Wireless Consulting Support

Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Family of APs
Cisco's Small Business family of APs are Linux-based units intended as value-priced Wi-Fi solutions for small offices. Many versions in the Cisco Small Business family of wireless access points work with Cisco's Single Point Setup system, which allows you to set up, manage and repair a cluster of wireless access points from a single device through a simple web browser interface. All models include Power over Ethernet (POE) and feature QoS, rogue access point awareness, and bridge mode for wirelessly connecting to another Ethernet LAN.

Progent's Cisco CCIE Wi-Fi network experts can provide remote or onsite configuration and troubleshooting services to assist you to design, configure, update, optimize, manage and debug Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi AP environments of any size or architecture. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can also assist you to combine your wireless ecosystem with your wired network infrastructure and cloud-hosted resources to build a seamless enterprise connectivity solution that is simple to manage and expand. Progent also offers affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to assist you to determine the most efficient selection, location and configuration of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points to accommodate your unique office design, construction, and expected workloads.

Cisco's Small Business WAP121 Access Point is a wall-mountable, single-radio 2.4GHz unit that can support 16 active 802.11b/g/n clients, includes a Fast Ethernet port, allows up to four access pointss and 40 active wireless clients per cluster, and can handle sustained throughput of 300 Mbps. Cisco's WAP125 is a general-purpose desktop 802.11ac wireless access point that includes a Gigabit Ethernet port with Power over Ethernet (PoE), delivers throughput as high as 867 Mbps, supports 10 active clients, and works with Cisco's FindIT Network Management software for simple setup and management. Cisco's Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-radio 802.11a/b/g/n access point able to support 16 wireless clients on each radio for a total of up to 32 wireless clients, features a Gigabit Ethernet port, and delivers sustained data rates of up to 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 Wireless-N does not support AP clustering. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 is a general-purpose Wave 1 dual-radio AC/n wireless access point that features a 1xGE Power over Ethernet (PoE) port and can support 16 clients from each radio with 867 Mbps throughput for 802.11ac devices and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. The Cisco WAP1501 supports four APs for each cluster.

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

Cisco's Small Business WAP561 802.11n Dual Radio Selectable Band AP features a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface and two concurrent radios (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) that deliver 450 Mbps performance per radio, can handle 64 devices for each radio, and allow up to 16 wireless access points for each cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is like Cisco's WAP 561 but features a single radio selectable band (2.4 or 5.0 GHz). The Cisco Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (the weather-proof outdoor model) are dual-band Wireless-AC/N wireless access points that feature two integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interfaces with link aggregation (LAG), 3x3 MIMO, and as high as 1.9 Gbps throughput with 1300 Mbps on 802.11ac and 600 Mbps on 11n. Both wireless access points can handle 32 active WAN clients on each radio and 16 APs per cluster.

The Cisco Small Business WAP581 Wireless-AC Wave 2 AP supports the 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 standard and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to provide 2.8 Gbps throughput on the 5.0-Ghz radio and 0.6 Gbps at 2.4 GHz for a total top data rate of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 includes a fixed 2.5G Ethernet interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interface with 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE). The WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 access point can handle up to 200 connective client users, up to 50 active client users for each radio, 16 APs per cluster, and 960 active client users per cluster.

How Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points
Progent offers affordable online or on-premises support from a Cisco-certified CCIE network expert to assist you to design, deploy, administer, optimize, update or repair a Wi-Fi network that includes Cisco Small Business wireless access points. Progent can assist you maintain legacy Cisco Small Business devices or migrate smoothly to Cisco's current lineup of Wave 2 Wi-Fi APs based on the 802.11ac specification. Progent's certified Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can help you to see whether your Wi-Fi network calls for Cisco Wi-Fi controller appliances or can be managed with software utilities.

Progent's online and on-premises Wi-Fi site surveys can help your organization to determine the most appropriate selection and placement of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs to handle your user volume, offer the RF coverage you require, and deal with your critical workloads. Progent's certified network security experts can assist you to design, implement and validate a compliant security strategy that includes policy enforcement, remote network monitoring, and unified management. Progent's disaster recovery experts and business continuity consultants can assist you to incorporate availability and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to optimize the productivity of your seamless wired/wireless network infrastructure.

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