Cisco Systems Introductiontothe1600Series

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CiscoAironetAccessPointDeploymentGuide 
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Figure10:BackViewoftheAP2600
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Becauseofthesesimilarities,thereisnoneedtorepeatasitesurveyfortheAP2600ifasurveyexists
fortheAP3600.
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Introductiontothe1600Series
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TheCiscoAironet1600SeriesAccessPoint(AP1600),showninFigure11,isasecondgeneration,entry‐
levelAP.
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Figure11:AP1600
KeyFeatures
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Significantfeaturesinclude:
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 ClientLink2.0
‐ AddsakeyfunctionwhenupgradingfromtheAP1040/1140andtheAP1260
‐ Supports802.11nclientsupto1‐SS
‐ Supports802.11a/b/gclients
‐ Supports(beam‐form)upto32clientsperradiointerface
 3x3:2architecture
‐ Betterperformancethanthe2x2:2AP1040
‐ BetterthroughputperformancethantheAP1140andtheAP1260
 Externalantennamodelforentry‐levelandmid‐levelmarket
 Upto128clientsperradioforatotalof256clients
 DifferentLEDcolorchangecomparedtoearlieraccesspoints
 CleanAirExpress–BasicSpectrumAnalysisavailablesoonviasoftwareupgrade
CiscoCleanAirExpress
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CiscoCleanAirExpresstechnologyisenabledontheadvancedsilicondesignoftheAP1600.With
CleanAirExpress,theAP1600hastheabilitytoeffectivelydetectRFinterference,identifythesource,
locateitonamap,andmakeautomaticadjustmentstooptimizewirelesscoverage.WithCleanAir
Expresstechnology,organizationshaveabasicspectrumanalysiscapabilitytosupporttheirwireless
networkswhilesimplifyingongoingoperations.(SeeFigure12.)