Small Business Series of APs
Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs ConsultantsCisco's Small Business series of access points are Linux-powered units designed as entry-level wireless solutions for small offices. Many models in Cisco's Small Business family of wireless access points work with Cisco's Single Point Setup technology, which allows you to set up, control and repair a group of access points from one AP through a simple web browser interface. All of the versions support Power over Ethernet and feature QoS, rogue access point detection, and bridge mode for connecting to another Ethernet LAN.

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Progent's Cisco CCIE wireless network infrastructure experts offer online or on-premises integration and debugging support to assist you to plan, implement, upgrade, tune, administer and debug Cisco Small Business wireless access point environments of any scale or architecture. Progent's Cisco wireless controller experts can also assist you to integrate your wireless ecosystem with your wired network infrastructure and cloud-hosted resources to create an enterprise connectivity solution that is easy to manage and scale. Progent also offers affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to help you to determine the most efficient selection, placement and configuration of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points to work with your specific office layout, building structure, and expected network traffic.

Cisco Small Business Access Points Online SupportCisco's Small Business WAP121 Access Point is a wallmount, single-radio 2.4GHz unit that can support 16 active 802.11n clients, includes a 10/100 Ethernet port, permits up to 4 access pointss and 40 active clients per cluster, and can handle throughput of up to 300 Mbps. The Cisco WAP125 is a general-purpose desktop 802.11ac wireless AP that features a Gigabit Ethernet port with Power over Ethernet (PoE), delivers performance up to 867 Mbps, supports 10 active clients, and can be used with Cisco's FindIT Network Management software for simple setup and management. The Cisco WAP131 is a desktop dual-radio 802.11n wireless access point that can support 16 active wireless clients on each radio for up to 32 clients, features a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, and delivers sustained data rates of 300 Mbps for each radio. The WAP131 Wireless-N does not allow AP clustering. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 is an entry-level Wave 1 dual-radio 802.11ac/n access point that features a one Gbit Power over Ethernet port and can handle 16 clients from each radio with 867 Mbps performance for AC clients and 300 Mbps for 802.11n clients. The Cisco Small Business WAP150 allows 4 APs per cluster.

Cisco's Small Business WAP321 Wireless-N model is a wallmount selectable-band (2.4 or 5 GHz) 802.11n unit that can handle 80 active wireless clients in an 8-AP cluster. The Cisco WAP321 includes a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface 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 AP that includes a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet interface and can handle 32 active clients on each radio for a total of up to 64 active clients, and deliver sustained throughput of 300 Mbps per radio. The WAP351 does not allow clustering. Cisco's Small Business WAP361 is a dual-radio Wireless-AC/N wireless access point that features a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, allows 32 active WLAN clients on each radio, and delivers 867 Mbps throughput for wireless AC devices and 300 Mbps performance for 802.11n clients. The Cisco Small Business WAP361 allows eight WAP361 access points per cluster. Cisco's wallmount Small Business WAP371 Wireless-AC/N is a dual-band AP that supports 802.11a/b/g/n as well as the latest 802.11ac IEEE standard. The WAP371 Wireless-AC/N has a Gigabit Ethernet interface, can handle 32 active wireless clients on each radio, and eight APs for each cluster.

The Cisco WAP561 802.11n Selectable Band AP features a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface and dual radios that offer 450 Mbps throughput for each radio, can handle 64 clients per radio, and allow 16 wireless access points for each cluster. Cisco's WAP551 is like the WAP 561 but features a single selectable band (2.4 or 5.0 GHz). The Cisco Small Business WAP571 and WAP571E (the weather-proof outside version) are dual-band 2.4/5 GHz Wireless-AC/N wireless access points that feature two integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN interfaces with link aggregation, and as high as 1.9 Gbps throughput with 1300 Mbps over 11ac and 600 Mbps on 11n. Both wireless access points support 32 clients on each radio and 16 APs per cluster.

Cisco Small Business WAP581 Access Points ConsultingCisco Small Business WAP581 Wireless Access Points ConsultingCisco's WAP581 Wireless-AC Dual Radio Wave 2 AP complies with the 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 specification and offers 4x4 and 3x3 MU-MIMO technology to deliver 2.8 Gbps throughput on the 5.0-Ghz radio and 600 Mbps at 2.4 GHz for a total max data rate of 2.4 Gbps. The Small Business WAP581 has an integrated 2.5G Ethernet interface and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port with 802.3at Power over Ethernet. The 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 APs for each cluster, and 960 active users per cluster.

How Progent Can Help You with Cisco Small Business Wireless APs
Progent offers affordable online or on-premises help from a certified CCIE network expert to assist your organization to plan, deploy, administer, optimize, upgrade or repair a Wi-Fi environment that incorporates Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi access points. Progent can help you maintain legacy Cisco Small Business APs or migrate smoothly to Cisco's latest lineup of Wave 2 wireless APs based on the 802.11ac specification. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can assist you to determine whether your wireless deployment should include Cisco Wi-Fi controller hardware or can be managed with software utilities.

Progent's online and on-premises wireless site surveys can help your organization to determine the most efficient selection and placement of Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi APs to handle your user density, offer the coverage you need, and keep up with your most demanding workloads. Progent's certified network security experts can assist your organization to plan, implement and validate a security and compliance strategy that includes network policies, remote network and endpoint monitoring, and centralized management. Progent's disaster preparedness experts and business continuity planning experts can help you to build fault-tolerance and recoverability into your Cisco product deployments to optimize the productivity of your converged wired/wireless network infrastructure.

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