Cisco Systems Aironet 5GHz 54Mbps Wireless LAN Client Adapter
» Complements the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series 802.11a Access Point
» Solution that combines performance and mobility with the security and manageability
» Provides for maximum capacity and scalability across the enterprise
» Industry-leading 802.11a enterprise performance
The Cisco Aironet® 5GHz 54Mbps Wireless LAN client adapter is an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a-compliant CardBus adapter that operates in the UNII-1 and UNII-2 bands. The client adapter complements the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series 802.11a Access Point, providing a solution that combines performance and mobility with the security and manageability that enterprises require.
Wireless LAN client adapters can increase productivity by enabling mobile users to have network and Internet access anywhere within a building that is equipped with a wireless network infrastructure. Wireless client adapters connect a variety of devices to a wireless network either in ad hoc peer-to-peer mode or in infrastructure mode with access points. With this client adapter, you can quickly add new employees to a network, support temporary workgroups, or enable Internet access in conference rooms or other meeting spaces (Figure 1). And the Cisco Aironet client solution is easy to use, making the benefits of wireless mobility completely transparent.
With Cisco, you can confidently deploy a wireless solution that provides robust enterprise-class security. All Cisco Aironet products feature the award-winning Cisco Wireless Security Suite, which is based on the IEEE 802.1X standard and its Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). The Cisco Wireless Security Suite includes:
Mutual authentication to ensure that only legitimate clients associate with legitimate and authorized wireless access points
Dynamic per-user, per-session encryption keys that can be set to automatically change on a regular basis to protect the privacy of the transmitted data
Several enhancements to strengthen WEP keys, both the static WEP keys and the dynamic keys that are derived as a result of a successful 802.1X authentication. These WEP enhancements include pre-standard Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), support for Message Integrity Check (MIC), per-packet key hashing, and broadcast key rotation
Cisco's innovative radio and antenna design delivers industry-leading 802.11a enterprise performance. It provides for maximum capacity and scalability across the enterprise through eight non-overlapping channels in the UNII-1 and UNII-2 bands. The integrated 5dBi gain patch antenna optimizes range. The -68 dBm receive sensitivity at 54Mbps provides high-data-rate range performance. Advanced signal processing in the Cisco Aironet 5GHz Wireless LAN Client Adapter helps manage the multipath propagation often found in office environments and intelligent filtering addresses ambient noise and interference that can decrease network performance. Various transmit power settings on the Cisco Aironet client adapter enable you to select range capabilities.
