Cisco Systems didn't exactly wow the industry with an innovative new WLAN architecture, but its Aironet 1200 raises the bar for mainstream enterprise-oriented smart wireless access points. With a beefy CPU and lots of memory, there's plenty of headroom to support today's broad feature set as well as future enhancements, including Cisco IOS. The Aironet 1200 sports a modular design, with an internal mini-PCI interface for an 802.11b radio and an expansion slot to accommodate an impressive 802.11a module that comes with an integrated directional patch antenna. The mini-PCI interface provides flexibility for field upgrades to 802.11g. It's clear that Cisco also put a lot of thought into deployment, including all the mundane details related to Power over Ethernet, plenum-rated housing, flexible device mounting and a range of antenna options.
Finalists:
Orinoco AP-2000, Proxim Corp., (800) 229-1630, (408) 731-2700. www.proxim.com
Symbol Wireless Switch, Symbol Technologies, (800) 927-9626, (631) 738-2400. www.symbol.com
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