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What Is a Wireless Switch and the Value of the Overlay Architecture?

Overview Today there is a new and better way to implement a wireless local area network in the enterprise - the Wireless Switch with overlay architecture. This approach involves overlaying a centrally controlled and managed wireless LAN switch and "thin" access ports onto an Ethernet foundation. Compared to the traditional "thick" access point wireless network, Symbol's "thin" approach delivers greater scalability, manageability, accessibility, reliability, and a lower total cost of ownership.

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Publisher	Symbol Technologies	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2005	Downloads	76
Format	White Papers
Topics	Wireless LAN, Switching, Ethernet

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