Aerohive : Secure WLAN Solutions

No WLAN Controller. No Problem.

The new Aerohive next generation wireless 802.11n solution brings speed, throughput, reliability and performance without increased costs and complexity.

Gartner named Aerohive as a “Cool Vendor”. According to Gartner “Aerohive's unique cooperative control wireless LAN architecture requires no network controllers or overlay networks”.

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Aerohive has the answer with its controller–less wireless LAN architecture and cooperative control access points.

By leveraging the existing infrastructure it eliminates the need for complex and costly network upgrades, enabling the simplest–to–deploy and most cost effective 802.11n solution on the market.

Don’t waste up to 70% of your wireless IT budget on buying a WLAN controller, when you could deliver enhanced wireless coverage by purchasing additional access points instead.

There are 5 important factors why you should consider Aerohive:

Linear scalability

Aerohives controller–less architecture eliminates performance bottlenecks, single points of failure, and unnecessary costs, allowing 802.11n Wi–Fi to become your primary access layer. Linearly scale from the smallest to the largest deployment, just by adding access points!

High performance

Fully–distributed, best–path data forwarding eliminates controller oversubscription, applies QoS and security policy at the AP, and minimises network congestion. Distributed access point model scales the network’s processing power linearly with the network size. Dynamic Airtime Scheduling optimises airtime utilisation, reduces contention and prevents slow clients from limiting the faster clients.

Reduced costs

Controller–less architecture removes the need for controller hardware, and Aerohive does not licence features. Cloud based management moves CapEx to OpEx, lowers initial start–up costs, allows you to start small and grow as needed, and reduces hardware, sparing, and energy costs. Native mesh features reduce cabling costs, and integrated RADIUS reduces the need for a separate RADIUS deployment.

Designed for ease of use

Easy–to–use web management interface with express mode for small basic networks, and enterprise mode for intuitive, policy based management that simplifies large deployments. Both modes reduce on–going operational costs and the need to employ additional IT resources. Private Pre Shared Key (PPSK) functionality offers administrators a security option as simple as PSK but as secure as 802.1X/EAP.

High reliability

No controller single point of failure or failover delays. Path resiliency features include redundant Ethernet, dynamic mesh forwarding, and upstream IP tracking. Branch survivability features include fully–distributed intelligence, local data forwarding, integrated RADIUS and RADIUS Caching.

We are frequently asked ......

‘Why no WLAN controllers? I thought WLAN controllers were required for a management, coordinated Wi–Fi network?’

The answer is ......

Controller–based WLAN’s were designed for an era when there was insufficient processing power in access points to distribute the intelligence, as happens in other networking infrastructures (routing and switching).

The Aerohive access points cost the same or less than controller-based access points and are able to handle all aspects of authentication, association, fast/ secure roaming, data forwarding, power and channel management, etc, completely eliminating the requirement for controllers