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WLAN Design, Management, and Diagnosis: AVendor ComparisonVersion: 1.0, Jun 23, 2010AUTHOR(S):Paul DeBeasi([email protected])TECHNOLOGY THREAD:

Cisco Name, MAC,IPYes Yes YesEnterasys Name, MAC,IPNo No NoHPProCurveName, MAC,IPYes No NoMeraki Name, MAC,IPYes No NoMeru Name, MAC,IPYes Yes NoMotor

AnalysisAs enterprises increasingly rely on wireless LANs (WLANs) for mission-critical communication, the challengesof network design, network managem

The third approach, used by Meru Networks, is to rely on a design rule of thumb. Rather than performing apredictive design or a site survey, Meru reco

Some vendors provide a cloud-based network-management solution where the network-management server isdeployed in a non-enterprise data center. The ben

Aerohive provides a controller-less architecture that distributes the data-forwarding and control-plane functions tothe HiveAPs. The HiveAPs operate t

The Aruba demonstration team used the Visual RF component of the AirWave Management Platform (AMP) todesign the network. Aruba announced the acquisiti

AMP can easily identify users by name, MAC address, or IP address. AMP can show per-client historicalstatistics and roll back to show this information

The Bluesocket vWLAN controller software and management software run on Intel and IBM servers. This allowsan enterprise to run the controller software

Figure 5: Cisco WCSWCS provides a client troubleshooting tool that walks the user through a wizard-like interface that can assist inproblem diagnosis.

Figure 6: Enterasys WMSWMS allows administrators to search for a user name as well as MAC and IP addresses. The system providesreal-time statistics an

Table Of ContentsSummary of Findings...

Figure 7: HP ProCurve Controller InterfaceThe HP ProCurve Manager Plus with the HP PMM is able to identify users via their name, MAC address, or IPadd

Figure 8: Meraki Enterprise ManagementFor instance, the system cannot correlate per-client and per-AP statistics with location and time. The Merakisol

SAM is powerful diagnostic capability because it allows network administrators to correlate client location, clientstate, and network behavior and to

Figure 10: Motorola Mesh ViewMotorola administrators can use a MAC and/or IP address or a user name to discover a client in the RFMS.Motorola is also

Motorola provides spectrum analysis on its AP as a licensed software feature. The system is designed to detectand classify common, non-802.11 sources

Figure 11: Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirectorZoneDirector can provide a snapshot of currently active clients and APs along with a list of events for each. B

Figure 12: Trapeze RingMaster SystemThe Trapeze system allows administrators to set maximum bandwidth limits per user and per SSID and to allocatea pe

The management interface provides device and site navigation (see Figure 13). Xirrus Management System(XMS) can also place Arrays on imported floor-pl

RecommendationsEnterprises should adhere to these recommendations:• Enterprises should perform site surveys selectively (e.g., to understand signal p

Author BioPaul DeBeasiResearch DirectorEmphasis: wireless and mobilityBackground: Paul DeBeasi is the research director for Burton Group's Networ

Summary of FindingsBottom Line: Aruba Networks, Cisco Systems, Meru Networks, and Motorola provide the strongest solutions toaddress the network-desig

• Recommendations:○ Enterprises should perform site surveys selectively (e.g., to understand signal propagation in noisylocations) rather

ComparisonThis assessment compares enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors by evaluating how well they satisfy therequirements for three common use cas

Figure 1: Floor Plan for Design Use CaseEach vendor was evaluated according to these criteria:• Does the design tool automatically place APs on

• Does the network-management solution help the administrator reconcile the differences between the predictivedesign and the as-built network? Fo

This use case evaluates the vendor's WLAN management capability. Each vendor was asked to satisfy theserequirements:• Create a single mobility do

Notes:1 Customer must purchase HP OpenView for site-based navigation2 Band steering is part of the load-balancing algorithmTable 2: Network Management