D-Link Points The Way
“In the past, to keep a wireless network up and running, you had to have an on-site staff,” he said. “Now access points are self-configuring and have some problem-determination in them, and that will allow end users to easily manage their networks.”
t’s getting easier for small businesses to implement wireless LANs, thanks to new products such as an auto-configuring access point from wireless infrastructure provider D-Link Systems.
Management features of the new D-Link AirPremier DWL-2210AP make installing and configuring multiple access points simpler for solution providers and less expensive for small-business customers, said Rocky Rosas, technical marketing engineer at D-Link, Fountain Valley, Calif.
While businesses with employees in one small office may not need more than one access point to set up a wireless LAN, small businesses housed in facilities such as a warehouse or a workshop that covers a larger area may need multiple access points. However, those companies may not want the complicated, time-consuming job of configuring and managing each of them separately, Rosas said.
With the AirPremier DWL-2210AP, up to eight access points can be clustered together and managed from one administrative console, Rosas said. The DWL-2210AP also can auto-configure new access points as they are added to the cluster, he said. “Once you have your initial unit in the network, your second, third [and so on] will detect another clustered unit on the network and download its configuration,” he said. “Essentially, your configuration of new units is plug-and-play.”
The AirPremier DWL-2210AP is available now for $349.99 through D-Link’s reseller and distribution channels.
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Bob Baugh, president of Houston-based systems integrator Business Integrators, said his 17-person shop is currently building a WLAN that uses several AirPremier DWL-2210APs for a small wholesale warehouse facility that has no technical staff.