Trapeze: Never drop wireless connections

In the face of 802.11n that can easily achieve a transmission rate of over Mbit/s, what concerns do you have to worry about making it difficult to replace existing wired networks? In addition to security, management, and cost, users are most concerned about the reliability of wireless networks. With the introduction of the "NonStop Wireless" concept based on Smart Mobile, Trapeze is expected to significantly improve the general head-scratching problem in the Wireless industry.

All the gaps with wired networks have been solved.

The so-called "NonStop Wireless" is a fully automatic Dynamic Redundancy and planning capability developed by Trapeze over the years on WLAN. "Nonstop Wireless" greatly simplifies redundant configurations while performing uninterrupted operations, online service upgrades, and lossless fault recovery, and significantly reduces the construction and operation costs of deploying high-availability WLAN.

Specifically, "NonStop Wireless" is supported by RingMaster 7.0 Wireless management software, RM-200 management equipment, MP-432 802.11n access points, MX-2800 Wireless controllers and Mobility System Software 7.0 running on it, it provides three performance features: high cost savings in configuration, Zero loss or uninterrupted fault recovery, and dynamic AP load balancing, this ensures that enterprise users need wireless networks that are available at any time.

"When I came to Trapeze five years ago, the most frequently asked question was: Can WLAN completely replace wired? At that time, my answer was not to that degree ." Michael J. Coci, vice president of global system engineering at Trapeze, said, "but today we have a different answer. We can now implement a completely wireless network. It is natural and safe for enterprises to transition from a wired environment to a wireless environment ."

Controller-based Redundancy

Michael J. Coci, vice president of global system engineering at Trapeze)

There are many reasons for wireless disconnection in enterprises, said Gao meike. 90% of the connectivity problems are caused by the client driver. The second reason is RF, such as channel distribution, signal strength, and coverage.

So, how does Trapeze solve the reliability problem of the wireless network to achieve the goal of never dropping the line? Gao meike said that the typical solution is to automatically adjust the RF layer, and some vendors implement redundancy on routers. At the same time, each controller is managed and configured independently. As the network grows, the number of controllers is also increased. Trapeze implements lossless fault recovery through controller-based redundancy. When a controller fails or is upgraded, the smart AP access point is automatically reconfigured based on the deployment of other controllers, you can also add new controllers at any time. Since all controllers in the network adopt the common configuration and the "virtual stack" of controllers is implemented through the cluster, IT administrators do not need to manually configure each AP, you do not need to interrupt any data transmission or business processes. This is a reliable and easy-to-use redundancy method.

In addition, in the traditional routing-based redundancy solution, there is always a controller that is idle and not completely used as a backup. In the Trapeze redundancy scheme, each controller has some idle capacity, which can be used as the Backup Redundancy of the entire network, greatly saving the device investment cost.

Finally, you can also rely on the visualized management of the RingMaster wireless management software to automatically configure the channel, power supply, and adjust the signal strength as needed. At the same time, RingMaster's real-time monitoring of the entire network, including the client, also helps us detect some problems in advance and improve the reliability of the wireless network.

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