Cisco Systems AIRCAP3602EAK9, AIRCAP3602ITK9 About this Guide, Introduction to the Access Point

1About this Guide

This Guide provides instructions on how to install and configure your Cisco Aironet 3600 Series Access Point and how to install any port modules. This guide also provides mounting instructions and limited troubleshooting procedures.

The 3600 Series Access Point is referred to as the access point in this document.

2Introduction to the Access Point

The 3600 series supports high-performing Spectrum Intelligence which sustains three spatial stream rates over a deployable distance with high reliability when serving clients. The 3600 series provides high reliability and overall wireless performance.

The 3600 series offers dual-band radios (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) with integrated and external antenna options. The access points support full inter-operability with leading 802.11n clients, and support a mixed deployment with other access points and controllers.

The 3600 series access point is a controller-based (Unified) product and supports:

•Simultaneous dual-band (2.4 GHz/5 GHz) radios

•Integrated antennas on the 3602I access point model (AIR-CAP3602I-x-K9)

•External antennas for rugged 3602E access point model (AIR-CAP3602E-x-K9)

Note The ‘x’ in the model numbers represents the regulatory domain. Refer to “Regulatory Domains” section on page 6 for a list of supported regulatory domains.

The features of the 3600 series are:

•Processing sub-systems (including CPUs and memory) and radio hardware which supports:

–Network management

–CleanAir—Automatic detection, classification, location and mitigation of RF interference

–ClientLink+—BeamForming to 802.11n clients as well as legacy 802.11a/g OFDM clients

–VideoStream

–Location

–WIDS/WIPS

–Security

–Radio Resource Management (RRM)

–Rogue detection

–Management Frame Protection (MFP)

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