the features you need plus the most secure, dependable, and economical WLAN solution available. Progent's CISM and CISSP security consultants can advise you about how to build protection into your wireless network and into your business operations.

For a further discussion of Progent's wireless consulting capabilities, see Progent's Wireless LAN Expertise.

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