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What’s Up With WiFi? Bruce Van Nice Trapeze Networks

What’s Up With WiFi? Bruce Van Nice Trapeze Networks. Agenda and Panel. What’s Up With WiFi?. 4 Trends Security Services Scaling Management. Security. Wireless LANs, the new 'secure' network By Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer 27 Oct 2005 | SearchNetworking.com.

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What’s Up With WiFi? Bruce Van Nice Trapeze Networks

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  1. What’s Up With WiFi?Bruce Van NiceTrapeze Networks

  2. Agenda and Panel

  3. What’s Up With WiFi? • 4 Trends • Security • Services • Scaling • Management

  4. Security Wireless LANs, the new 'secure' network By Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer27 Oct 2005 | SearchNetworking.com • Early problems have been fixed • Strong authentication and encryption 802.11i/WPA-2 • Current emphasis on deterring unwanted devices • Configuration • Compliance

  5. Services • The most interesting area right now • In the past WLANs have had a heavy vertical orientation • Moving horizontal – vision of anytime anywhere connectivity • ROI? • Voice over wireless • Dual mode phones? • Location • Video…

  6. Scaling • Enterprises are thinking about how to put WiFi everywhere • Much different problem than tactical deployments of the past • Drivers are services like voice • Branch/remote office deployments • RF planning • Site survey • Scaling control • Scaling management

  7. Management • The next big topic in Wi-Fi • I have built it, they have come, now what??? • OPEX dwarfs CAPEX in WLAN systems • APs are cheap! • Complete lifecycle mgmt is mandatory • Plan, configure, monitor, report • 100s of devices to configure • APs and switches • 1,000s of devices to monitor • Wireless clients, APs, switches • Mobile clients introduce new monitoring problems • Reporting drives the planning cycle, compliance efforts

  8. Thank You

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