Cisco Systems DL-2159-05 manual Overview, A P T E R

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Overview

Cisco Aironet access points are wireless LAN transceivers that serve as the center point of a stand-alone wireless network or as the connection point between wireless and wired networks. In large installations, wireless users within radio range of an access point can roam throughout a facility while maintaining seamless, uninterrupted access to the network.

Your access point can contain two radios: a 2.4-GHz radio in an internal mini-PCI slot and a 5-GHz radio module in an external, modified cardbus slot. The access point supports one radio of each type, but it does not support two 2.4-GHz or two 5-GHz radios. You can configure the radios separately, using different settings on each radio.

The access point uses a browser-based management system, but you can also configure the access point using a terminal emulator, a Telnet session, Secure Shell (SSH), or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

This chapter provides information on the following topics:

•Key Features, page 1-2

•Management Options, page 1-3

•Roaming Client Devices, page 1-3

•Network Configuration Examples, page 1-8

Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide

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