Motorola WiNG 5.7.1, Справочное руководство системы

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CHAPTER 1
OVERVIEW
The family of WING supported access points enable high performance with secure and resilient wireless voice and data
services to remote locations with the scalability required to meet the needs of large distributed enterprises.
AP6511, AP6521, AP6522, AP6532, AP6562, AP71XX, AP7502, AP7522, AP7532, AP7562, AP81XX and AP82XX access points
and ES6510 model ethernet switch can now use WiNG software as its onboard operating system. The unique WiNG software
enables the access point to function as a Standalone “thick” access point, or a Virtual Controller AP capable of adopting and
managing up to 24 access points of the same model.
When deploying an access point as a pure Virtual Controller AP, with no RFS Series controllers available anywhere on the
network, the access point itself is a controller supporting other access points of the same model. The Virtual Controller AP can:
• Provide firmware upgrades for connected access point
• Aggregate statistics for the group of access points the Virtual Controller is managing
• Be the single point of configuration for that deployment location
The WiNG architecture is a solution designed for 802.11n and 802.11ac networking. It leverages the best aspects of
independent and dependent architectures to create a smart network that meets the connectivity, quality and security needs of
each user and their applications, based on the availability of network resources including wired networks. By distributing
intelligence and control amongst access points, a WiNG network can route directly via the best path, as determined by factors
including the user, location, the application and available wireless and wired resources. WiNG extends the differentiation
offered to the next level, by making available services and security at every point in the network. managed traffic flow is
NOTE: ES6510 is an Ethernet Switch managed by a wireless controller such as RFS4000/RFS6000/
RFS7000/NX4500/NX4524/NX6500/NX6524/NX7500/NX7510/NX7520/NX7530/NX9000/NX9500/
NX9510. ES6510 does not have radios and does not provide WLAN support.
NOTE: The recommended way to administer a network populated by numerous access points is to
configure them directly from the Virtual Controller AP. If a single access point configuration requires an
update from the Virtual Controller AP’s assigned profile configuration, the administrator should apply a
Device Override to change just that access point’s configuration. For more information on applying an
override to an access point’s Virtual Controller AP assigned configuration and profile, see
Device
Overrides on page 5-216 .