About Orinoco® Ap- Product(S); About Orinoco® Ap-800; About Orinoco® Ap-8000; Salient Features Of Orinoco® Ap-800 And Ap-8000 - Proxim ORiNOCO AP-800 Installation And Management Manual

1.1 About ORiNOCO® AP- Product(s)
Proxim's ORiNOCO® AP - Products are designed to deliver flexible, scalable and reliable Data, Voice, and Video for small and
medium Enterprise WLAN deployments. ORiNOCO® AP family is a classification of two products, AP-800 and AP-8000.
Below is the detailed description of both the products.
1.1.1 About ORiNOCO® AP-800
Proxim's ORiNOCO® AP-800 is an indoor 802.11n Access Point with dual-band 3x3 3x3 MIMO (Multiple Input and Multiple
Output) and a single radio which operates either in 2.4 or 5 GHz. This connectorized device comes with 3 omni-directional
antennas.
1.1.2 About ORiNOCO® AP-8000
Proxim's ORiNOCO® AP-8000 is an indoor 802.11n Access Point with dual-band 3x3 MIMO (Multiple Input and Multiple
Output) and dual radio, where one operates in 2.4GHz and other in 5GHz. This connectorized unit comes with 6
omni-directional antennas, 3 per radio.
1.2 Salient Features of ORiNOCO® AP-800 and AP-8000
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Industry-leading throughput in 802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/n modes in 2.4GHz and 5GHz respectively.
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Highest throughput with single radio rates of 150 - 170 Mbps and dual radio rates of 250 - 320 Mbps.
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Advanced WPA/WPA2 support for enterprise-grade security.
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Wi-Fi certified to interoperate with any Wi-Fi certified client access product.
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Provides wall mounting or ceiling option for flexible device installation.
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Distributed WLANs with Centralized Management.
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Management through a Web Interface (HTTP), Command Line Interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) and Network Management System (ProximVision ES v2.3 and above)

1.3 Introduction to Wireless Networking

In a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), an Access Point (AP) extends the capability of an existing ethernet network to the
devices on a wireless network. An Access Point acts as a bridge between the wired and wireless devices. A wireless network
with atleast one Access Point (either connected to a wired network infrastructure or a wireless backhaul) and a set of wireless
devices forms a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each BSS is identified by a Service Set Identifier (SSID) which uniquely identifies a
WLAN.
Wireless devices can connect to a single Access Point, or they can move between multiple Access Points located within the
same vicinity. As wireless devices move from one coverage cell to another, they maintain network connectivity.
In a typical network environment, the AP functions as a wireless network access point to data and voice networks. An AP
network provides:
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Seamless client roaming for both data and voice (VoIP)
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Easy installation and operation
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Over-the-air encryption of data
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High speed network links
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