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Workforces are quickly becoming more mobile. Especially within corporate sites, employees expect to work and communicate with equal effectiveness whether they are in meetings, shared workspaces, at their desks, or on the factory floor. Enterprises are challenged to meet these expectations, at least possible cost, while improving business processes, communication speed, and employee productivity.

HiPath Wireless solutions include a wide variety of access points, controllers, management capabilities, security, and planning software, as well as a unique open platform for application integration. Recognized for offering a complete 802.11n solution without loss of coverage or functionality using existing 802.3af PoE (Power over Ethernet) infrastructures, HiPath Wireless is the most energy efficient and cost effective WLAN solution on the market today.

The HiPath Wireless solution:
– Optimises the distribution of the processing load between the access point and controller to deliver exceptional performance while remaining easy to manage
– Handles complex, time-sensitive functions such as Quality of Service (QoS), encryption, and RF management by the access point (AP), while global functions like configuration, roaming, and policy control are centralized at the controller
– Uses an innovative hybrid architecture to optimize the forwarding of traffic on a per application basis for the best performance and reliability in alignment with the specific business needs
– Delivers a WLAN infrastructure that can easily be expanded over time to support new high-performance technologies and solutions
- If you are interested in the fastest, most reliable, and secure wireless connectivity for voice, video, and data applications across the enterprise and beyond – then choose HiPath Wireless.

Access Points

Features
- Full 802.11n 3×3 MIMO functionality using standard 802.3af PoE
- Easy and cost-effective migration path to 802.11n
- Comprehensive wireless security services for authentication, encryption, IPS, and NAC
- Flexible architecture supports centralised and/or distributed traffic forwarding for voice/video/data applications
- Policy enforcement and rate limiting at the AP support diverse deployments
- Unified wired/wireless role-based access control with guest networking




Product Overview
The Siemens / Enterasys Wireless solution optimises distribution of the processing load between Access Points (APs) and wireless controllers to deliver exceptional performance while remaining easy to manage. Complex, time-sensitive functions such as QoS, encryption, policy enforcement, rate limiting, and dynamic channel selection are handled by the AP, while global functions like configuration, roaming, security management, and policy control are centralized at the wireless controller or the Enterasys Network Management Suite (NMS) console.

Furthermore, the innovative Siemens / Enterasys Wireless solutions-oriented architecture is able to determine how to forward traffic for the highest performance and reliability for each application. The result is a flexible and dependable WLAN infrastructure that can easily be leveraged to deploy VoWLAN and new high-performance solutions such as HD video.

Siemens / Enterasys Wireless Access Points are available in the following models:
• AP3605 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g/n thin AP with internal dual-band antennas
• AP3610/3620 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g/n thin APs with internal/external dual-band antennas
• AP3630/3640 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g/n standalone indoor APs with internal/external dual-band antennas
• AP2605 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g thin AP with integrated antennas
• AP2610/2620 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g thin APs with internal/external antennas
• AP2630/2640 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g standalone APs with internal/external antennas that can optionally be configured to operate in thin mode – Europe only
• AP2650/2660 – dual radio 802.11a/b/g thin outdoor industrial APs with internal/external antennas

Purpose-built to enable voice and HD video communications across the WLAN, the Siemens / Enterasys Wireless dual radio, 3×3 MIMO 802.11n wireless access points can be powered by a standard IEEE 802.3af PoE port found on most switches that form today’s wired networking infrastructure

Wireless Controllers

Features:
– Scalable to over 1000 Access Points per wireless controller with unified management of 802.11n and 802.11a/b/g Access Points
– Seamless roaming with centralized and distributed forwarding
– Integrated wireless IPS to proactively protect against security threats
– High-availability architecture for real-time voice/video/data applications
– Centralized visibility and control to unify wired and wireless role-based access



Product Overview
The award-winning Enterasys Wireless Controller family provides a scalable range of solutions that are ideal for managed WLAN deployments supporting demanding voice/video/data applications. Our Wireless Controllers are simple to deploy and manage, yet provide advanced functionality to allow organizations to define how wireless voice/video/data traffic is processed without architectural constraints and in accordance with the business needs.

