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ORiNOCO® 802.11n Access Points - Hardware Installation Guide 6

Introduction

1.1 About ORiNOCO® 802.11n Access Points

Proxim’s ORiNOCO® 802.11n Access Point family comprises the following products, that are designed to deliver flexible,

scalable and reliable Data, Voice, and Video for small and medium Enterprise WLAN deployments.

1.2 Salient Features

• Industry-leading throughput in 802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/n modes in 2.4GHz and 5GHz respectively.

• Highest throughput with single radio rates of 150 - 170 Mbps and dual radio rates of 250 - 320 Mbps.

• Advanced WPA/WPA2 support for enterprise-grade security.

• Wi-Fi certified to interoperate with any Wi-Fi certified client access product.

• Provides wall or ceiling mounting options for flexible device installation.

• Centralized Management with distributed WLANs.

• 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).

: Managing the device through Network Management System (ProximVision ES) is applicable only to AP-800 and

AP-8000.

This chapter contains information on the following:

• About ORiNOCO® 802.11n Access Points

• Salient Features

• Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output

Product(s) Description Image

ORiNOCO® AP-800 An indoor 802.11n Access Point with dual-band, 3x3 MIMO

(Multiple Input and Multiple Output) single radio which operates

either in 2.4 or 5 GHz. This connectorized unit comes with 3

omni-directional antennas.

ORiNOCO® AP-8000 An indoor 802.11n Access Point with dual-band, 3x3 MIMO

(Multiple Input and Multiple Output) dual-radio, where one

operates in 5GHz and other in 2.4GHz. This connectorized unit

comes with 6 omni-directional antennas, 3 per radio.

ORiNOCO® AP-8100 An indoor 802.11n Access Point with 2x2 MIMO (Multiple Input

and Multiple Output) dual-radio, where one operates in 5GHz

and other in 2.4GHz. This unit comes with 4 integrated

antennas, 2 per radio.