An important driver for PoE in both the access point and the configurable switch is voice-over-Internet Protocol, where local power options providing the equivalent of the lifeline power provided to circuit-switched phones.
When VoIP is provided in a PoE environment, said director of marketing Scott Lucas, the advantage of packetized voice in both corporate Ethernet and 802.11 environments is clear.
As for security, Unified Access 1.2 now includes full 802.1x features for WPA certification, Web-based authentication using Secure Sockets Layer, and authentication on a simple Layer 2 MAC address. The latter is particularly important for "dumb" embedded devices that are part of secure corporate networks, such as bar-code readers and Web cameras.
The RF Manager software is a site planning, deployment and optimization tool, offered in a standard version for $4,995, or an advanced version for larger corporate RF environments, priced at $13,995.
Extreme now has extended Wi-Fi switching support from its original base in the fixed-configuration Summit 300 Ethernet switch, to the configurable Alpine switch. The PoE module offered for Alpine for Wi-Fi connectivity provides 32 ports of 10/100/1000-TX powered Ethernet using RJ-45 connectors.
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