Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Family of APs
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of access points are Linux-based devices designed as value-priced wireless solutions for light workloads. Many versions in Cisco's Small Business portfolio of wireless access points support Cisco's Single Point Setup technology, which allows you to configure, manage and repair a cluster of wireless access points from one AP via an intuitive browser-based tool. All models include POE and feature QoS, rogue AP awareness, and bridging for wirelessly connecting to a second Ethernet LAN.
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified Wi-Fi network consultants offer online or on-premises configuration and debugging services to help your organization to plan, configure, upgrade, optimize, manage and debug Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi AP deployments of any scale or topology. Progent's Cisco wireless controller consultants can also assist you to combine your wireless environment with your wired network and cloud-hosted resources to build a seamless enterprise-wide connectivity solution that is simple to administer and scale. Progent also offers affordable wireless site surveys to assist you to decide the most appropriate selection, placement and configuration of Cisco Small Business wireless APs to work with your specific office layout, building structure, and expected network traffic.
Cisco's Small Business WAP121 AP is a wallmount, single-radio 2.4GHz device that can support 16 active 802.11n clients, has a 10/100 Ethernet port, allows up to four access pointss and 40 active wireless clients per cluster, and supports sustained throughput of 300 Mbps. The Cisco Small Business WAP125 is a general-purpose desktop 802.11ac wireless access point that includes a 0/100/1000 Ethernet port with Power over Ethernet (PoE), delivers throughput up to 867 Mbps, supports 10 active users, and works with Cisco's FindIT Network Management platform for simple deployment and control. The Cisco Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-radio 802.11n AP able to support 16 active clients per radio for up to 32 clients, includes a Gigabit Ethernet interface, and delivers throughput of up to 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 does not support clustering. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 is a general-purpose dual-radio AC/n AP that includes a one Gbit Poe port and can handle 16 clients per radio with 867 Mbps performance for 802.11ac devices and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. Cisco's WAP1501 allows four access points for each cluster.
Cisco's Small Business WAP321 Access Point is a wall-mountable single-band (2.4 or 5 GHz) 802.11a/b/g/n device that can handle 80 wireless clients in an 8-AP cluster. The WAP321 features a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface and can deliver a sustained data rate of 300 Mbps for the selected radio. The Cisco Small Business WAP351 is a dual-band 802.11n AP that includes a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can handle 32 active clients on each radio for a total of up to 64 active clients, and deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP351 does not allow clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP361 is a dual-band 802.11ac Wave 1 wireless access point that includes a 5 x Gb Ethernet switch, can support 32 clients per radio, and delivers 867 Mbps performance for 802.11ac clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. Cisco's Small Business WAP361 allows eight access points per cluster. Cisco's wallmount Small Business WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-radio AP that supports 802.11n and the latest 802.11ac IEEE Wi-Fi standard. The WAP371 includes a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, can handle as many as 32 active clients on each radio, and 8 APs for each cluster.
The Cisco WAP561 802.11n Selectable Band AP includes one 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interface and two radios that deliver 450 Mbps performance for each radio, support 64 clients for each radio, and allow 16 wireless access points for each cluster. Cisco's WAP551 is like the WAP 561 but has a single radio selectable band. Cisco's WAP571 and WAP571E (a weather-proof outdoor version) are dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11ac APs incorporating two fixed Gigabit Ethernet interfaces with link aggregation, 3x3 MIMO, and up to 1.9 Gigabit/sec throughput with 1300 Mbps on 802.11ac and 600 Mbps over 11n. Both wireless access points support 32 clients per radio and 16 wireless access points per cluster.
The Cisco WAP581 Wireless-AC Wave 2 Wireless Access Point supports the Wi-Fi 5 specification and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to provide 2.8 Gbps throughput on the 5.0-Ghz radio and 0.6 Gbps on the 2.4-GHz radio for a total maximum throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The WAP581 has an integrated 2.5G Ethernet port and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interface with 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE). Cisco's WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 access point supports up to 200 connective users, a maximum of 50 active users for each radio, 16 access points per cluster, and 960 active client users per cluster.
How Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Small Business Wireless APs
Progent offers cost-effective online or onsite support from a Cisco-certified CCIE network expert to help your organization to design, install, administer, optimize, upgrade or repair a wireless network that incorporates Cisco Small Business wireless access points. Progent can assist you manage and debug legacy Cisco Small Business APs or move smoothly to Cisco's current generation of Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points based on 802.11ac technology. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can help you to determine whether your wireless network should include Cisco Wi-Fi controller hardware or can be managed with software utilities.
Progent's remote and onsite Wi-Fi site surveys can assist you to determine the most efficient selection and placement of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points to handle your user density, offer the coverage you require, and keep up with your critical applications. Progent's certified cybersecurity consultants can help your organization to design, deploy and test a compliant security strategy that covers network policies, remote network and endpoint monitoring, and centralized management. Progent's disaster recovery experts and business continuity consultants can assist you to incorporate fault-tolerance and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to optimize the uptime of your seamless wired/wireless infrastructure.
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