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Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Series of APs
Cisco's Small Business family of wireless access points are Linux-powered devices designed as value-priced Wi-Fi solutions for light workloads. Most models in the Cisco Small Business portfolio of access points support Cisco's Single Point Setup technology, which makes it possible to set up, control and troubleshoot a cluster of access points from a single device through a simple browser-based interface. All of the versions support Power over Ethernet and feature QoS, rogue AP awareness, and bridge mode for connecting to another Ethernet LAN.

Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified Wi-Fi network experts offer online or onsite integration and troubleshooting support to help you to plan, implement, upgrade, optimize, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business wireless access point deployments of any scale or topology. Progent's Cisco wireless controller experts can also help you to combine your Wi-Fi environment with your wired network infrastructure and cloud-based resources to create a seamless enterprise-wide connectivity foundation that is easy 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 Wi-Fi access points to accommodate your specific office design, construction, and expected network traffic.

Cisco's Small Business WAP121 Wireless-N Access Point is a wallmount, single-band 2.4GHz device that can support 16 802.11n wireless clients, includes a 10/100 Ethernet port, allows up to four access pointss and 40 active clients in a cluster, and supports sustained throughput of 300 Mbps. The Cisco Small Business WAP125 is an entry-level desktop 802.11ac Wi-Fi AP that features a Gigabit Ethernet port with Power over Ethernet (PoE), delivers throughput up to 867 Mbps, handles 10 active clients, and works with Cisco's FindIT Network Management platform for easy setup and management. The Cisco Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n AP able to handle 16 active wireless clients on each radio for a total of up to 32 clients, includes a Gigabit Ethernet port, and can support sustained data rates of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 does not support clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP150 is a value-priced dual-radio 802.11ac/n AP that features a 1xGE Power over Ethernet (PoE) port and can support 16 clients per radio with 867 Mbps throughput for AC devices and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 allows four APs per cluster.

Cisco's Small Business WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point is a wallmount single-band (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) 802.11n unit that can handle 80 wireless clients in an 8-device cluster. The Cisco WAP321 has a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface and can deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps for the activated radio. The Cisco WAP351 is a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n access point with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can handle 32 wireless clients on each radio for up to 64 clients, and deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP351 AP does not support clustering. The Cisco WAP361 is a dual-band 802.11ac Wave 1 access point that includes a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet LAN switch, can support 32 clients per radio, and delivers 867 Mbps throughput for wireless AC devices and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. The Cisco WAP361 allows eight WAP361 access points per cluster. Cisco's wallmount WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-band AP that works with 802.11n and the new 802.11ac IEEE specification. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, can handle as many as 32 wireless clients per radio, and 8 access points for each cluster.

The Cisco WAP561 802.11n Dual Radio Selectable Band access point features a GE port and dual radios (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) that deliver 450 Mbps performance per radio, can handle 64 devices per radio, and allow up to 16 access points per cluster. Cisco's WAP551 is similar to Cisco's WAP 561 but features a single selectable band (2.4 or 5.0 GHz). Cisco's Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (the weather-proof outdoor model) are dual-radio 802.11ac Wave 1 APs that feature two fixed Gigabit Ethernet LAN interfaces with link aggregation, 3x3 MIMO, and as high as 1.9 Gbps throughput with 1300 Mbps on 802.11ac and 600 Mbps over 11n. Both devices can handle 32 clients on each radio and 16 wireless access points per cluster.

The Cisco WAP581 Wireless-AC Wave 2 Access Point supports the 802.11ac standard and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to deliver 2.8 Gbps throughput at 5 GHz and 600 Mbps at 2.4 GHz for a total max throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 includes an integrated 2.5G Ethernet port and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interface with 802.3at PoE. Cisco's WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 AP supports as many as 200 connective client users, a maximum of 50 active users for each radio, 16 access points for each cluster, and 960 active client users per cluster.

How Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs
Progent can provide cost-effective online or on-premises support from a certified CCIE network expert to help your organization to plan, deploy, administer, optimize, upgrade or repair a wireless network that incorporates Cisco Small Business wireless access points. Progent can help you manage and debug legacy Cisco Small Business devices or move efficiently to Cisco's latest generation of Wave 2 Wi-Fi APs based on 802.11ac technology. 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 configured and maintained with software-based utilities.

Progent's online and on-premises Wi-Fi site surveys can assist your organization to determine the most efficient selection and placement of Cisco Small Business wireless APs to handle your user density, provide the coverage you need, and deal with your critical workloads. Progent's certified network security experts can help your organization to design, deploy and validate a security and compliance strategy that includes network policies, remote network and endpoint monitoring, and centralized management. Progent's disaster recovery consultants and business continuity planning experts can help you to incorporate availability and recoverability into your Cisco product implementations to maximize the productivity of your seamless wired/wireless infrastructure.

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