The Siemens / Enterasys Wireless Controller portfolio includes:
• The C20/C20N supporting up to 64 Access Points (APs)
• The C4110 supporting up to 500 APs
• The C5110 supporting up to 1050 APs

The C20, C4110 and C5110 are housed in rugged, modular enclosures while the C20N is a plug-in module for the Enterasys N-Series LAN switch.

Siemens / Enterasys Wireless Controllers provide role-based management for users, devices, and applications with individualized services including Quality of Service (QoS), call admission control, secure access policies, network access control (NAC), captive portals, rate limiting, multicast, filtering, and traffic forwarding. These services are enabled by the unique and flexible Enterasys Wireless Virtual Network Service (VNS) architecture and easily provisioned and managed by an intuitive web interface.

Each controller supports mixed mode deployments of 802.11n and 802.11a/b/g APs along with the ability to seamlessly roam between wireless controllers and access points, providing scalability and ease of deployment. For large deployments, Siemens / Enterasys Wireless further simplifies the management of thousands of APs by creating mobility zones that extend the VNS properties across multiple wireless controllers. Mobility zones maintain the VNS definitions and the individual policies throughout the entire mobility zone, ensuring that policies follow the user regardless of physical location.

Siemens / Enterasys Wireless provides an easy, low cost way to deploy 802.11n solutions, delivering cost-effective pricing, wired/wireless integration, and low TCO while openly supporting a broad range of mobile voice, video, and location-based applications to drive enterprise productivity and reduce the overall cost of mobility. With the ability to deliver both centralized and distributed traffic forwarding by application, Enterasys Wireless Controllers enable a flexible, cost-effective path to deploying 802.11n for the enterprise. Backed by industry-leading global support and services, Enterasys Wireless solutions enable customers to leverage existing investments and avoid forklift upgrades.

Wireless Management Suite

Features
– Centralized management of Wireless LAN infrastructure
– Aggregated view of network performance and utilization
– Integrated wireless intrusion prevention and detection
– Powerful troubleshooting capabilities including live heat maps and packet capture

Product Overview:
The Enterasys Wireless Management Suite (WMS) is a powerful centralized management platform for the Enterasys Wireless portfolio, consolidating management information from across the entire WLAN to provide a global network perspective. The solution is enhanced by the WMS Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) option which provides sophisticated wireless intrusion prevention and location assessment capabilities.

Enterasys WMS aggregates network and usage data from multiple Enterasys Wireless Controllers and Access Points to provide IT managers with an extensive set of historical reports. Thresholds can be defined for easy identification and resolution of pending scalability or performance issues. Events and alerts are consolidated in a dashboard, complemented by easy-to-read charts, statistics, and reports that detail information about users, devices, and traffic.

The Wireless Management Suite WIPS centralizes all WLAN security events detected by access points and optional sensors. With WIPS, the same access points that provide wireless service can be used as permanent RF scanning sensors, or be configured for periodic scans, adding even more efficiency to network operations. WIPS can take automatic action upon detecting security events to immediately block and accurately identify the location of rogue access points and clients, allowing their prompt removal while the threat is contained through RF countermeasures.

Successful WLAN deployments require optimum placement of access points and RF sensors in order to ensure maximum performance. WIPS greatly facilitates this task by providing visual “heat maps” that enable network managers to assess signal strength and identify weak spots. In addition, built-in troubleshooting capabilities offer step-by-step instructions on how to detect and address bottlenecks and failures.

Many business environments must comply with government or industry regulations. The WIPS Reporting option automates this task by generating comprehensive pre-defined compliance and custom reports.

The Enterasys Wireless Management Suite ensures that the deployment of any Enterasys Wireless network is easy and consistent with the business objectives of the enterprise.

Global Network View
Enterasys WMS graphically represents the entire wireless network in a logical hierarchy that intuitively illustrates the relationship between devices, users, and mobility zones. From this global network view, all of the controllers, associated access points, and mobile users can be monitored. Any device can be expanded for greater detail in just a few clicks.

Event and Alert Management
WMS collects detailed information from each wireless controller for all associated access points and users. Alerts can be set to allow system administrators to proactively handle pending or outstanding issues. Configurable events can include device failures, security exposures, and bandwidth and client association limit overages.

