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HiveAP 20 Series

The HiveAP Cooperative Control Access Point (CC-AP) combines an enterprise-class access point with a suite of cooperative control protocols and functions to provide all of the benefits of a controller-based wireless LAN solution, without requiring a controller or an overlay network. HiveAPs are organized into groups, or "hives", enabling functions like fast layer 2/layer 3 roaming, RF management, security, quality-of-service (QoS) and mesh networking.

The Aerohive Networks HiveAP 20 Series includes a complete set of 802.11a/b/g access points, designed to perform in a variety of environments. HiveAP 20 Series access points also take advantage of the latest in HiveOS innovations, to provide locationing support as well as bridging capabilities enabling the WLAN to backhaul wired Ethernet traffic across the mesh.

HiveAP 20 Series & HiveOS Features & Benefits

Feature Benefits HiveAPs Indoor/Industrial model for carpeted or concrete space and an Outdoor model for outdoor/harsh environments Dual 802.11a and 802.11b/g Rugged chassis for office or industrial Diversity fixed antennas or external jacks All models run HiveOS cooperative control software Cooperative Control Topology aware predictive, fast L2/L3 roaming and guest tunneling Clients can securely and seamlessly roam across the WLAN Stateful failover No session interruption in case of failure Automatic RF control - channel, power & station load balancing No need for RF expertise to do an installation Eliminates co-channel interference Ensures connectivity in case of failure Prevents any single AP from being overloaded HiveAP auto discovery & self organization No staging for HiveAPs No configuration of required for cooperative control functions Policy Enforcement at the Edge Security - WPA2 & 802.1x WiFi Alliance Certified Support for state-of-the-art security methods Built-in wireless IDS - rogue AP detection and wireless denial-of-service (DoS) protection Complete security at no extra charge Built-in on-board stateful-inspection firewall policy enforcement with session state sync with neighbors Ensure security at no extra charge Session synch for seamless failover, enforces policy at the edge based on user identity Identity-based user policy QoS, firewall, backhaul Guest portal Easily optimize services by user at the edge of the network Dynamic Best Path Forwarding Forwards traffic via the optimal wired or wireless mesh connection Finds the shortest path of a packet to its destination even if the shortest path is over the air Utilizes sophisticated/scalable L2 routing with inherent loop prevention Routes around failure without requiring spanning tree Non-blocking performance today and with 802.11n No need to scale controller capacity as you increase the number of APs Quality of Service for Voice, Video and Data at the Radio Per VLAN, per user profile, per service, per MAC address QoS assignment & rate limiting Full queuing support with 8 queues - strict and weighted round robin queuing mechanisms Marking and policing - WMM (802.11e) for wireless, 802.1p and/or diffserv Granular QoS down to the user and service. Optimized for Voice over WLAN and other demanding applications Ready for the challenges of 802.11n Full queuing support with 8 queues - strict and weighted round robin queuing mechanisms Same as above Marking and policing - WMM (802.11e) for wireless, 802.1p and/or diffserv Provides QoS at the edge but with an end to end approach to ensure proper handling of data across the LAN and/or WAN Management Central management & device configuration via HiveManager Lowers TCO, simplifies deployment and ongoing management Mesh Built-in mesh capabilities Mesh functionality at no extra charge Self-healing enabled by dynamic path selection Routes around any failures, even failures at the access switch High Availability Full client session synchronization across HiveAPs Ensures seamless and stateful failover in the case of an APfailure backhaul failover of any HiveAP even in the event of a wire failure Ensures seamless failover in the case of a wired failure Locationing Complete support for marketing-leading locationing vendors Enables a complete location solution without the capital outlay of an overlay network. Bridging This feature allows for wired Ethernet traffic to be backhauled across the mesh. Enables extension of wired networks to other buildings, to wired devices like surveillance cameras, and to wired clients in tough-to-reach spots utilizing Aerohives rich and resilient mesh as a backhaul.

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