Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Series of APs
Cisco's Small Business family of APs are Linux-based units engineered as entry-level wireless solutions for light workloads. Many models in Cisco's Small Business line of access points support Cisco's Single Point Setup system, which makes it possible to set up, manage and troubleshoot a cluster of access points from a single device through an intuitive web browser tool. All models include POE and feature QoS, rogue access point detection, and bridge mode for wirelessly connecting to another network.
Progent's Cisco CCIE wireless network infrastructure consultants can provide online or onsite integration and troubleshooting services to help you to design, configure, upgrade, optimize, manage and debug Cisco Small Business wireless access point environments of any scale or architecture. Progent's Cisco wireless controller experts can also help you to integrate your Wi-Fi environment with your wired network and cloud-hosted resources to build an enterprise connectivity foundation that is simple to administer and expand. Progent also can provide affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to help you to decide the most appropriate selection, placement and configuration of Cisco Small Business wireless APs to accommodate your unique workplace layout, construction, and expected workloads.
The Cisco Small Business WAP121 Wireless-N Access Point is a wallmount, single-radio 2.4GHz device able to handle 16 active 802.11n wireless clients, includes a Fast Ethernet port, permits up to four access pointss and 40 active wireless clients per cluster, and can handle data rates of 300 Mbps. Cisco's WAP125 is a value-priced desktop 802.11ac Wi-Fi AP that includes a 0/100/1000 Ethernet port with Power over Ethernet, delivers throughput as high as 867 Mbps, supports 10 active clients, and works with Cisco's FindIT Network Management software for easy setup and control. The Cisco Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n access point able to support 16 active wireless clients per radio for a total of up to 32 clients, features a Gigabit Ethernet port, and can support sustained data rates of up to 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 does not allow AP clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP150 is a general-purpose Wave 1 dual-radio 802.11ac/n access point that features a one Gbit Power over Ethernet port and can support 16 clients from each radio with 867 Mbps performance for 802.11ac devices and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. Cisco's WAP1501 allows four APs for each cluster.
The Cisco Small Business WAP321 Access Point is a wallmount selectable-band (2.4 or 5 GHz) 802.11a/b/g/n device that can handle 80 active clients sharing an 8-AP cluster. The Cisco WAP321 includes a GE port and can support throughput of 300 Mbps for the selected radio. Cisco's Small Business WAP351 is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n wireless access point with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can support 32 active clients on each radio for a total of up to 64 clients, and deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP351 does not allow clustering. Cisco's WAP361 is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11ac AP that features a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet LAN switch, allows 32 active WLAN clients on each radio, and offers 867 Mbps performance for 802.11ac clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. The Cisco WAP361 allows eight WAP361 access points per cluster. Cisco's wallmount Small Business WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-radio AP that supports 802.11n as well as the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a GE interface, can support up to 32 active wireless clients on each radio, and eight APs for each cluster.
Cisco's WAP561 802.11n Dual Radio Selectable Band access point features a Gigabit Ethernet port and dual concurrent radios (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) that deliver 450 Mbps performance per radio, support 64 devices per radio, and allow up to 16 wireless access points per cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is like the WAP 561 but features a single selectable band. The Cisco Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (a weather-proof outdoor model) are dual-band Wireless-AC/N APs incorporating two fixed 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces with link aggregation (LAG), and up to 1.9 Gigabit/sec throughput with 1300 Mbps over 11ac and 600 Mbps on 802.11n. Both APs support 32 clients per radio and 16 APs on each cluster.
Cisco's WAP581 Wireless-AC Wave 2 Access Point complies with the 802.11ac specification and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO to provide 2.8 Gbps data rates on the 5.0-Ghz radio and 0.6 Gbps on the 2.4-GHz radio for an aggregate top throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 has a fixed 2.5G Ethernet port and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interface with 802.3at Power over Ethernet. The WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 AP supports up to 200 connective client users, a maximum of 50 active client users for each radio, 16 APs for each cluster, and 960 active client users for each cluster.
How Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi Access Points
Progent offers affordable online or on-premises support from a Cisco-certified CCIE network infrastructure consultant to help you to design, deploy, manage, tune, upgrade or repair a wireless network that incorporates Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs. Progent can assist you maintain legacy Cisco Small Business devices or move smoothly to Cisco's current lineup of Wave 2 wireless APs based on the 802.11ac specification. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can assist you to see whether your wireless network should include Cisco Wi-Fi controller appliances or can be managed with software tools.
Progent's remote and onsite wireless site surveys can help you to identify the most appropriate selection and location of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs to support your user volume, provide the coverage you need, and keep up with your critical workloads. Progent's network security consultants can assist you to plan, implement and validate a security and compliance strategy that covers network policies, remote network and endpoint monitoring, and centralized management. Progent's disaster recovery consultants and business continuity consultants can help you to incorporate availability and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to maximize the productivity of your converged wired/wireless network infrastructure.
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