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Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points

At-A-Glance

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Figure 1 features Single Point Setup, device connectivity, and connection to wired 
network and devices. 

Figure 1. Single Point Setup and Connection to Wired Network and Devices

Table 1. Cisco WAP121, WAP321, WAP551, and WAP561 Feature Comparisons

Feature

WAP121

WAP321

WAP551/561

Wi-Fi Standards (a/b/g/n)

b/g/n

a/b/g/n

a/b/g/n

RF Band (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 

or Dual)

2.4 GHz

2.4 or 5 GHz

WAP551: 

Selectable radio band 

(2.4 or 5 GHz)

WAP561: 

Dual concurrent radios 

(2.4 and 5 GHz)

MIMO Support

2x2:2

2x3:2

3x3:3

Maximum Active WLAN Clients

16

32

64 per radio

Number of SSID Supported

4

8

16

Ethernet Port Speed

10/100

10/100/1000

10/100/1000

Captive Portal

No

Yes

Yes

Maximum Number of Access 

Points Supported in a Single 

Point Setup Group (Cluster)

4

8

16

Managed

PoE Switch

Router/Gateway

Customer

Data

Printer

Workstations

IP Phones

Single Point Setup allows 

additional WAPs to join a 

cluster as coverage, capacity, 

and performance needs 

evolve for the Wireless LAN

Data

SSID

Voice

SSID

Guest

SSID

Cluster of WAPs

Guest

WiFi

IP Phone

Summary of Contents for Small Business WAP551

Page 1: ...duct Highlights The primary features and benefits of the WAP121 WAP321 WAP551 and WAP561 include Access points feature multiple input multiple output MIMO technology to deliver superior performance with the fastest speeds possible to expand range and coverage With MIMO technology Cisco wireless access points multiply the effective data rate and use the inherent signal reflections to provide a reli...

Page 2: ...Hz 5 GHz or Dual 2 4 GHz 2 4 or 5 GHz WAP551 Selectable radio band 2 4 or 5 GHz WAP561 Dual concurrent radios 2 4 and 5 GHz MIMO Support 2x2 2 2x3 2 3x3 3 Maximum Active WLAN Clients 16 32 64 per radio Number of SSID Supported 4 8 16 Ethernet Port Speed 10 100 10 100 1000 10 100 1000 Captive Portal No Yes Yes Maximum Number of Access Points Supported in a Single Point Setup Group Cluster 4 8 16 Ma...

Page 3: ...Networks solutions Support Cisco Small Business Support Center SBSC Cisco TAC Features SMB Architecture ease of use Advanced Architectures TrustSec Medianet EnergyWise Smart Operations Software Linux based Software Cisco IOS Software Orderability Refresh Cycles 3 5 years orderability 2 tier Only 1 2 years product refresh 5 7 years orderability 2 tier direct 3 5 years product refresh Services Small...

Page 4: ...based setup guides the setup process Wizard based setup guides the setup process Access point array s master slave concept that is not simplified Access point array s master slave concept that is not simplified N A N A N A Scale 4 WAP121s per cluster Deploy multiple clusters as scaling needs evolve 8 WAP321s per cluster Deploy multiple clusters as scaling needs evolve 16 WAP551 561s per cluster De...

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