Cisco Catalyst 9130AX Series Getting Started Manual page 4

Cisco Catalyst 9130AX Series Access Points
One multi-color LED Status indicator. see the
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the colors of the LED status indicator.
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Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio to enable IoT use cases such as location tracking and wayfinding.
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Cisco RF ASIC, a fully integrated Software Defined Radio (SDR), that can perform advanced RF spectrum analysis
and delivers features like CleanAir, Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS), and DFS detection.
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Intelligent Capture probes the network and provides Cisco DNA Center with deep analysis.
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Spatial Reuse (also known as Basic Service Set (BSS) coloring) which allows APs and their clients to differentiate
between BSSs, thus permitting more simultaneous transmissions.
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New power savings mode called Target Wake Time (TWT) which allows the client to stay asleep and wake up only
at pre-scheduled (target) times to exchange data with the AP. This provides significant energy savings for
battery-operated devices.
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Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) support enables Cisco DNA Spaces, Apple FastLane and Cisco Identity
Services Engine.
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Optimized AP Roaming for ensuring that client devices associate with the AP in their coverage range that offers the
fastest data rate available.
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Cisco CleanAir technology enhanced with 160MHz channel support. CleanAir delivers proactive, high-speed
spectrum intelligence across 20-, 40-, and 80-, and 160-MHz-wide channels to combat performance problems
arising from wireless interference.
The AP supports both Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller and lightweight deployments (using Cisco Wireless
Controllers). The AP also supports the following operating modes:
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Local—This is the default mode for the Cisco AP. In this mode, the AP serves clients.
In local mode, the AP creates two CAPWAP tunnels to the Cisco WLC, one for management and the other for data
traffic. This is known as central switching because the data traffic is switched (bridged) from the AP to the controller
where it is then routed.
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FlexConnect—In FlexConnect mode (previously known as HREAP), the data traffic is switched locally and is not sent
to the controller. In this mode, the Cisco AP behaves like an autonomous AP, but is managed by the Cisco WLC. Here,
the AP continues to function even if connection to the controller is lost.
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Monitor—In the monitor mode, specified Cisco APs can exclude themselves from handling data traffic between
clients and the infrastructure. These APs act as dedicated sensors for location based services (LBS), rogue AP
detection, and intrusion detection (IDS).
When APs are in monitor mode, they actively monitor the airwaves and typically do not serve clients.
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Sniffer—In the wireless sniffer mode, the AP starts sniffing the air on a given channel. It captures and forwards all the
packets from the clients on that channel to a remote machine that runs Airopeek or Wireshark (packet analyzers for
IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs). This includes information on the time stamp, signal strength, packet size, etc.
Note
In the sniffer mode, the server to which the data is sent should be on the same VLAN as the wireless
controller management VLAN otherwise an error will be displayed.
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