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Intelligent edge

30 March, 2015 - 14:27

The first devices to be released to the market were standard APs that are still used heavily today. This kind of AP contains the entire logic system needed to implement, manage, and secure (according to the original IEEE 802.11 specification) a WLAN. The benefit of this type of WLAN is that implementation is very quick when you are implementing only one AP.

The drawback to this type of WLAN is that implementation is very slow when you are implementing dozens or hundreds of APs. There are many networks around the world that have more than 1000 APs. You can imagine the time involved if you have to set up each AP individually. At stage one, intelligent edge, this is your only choice. The APs implemented in this model are also known as autonomous APs.