EOL the Ethernet edge switch
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EOL the Ethernet edge switch - access in a post-switching world
Today, the network edge design is made for desktops and fixed phones. Tomorrow, your design will have to accommodate the mobile workers and flexible work spaces where anyone will want to have access from anywhere in the building. Moreover, they will want this without having to use a cable...since their device will no longer have an Ethernet port!
The new Meru Networks AP400 is the enabler of this scenario.
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Mobile clients to the extreme
iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and tablets, MacBook Airs... all push your network infrastructure to an all wireless one without losing the performance, reliability and security of a wired infrastructure. You will thus have to accommodate a diverse spectrum of mobile devices in dense environments that want access to streaming HD video content, do voice-over-wireless calls and have high-speed data connections.
This will inevitable lead to a new network design, focused on these mobile devices.
Meru Networks AP400
The new Meru Networks AP400 is the enabler of this scenario. It offers 3 dual band 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios that can be configured in any combination you like. Each radio offers 3x3 MIMO with 3 data streams offering 450Mbps per radio or over 1.3Gbps per AP. Moreover, the AP offers a USB extension slot for a fourth radio pumping total capacity to over 1.8Gbps and over 500 simultaneous users per AP! Another use case for the USB port would be the addition of a 3G backhaul in order to implement the AP anywhere you'd like.
With software configurable operating modes designed to reduce and ultimately eliminate wired edge switches, these access points define the new campus Mobile Edge - an edge network architecture that is purpose built for mobility, drastically reduces unnecessary investment in Ethernet switching, and prepares enterprises for the mobile workforce and ubiquitous cloud applications. Therefore, the system also supports mesh (wireless distribution mode) with a configurable number of radios participating in this backbone offering a 900Mbps up to 1.8Gbps wireless backbone.