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SmartPath Wireless: Applications
Enterprise.
If you’re looking to upgrade your enterprise’s wireless network to fill
dead zones and support VoIP and video, as well as bring branch offices
on-line inexpensively, then the SmartPath system is for you.
The distributed, easily scalable solution enables you to increase WLAN
capacity without the need to spend a lot on a controller-based system.
Plus, unlike ”fat” APs, which can be quite cumbersome to manage and
require manual maintenance, SmartPath APs feature software that
enables them to self-organize into clusters and intelligently share
network control information with one another.
You not only reduce the data bottlenecks and latency associated
with the backhauling of traffic through controllers, you also create
fault tolerance.
Dynamic mesh failover enables traffic to be routed
around failures in the wired network by dynamically establishing
a wireless mesh connection among neighboring APs
— great for
mission-critical applications.
The result is an enterprise-class solution for management, mobility,
and security at a more reasonable cost — from your central office to the
edge of your network. Deploying an expensive controller for just a few
access points in a satellite office simply doesn’t make financial sense.
Not when you can use SmartPath APs instead.
Plus, with SmartPath, you can support the amount of throughput
required by video applications and smartphones while ensuring maximum
uptime and enhanced quality of service (QoS) for multimedia and time-
bounded voice traffic.
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Optimum performance for each wireless traffic type,
including latency-sensitive voice and video.
» Supports mixed 802.11n and legacy 802.11a/b/g users.
Slow clients won’t impact performance of faster clients.
» Offers a
linear cost curve
—
no steep upgrading expense.
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Eliminates controllers from the network. No need for an
expensive controller in each branch office.
» Provides
fast, secure roaming and identity-based security.
» The
network “self heals” around any failure points.
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Group policy settings for automatically creating wireless
profiles for users, transferable from one office to another.
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Easy to manage entire enterprise from a central site.
Retail and distribution.
Bringing local mobile Wi-Fi connectivity to companies that have
multiple geographically distributed sites can be an overwhelming, and
expensive, task. Not so with SmartPath. Central management features
simplify the deployment and control of disparate wireless LANs in
a distributed architecture.
And because there are no controllers involved, you can scale your
operations by adding SmartPath APs one by one as your budget allows.
For retail, SmartPath gives you an easy, cable-free way to reach
PoS/PoP terminals and stream video to in-aisle displays.
By design, the system has no single points of failure, so you can
maintain real-time wireless connectivity in stores and warehouses even
if one connection fails. A simple management interface enables you to
deploy a wireless inventory control system site by site by pushing data
from a central office to all newly installed APs.
SmartPath also offers secure roaming and identity-based security
enforced at every AP, as well as over-the-air encryption. SmartPath also
includes firewall, VPN, RADIUS, and Active Directory support. This way,
you can lessen concerns over credit card privacy and better meet PCI
DSS mandates.
Plus, with 802.11n support, you get better speed and performance.
Drivers, warehouse workers, and other staff can use the latest handheld
devices to scan, log, and perform other tasks while linking to bandwidth-
intensive applications as they roam.
» No need for a controller in each retail store or at a
distribution point.
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Great for companies with limited IT staff and budget.
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Reduces operating expenses as well as downtime.
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Less hardware required for each store or site.
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Distributed architecture for failover routing of data.
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Use a single GUI interface to set global policy
management and centrally configure and monitor wireless
connectivity.
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Integrates with endpoint compliance systems.
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Hardened options for use in factory or industrial settings.
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