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Wireless
With products supporting IEEE 802.11a/b/g technologies, Cisco offers a complete line of in-building and building-to-building wireless LAN and management solutions. The line includes controllers, access points, wireless LAN client adapters, bridges, antennas, and accessories, and the tools necessary to manage a wireless network as an end-to-end system. The Cisco Unified Wireless Network delivers the same level of security, scalability, reliability, ease of deployment, and management for wireless LANs that organizations expect from their wired LANs. It includes innovative RF capabilities that enable real-time access to core business applications and provides proven enterprise-class secure connectivity.
The Cisco Wireless Location Appliance uses advanced RF fingerprinting technology to simultaneously track thousands of 802.11 wireless devices from directly within a WLAN infrastructure, increasing asset visibility and control of the air space. Additionally, the appliance records rich historical location information that can be used for location trending, rapid problem resolution and RF capacity management. By design, the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance is directly integrated into the WLAN infrastructure to lower customers´ total cost of ownership and extend the value and security of the existing WLAN infrastructure by making it "location aware". The Cisco Wireless Location Appliance uses Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Cisco lightweight access points to track the physical location of wireless devices to within a few metres. The centralized WLAN management capabilities and intuitive GUI of the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) are extended for managing and configuring the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance, making setup fast and intuitive.
The Cisco Unified Wireless Network ensures that the guest network does not compromise network security and does not create a drain on IT resources. Multiple wireless LANs on each access point, each with their own Service Set Identifier (SSID), security, and quality of service (QoS) setting, enable the network to use a single WLAN infrastructure to meet internal, private wireless needs as well as to provide an open guest network. In addition to being segmented on a dedicated VLAN, the guest traffic can be tunneled to a dedicated guest controller in the DMZ. To help you manage guest user access, the Cisco Unified Wireless Network provides a captive portal that automatically redirects the guest to an authorization login page. At the login Web page, users enter their name and assigned password. The Lobby Ambassador feature provides a simple, intuitive method of generating and assigning random passwords; alternatively, a preset password can be used. The lobby receptionist can also easily define the duration of access, as well as the area of the network that the guest can access. Case Studies - Cisco Case Study Wireless Guest Hotspots1.pdf Cisco Case Study Wireless_Hotspots2.pdf
The Cisco® Secure Services Client is a software application that enables businesses of all sizes to deploy a single authentication framework across multiple device types to access both wired and wireless networks. Through a simplified and scalable deployment mechanism, IT administrators can deploy and manage the Cisco Secure Services Client across the enterprise on a variety of networked devices such as laptops and desktops. The software client manages the user and device identity and the network access protocols required for secure access. Additionally, the client delivers intelligent services to optimize the user experience when connecting to a unified Cisco wired and wireless network. The Cisco Secure Services Client uses the IEEE 802.1X authentication standard to provide a robust first line of defense against unauthorized network intrusions. Using the 802.1X standard, access control decisions are made before the endpoint device is granted an IP address and access to the network. This gives the Cisco Secure Services Client the flexibility to deploy strong security for managing identity-based access for users and devices, and to deliver on-demand configuration of the access port, which simplifies port management. As a result, the operational cost of protecting the network is reduced. |
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