What

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Whats Up With WiFi?Bruce Van NiceTrapeze
Networks
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Agenda and Panel
Introduction Dan Simone Trapeze Networks
Wireless Intrusion Prevention 25 Minutes Amit Sinha AirDefense
Voice over WiFi 25 Minutes Geri Mitchell-Brown SpectraLink
Location Services25 Minutes Mark Lockhart Ekahau
QA 15 Minutes ALL
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Whats Up With WiFi?

• 4 Trends
• Security
• Services
• Scaling
• Management

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Security
Wireless LANs, the new 'secure' network By
Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer27 Oct 2005
SearchNetworking.com

• Early problems have been fixed
• Strong authentication and encryption
  802.11i/WPA-2
• Current emphasis on deterring unwanted devices
• Configuration
• Compliance

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Services

• The most interesting area right now
• In the past WLANs have had a heavy vertical
  orientation
• Moving horizontal vision of anytime anywhere
  connectivity
• ROI?
• Voice over wireless
• Dual mode phones?
• Location
• Video

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Scaling

• Enterprises are thinking about how to put WiFi
  everywhere
• Much different problem than tactical deployments
  of the past
• Drivers are services like voice
• Branch/remote office deployments
• RF planning
• Site survey
• Scaling control
• Scaling management

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Management

• The next big topic in Wi-Fi
• I have built it, they have come, now what???
• OPEX dwarfs CAPEX in WLAN systems
• APs are cheap!
• Complete lifecycle mgmt is mandatory
• Plan, configure, monitor, report
• 100s of devices to configure
• APs and switches
• 1,000s of devices to monitor
• Wireless clients, APs, switches
• Mobile clients introduce new monitoring problems
• Reporting drives the planning cycle, compliance
  efforts

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• Thank You