Symbol WS 5100 Wireless Switch

Overview

The Wireless Switch WS5100 from Symbol Technologies delivers security and scalability, manageability, availability, reliability and total cost of ownership (TCO) savings.

Features and Benefits

- Authentication: Access Control Lists (ACLs), 802.1X, Kerberos and Certificate Based Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - Complete authentication suite validates user identity and authorizes network access
- Automatic Channel Selection: Automatically selects the best channel based on noise and signal properties - Reduces installation costs by eliminating the need for manual configuration of Access Ports
- Encryption: WEP, WPA-TKIP, KeyGuardTM MCM, WPA2 and WTLS VPN - Complete encryption suite ensures privacy of data during transmission
- Flexible software architecture: Supports a heterogeneous device environment - Delivers secure application-specific wireless network access with quality of service
- Load Balancing and Pre-emptive Roaming: Ensures devices roam before connection quality erodes - Ensures loads are balanced between Access Ports to ensure quality application performance
- Per Device, Bandwidth Allocation-Weighted Fair Queing: Virtual AP, Power Save Protocol and more - Enables multiple mobile and wireless applications with quality of service when network is congested
- Radio support: 2.4 GHz/5 GHz frequencies, frequency hopping, direct sequence, OFDM encoding techniques and 802.11a/b/g - Supports the broadest and most flexible radio technology; ability to accommodate new coverage, radio types, channels and spectrum
- Secure architecture: Designed for maximum network security - A single point of entry that can be easily secured
- Security with mobility: 802.11i and Symbol's mobility features ensure security—and performance - Highest level of data and network protection without sacrificing fast roaming
- Upgradeable Access Ports: Add new functionality quickly and easily via the WS5100 - Cost-effective implementation of the latest features
- Upgradeable standards support: Ability to easily and cost-effectively support future 802.11 standards - Delivers outstanding investment protection—no forklift upgrade required to implement new standards and expanding infrastructure
- Virtual AP: VLAN support provides complete control of broadcast traffic - Ensures broadcast traffic reaches only intended devices