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Cisco Small Business Series of Wireless Access Points
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of APs are Linux-based devices designed as entry-level wireless solutions for small offices. Many models in Cisco's Small Business family of APs work with Cisco's Single Point Setup system, which makes it possible to set up, control and repair a cluster of access points from one AP via a simple browser-based interface. All of the versions support Power over Ethernet (POE) and provide QoS, rogue AP detection, and bridging for wirelessly connecting to another network.

Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified Wi-Fi network infrastructure consultants can provide remote or onsite integration and troubleshooting support to assist you to design, implement, update, tune, administer and debug Cisco Small Business wireless access point environments 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 and cloud-based resources to build an enterprise connectivity solution that is easy to manage and scale. Progent also can provide affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to assist you to decide the most efficient selection, location and setup of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs to accommodate your specific workplace design, construction, and expected workloads.

The Cisco Small Business WAP121 Access Point is a wallmount, single-band 2.4GHz unit able to support 16 active 802.11n clients, includes a Fast Ethernet port, allows up to four access pointss and 40 wireless clients per cluster, and supports sustained data rates of 300 Mbps. The Cisco WAP125 is a value-priced desktop 802.11ac Wi-Fi AP that includes a 1xGE port with Power over Ethernet, delivers performance up to 867 Mbps, handles 10 active users, and can be used with Cisco's FindIT Network Management platform for simple deployment and control. Cisco's Small Business WAP131 is a desktop dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n wireless access point able to support 16 active wireless clients on each radio for up to 32 clients, features a Gigabit Ethernet interface, and delivers sustained data rates of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP131 Wireless-N does not allow clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP150 is a general-purpose Wave 1 dual-radio 802.11ac/n wireless access point that includes a one Gbit Power over Ethernet (PoE) port and can support 16 clients from each radio with 867 Mbps performance for 802.11ac clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n devices. Cisco's WAP1501 allows four APs per cluster.

The Cisco Small Business WAP321 model is a wall-mountable selectable-band (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) 802.11n device that can handle 80 wireless clients sharing an 8-AP cluster. The WAP321 has a GE interface and can deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps for the activated radio. Cisco's WAP351 is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n wireless access point with a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can handle 32 active clients per radio for up to 64 active clients, and support sustained throughput of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP351 access point does not allow clustering. Cisco's WAP361 is a dual-band Wireless-AC/N wireless access point that includes a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, can support 32 active WLAN clients on each radio, and delivers 867 Mbps performance for wireless AC clients and 300 Mbps performance for 802.11n devices. The Cisco Small Business WAP361 allows eight WAP361 access points per cluster. Cisco's wall-mountable WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-radio AP that works with 802.11n and the latest 802.11ac IEEE specification. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a Gigabit Ethernet port, can support 32 wireless clients on each radio, and eight access points for each cluster.

The Cisco WAP561 802.11n Dual Radio Selectable Band AP includes one GE interface and dual radios that offer 450 Mbps performance for each radio, support 64 devices per radio, and allow 16 wireless access points for each cluster. The Cisco WAP551 is similar to the WAP 561 but features a single radio selectable band. The Cisco Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (a weather-proof outdoor version) are dual-band Wireless-AC/N APs incorporating two integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with link aggregation (LAG), and up to 1.9 Gigabit/sec performance with 1300 Mbps over 11ac and 600 Mbps over 802.11n. Both access points support 32 active WAN clients on each radio and 16 APs on each cluster.

The Cisco WAP581 Wireless-AC Dual Radio Wave 2 AP complies with the 802.11ac 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 maximum throughput of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 includes an integrated 2.5G Ethernet interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port with 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE). The WAP581 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 5 access point can handle as many as 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 Help You with Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points
Progent offers affordable online or onsite help from a Cisco-certified CCIE network expert to help your organization to plan, install, administer, tune, upgrade or repair a Wi-Fi environment that incorporates Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points. Progent can assist you manage and debug legacy Cisco Small Business APs or move smoothly to Cisco's latest lineup of Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points based on the 802.11ac specification. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can assist you to determine whether your Wi-Fi deployment calls for Cisco wireless controller hardware or can be managed with software tools.

Progent's remote and onsite Wi-Fi site surveys can assist your organization to identify the most efficient selection and placement of Cisco Small Business wireless APs to handle your client volume, provide the RF coverage you require, and keep up with your critical applications. Progent's certified network security consultants can assist your organization to design, deploy and test a security and compliance strategy that includes network policies, remote network and endpoint monitoring, and streamlined management. Progent's disaster recovery consultants and business continuity planning consultants can help you to incorporate fault-tolerance and recoverability into your Cisco product implementations to maximize the uptime of your seamless wired/wireless network infrastructure.

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