Data Sheet

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Dynamic Radio Management (DRM)
EachEnterasysWirelessAccessPointsupportsDRM.AlthoughDRMis
centrallymanagedandconguredbythecontroller,DRMfunctionsasa
fully distributed system managing channels and transmit power allowing
theWLANinfrastructuretoadapttoRFinterference(802.11and
others), heavy channel utilization, and AP failures.
Full RF Survivability
WiththecombinationoftheVNSarchitectureandDRM,Enterasys
Wireless Access Points automatically adjust their settings to continue to
optimally service clients when adjacent APs fail or when the link back to
the controller fails.
Inaddition,EnterasysWirelessAPscanbeconguredtodynamically
redirect traffic to a secondary wireless controller if the primary wireless
controller fails. When the failover mode is enabled, APs automatically
register to both a primary and secondary wireless controller, ensuring
high availability of the WLAN service and robustness for real-time
applications.
Security
Enterasys Wireless APs provide strong encryption and authentication with
theuseof802.11istandardsandcaptiveportal.
Enterasys Wireless APs can be configured as part time or full time sensors
to detect rogue APs or to detect and contain security threats with the Wireless
ManagementSuite(WMS)WirelessIntrusionPreventionSystem(WIPS).
Inaddition,eachAPcanbeconguredwithacerticateenablingtheAP
to authenticate to the wired network. The network is then fully protected
against attempted re-use of the Ethernet port by unplugging the AP and
connecting directly to the Ethernet cable, as a point of entry into the
corporate network.
Quality of Service (QoS)
Enterasys Wireless APs support extensive functionality to ensure the
best service for all multimedia applications. Enterasys Wireless APs use
IPDiffServ/Precedence/TOSand802.11eWMMtodifferentiateand
prioritizewirelesstrafc.Onthewiredside,IPDiffServ/Precedence/TOS,
and802.1pareusedtodifferentiateandprioritizetrafc.
For802.11trafc,EnterasysWirelessAPssupportadditionalQoS
featuresincluding802.11eTSPEC(CallAdmissionControl)andU-APSD
(automaticpowersave)toensurehighqualityandpowerefcient
services for voice, video, and data applications.
Inaddition,theoriginalpacketIPprioritizationcanbemaintainedon
both the wireless and wired networks by enabling the Adaptive QoS
mechanism. This feature allows tunneled and wireless packets to retain
theirIPprioritizationvalueend-to-end.Furthermore,EnterasysWireless
APsallowITmanagerstodenecustommappingsofdifferenttypesof
prioritization schemes to ensure that user traffic is properly differentiated
when entering the wired network.
Enterasys RoamAbout Access Point Investment Protection
Previous investments in the Enterasys RoamAbout
®
4102AccessPoints
can be leveraged through software upgrades that enable Enterasys
Wireless operation.
EnterasysWirelessAccessPoints
Supported Features AP2605 AP2610/2620 AP2630/2640/4102 AP2650/2660 AP3610/3620
Management Standalone Thin
Plug’n Play Installation
• Automatic Controller Discovery
• Centrally deployed congurations and
upgrades
√ √ Needstobe
convertedto
thinmode
√ √ √
Web Management and Conguration
√ √ √ √ √ √
Secure Remote Management
√ √ √ √ √ √
Number of SSIDs Supported
16 16 8 16 16 16
Security Standalone Thin
Security via WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES),
802.11i, 802.1X
√ √ √
(AP2630/40
donotsupport
802.1X)
√ √ √
VPN Support: IPSec, PPTP, L2TP
√ √ √ √ √ √
Rogue AP Detection mode
√ √ √ √ √
Rogue AP Sensor mode
√ √
(except
AP4102)