Statistics and Reports
Events and alerts are consolidated into a wide variety of charts, statistics, and reports to provide detailed trend information on users, devices, and traffic flow. These trend analysis tools can be used to proactively identify potential problems or performance bottlenecks.

Advanced Services
WMS was designed with a modular approach to enable the easy integration of advanced services modules that extend the solution’s management capabilities. Modules available today include WIPS and WIPS Reporting.

Vulnerability Assessment with Multiple Levels of Flexibility
Defending the RF environment from the latest threats is a demanding task – one that is very difficult for most enterprise access points to manage alone while simultaneously providing network access to authorized users. The WMS Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) provides two different modes of vulnerability assessment that grant significant flexibility when securing the RF environment.

In Standard Mode, Enterasys Wireless Access Points can scan for wireless threats in the intervals when they are not providing WLAN access. Threat assessment information is continuously fed to the wireless controllers and the WIPS server. This mode of operation is ideal for companies wishing to maximize the use of their existing access points.

In Sensor Mode, Enterasys Wireless 802.11 a/b/g and a/b/g/n Indoor Access Points (AP2610/20 and AP3610/20) can be designated as full-time sensors that continuously scan the network and provide the greatest level of protection and threat prevention. In this mode, sensors are deployed among standard Enterasys Wireless Access Points. Sensors provide the highest level of security while enabling other access points to focus on providing network access with optimal coverage and performance. Administrators are able to switch any access point back and forth from Sensor Mode for temporary troubleshooting tasks or in preparation for a deployment change. Any combination of 802.11 a/b/g and a/b/g/n sensors and access points can be deployed, and the entire deployment is managed by the WIPS Server, providing a comprehensive, integrated wireless security solution that protects against the latest wireless threats.

Sophisticated Wireless Intrusion Prevention
WIPS simultaneously scans the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands for the latest wireless threats. Once WIPS has identified a threat, sensors use sophisticated RF countermeasures to proactively contain the threat before it can impact the network and without disrupting authorized Wi-Fi communication. Unlike other solutions that don’t have the capability to scan for 802.11n threats or cannot simultaneously scan and mitigate, Enterasys WIPS Sensors can prevent multiple threats while concurrently scanning for additional problems.

Automatic Threat Classification
Using unique and innovative auto-classification techniques, friendly APs and clients belonging to a neighboring wireless network are identified and allowed to coexist. Devices identified as hostile based on rules defined by the system administrator can be immediately blocked, while triggering alerts via email, SNMP or Syslog.

Spot Rogue APs and Clients
WIPS intrusion prevention and detection capabilities go beyond remotely detecting and/or shutting down unauthorized rogues via RF countermeasures. Precise location tracking pinpoints rogue APs and clients, allowing system administrators to quickly remove them.

Locate Mobile Resources
WIPS has visual location capabilities that make it possible to locate wireless resources belonging to the company – or the people using them. Further, it can illustrate the security status of the network, including vulnerabilities, on a geographical map.

Network Visualization for Optimal RF Coverage
Proper placement of access points and sensors is critical to high performance, specifically on networks running real-time applications such as voice. WIPS produces real-time visual maps that transpose the RF coverage area over the corporate floor plan. These visual heat maps allow managers to assess signal strength and link speed to identify weak spots that can be easily corrected by repositioning APs.

Simplified Troubleshooting Low throughput or intermittent connectivity can plague 802.11-based wireless networks. Built-in knowledge-based troubleshooting offers step-by-step instructions to help identify and address bottlenecks and failures. WIPS Sensors can provide real-time packet captures in order to identify, troubleshoot, and isolate security or performance problems. Easy integration with industry-standard packet visualization and analysis tools facilitates deeper diagnostics when needed.

Intuitive Management Dashboard
An easy-to-understand management dashboard provides an overview of the entire wireless network’s status at a glance. The dashboard is the starting point from which managers can navigate to more detailed security, location, performance, or reporting information.

Detailed Charts, Reports, and Statistics
WIPS records detailed information for every event that occurs on the wireless network. A wide array of charts are available to summarize these events and perform trend analysis. Managers can also narrow in on the details of a specific event for troubleshooting and be alerted immediately via email, SNMP, or Syslog.