Cisco Systems AIRSAP2602EAK9, 2600I, 2602I About this Guide, Introduction to the Access Point

1About this Guide

This Guide provides instructions on how to install and configure your Cisco Aironet 2600 Series Access Point. The 2600 Series Access Point is referred to as the 2600 series or the access point in this document.

2Introduction to the Access Point

The 2600 series supports high-performing Spectrum Intelligence which sustains three spatial stream rates over a deployable distance with high reliability when serving clients. The 2600 series provides high reliability and overall wireless performance.

The 2600 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 2600 series access point is available in both controller-based (Unified) and standalone (Autonomous) configurations and supports:

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

•Integrated antennas on 2602I access point models (AIR-CAP2602I-x-K9)

•External antennas for rugged 2602E access point models (AIR-CAP2602E-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 2600 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 (not available on autonomous or standalone models)

–ClientLink 2.0—BeamForming to 802.11n clients as well as legacy 802.11a/g OFDM clients

–VideoStream (available only in WGB mode for autonomous or standalone models)

–Location (not available on autonomous or standalone models)

–WIDS/WIPS (not available on autonomous or standalone models)

–Security

–Radio Resource Management (RRM) (not available on autonomous or standalone models)

–Rogue detection (not available on autonomous or standalone models)

2