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Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless Access Points

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What is Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless Access Points?

Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Access Points work with OmniAccess WLAN switches/controllers to provide a high performance wireless mobility solution for enterprises. They can be securely deployed in a variety of locations such as on walls, cubicles, desktops, and in the ceiling, and the AP antenna diversity allows for the best possible signal processing using dual, omni-directional antennas.

Categories & Use Cases

Reliable and Secure WIFI Enterprise Solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using OmniAccess Points for Indoor as well as Outdoor purposes. Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Access Points give benefits like Flexibility, security and performance. By Benefits, I mean to say having flexibility from deployment point of view. From security, mean to say AP support RF Protect for integrated wireless IPS. At Last, from performance point of view we have application awareness, traffic classification, etc.

Pros

  • Flexibility in terms of deployment, management
  • Better security feature
  • Application awareness ,WIPS
  • DPSK
  • Better client associated count

Cons

  • No of Interfaces
  • must have a variety in terms of MIMO
  • better throughput

Most Important Features

  • Flexibility regarding management
  • Security
  • Performance
  • Smooth Roaming

Return on Investment

  • Better Roaming
  • Ease of Management
  • Better performance

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MR

Other Software Used

heatmap.me, Cisco Meraki MR, Cisco Aironet 2800 Series Access Points