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AP-7161 Access Point Installation Guide

Introduction

The AP-7161 is a wireless broadband data system that uses mesh networking technology to support broadband data coverage.
The system offers both 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5.x GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi client access with 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n and 5.x GHz
802.11a/n meshing. The dual-band system supports industry standard client devices and features easily deployed fixed
infrastructure nodes.
The AP-7161 is also designed to extend the network with outdoor deployments. Deployments can be managed using the
Motorola Solutions WiNG 5 architecture. The WiNG 5 architecture is a solution designed for 802.11n networking. It leverages
the best aspects of independent and dependent architectures to create a smart network that meets the connectivity, quality and
security needs of each user and their applications, based on the availability of network resources, including wired networks.
WiNG 5 is a Third Generation WLAN solution – taking the best of both the first generation Autonomous access point WLAN and
the second generation Centralized Controller Based WLAN.
The control plane is now distributed between the access points and the controllers. The network administrator has the flexibility
of directing the data plane either being forwarded directly from the access points, or via the controllers. By distributing
intelligence and control between the wireless controllers and APs, the WiNG 5 network can route directly via the best path, as
determined by factors including the user, the location, the application and the available wireless and wired resources.
Once adopted by a Motorola Solutions RFS4000, RFS6000 or RFS7000 series controller, the AP-7161 is managed as an
Adaptive AP running the WiNG 5 network management protocol. Motorola Solutions WiNG 5 Networks extend the differentiation
that Adaptive APs offered to the next level by having the services and security now available at every point in the network. The
traffic flow is optimized to prevent wired congestion as well as wireless congestion. Traffic flows dynamically, based on user and
application, and finds alternate routes to work around any possible network choke points. Mixed-media application optimization
is the hallmark of WiNG 5 networks.
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