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AP Architecture Impact on the WLAN, Part 1: Security and Manageability
Overview The architecture of the AP itself is a major determining factor in the security, manageability, scalability and resiliency of the enterprise WLAN. The current industry debate over fat vs. thin AP's oversimplifies the AP architecture issues. Rather, it's more important to analyze the array of wireless LAN functions and determine where each task should be performed - at the AP or in the network infrastructure. Trapeze Networks is introducing a new category of AP - the integrated Mobility Point, which takes this intelligent, systems approach. By separating the responsibilities of the AP and intelligent control point, Trapeze's architecture enables a WLAN environment that diminishes security risks. It simplifies configuration and management requirements. It is highly scalable, improves performance and seamlessly integrates with the wired LAN. This two-part paper will focus on the impact of fat, thin and integrated AP's on the enterprise WLAN. Part 1 outlines the three AP's architectures and their effects on WLAN security and manageability. Part 2 addresses the impact of AP architectures on WLAN scalability, performance, resiliency and integration with the existing wired LAN.
| Publisher | Trapeze Networks | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | April 2003 | Downloads | 9 |
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