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What is WiFi Manager?
WiFi Manager is an enterprise-class WLAN management solution that
enables IT to secure, configure, and monitor critical wireless networks.
It combines the power of hardware sensors, which have in-built intelligence
to capture and analyze RF traffic, with the network management capabilities
such as configuration, fault and performance monitoring, to present
an integrated management solution. Using WiFi Manager IT teams can
have better control over wireless assets, their associations, their
behavior, and health.
What are the components of WiFi Manager?
WiFi Manager has two components – the software and the sensors.
Software: The WiFi Manager software is available
for Windows and Linux Operating Systems. It is a full-fledged network
management software that automatically discovers the wireless and
wired devices in the network, monitors them for failures, monitors
network as well as device health, enables configuration and firmware
upgrade of access points, and generates trending reports.
Sensor (optional): These hardware sensors capture
and analyze the wireless traffic and forward them to the WiFi Manager
software. You can buy these sensors, in addition to buying WiFi
Manager software, for 24x7 RF monitoring.
What standards does WiFi Manager support?
WiFi Manager provides support for all major WLAN standards including
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, WEP, WPA etc.
Does WiFi Manager work with my current network management
console?
Yes. WiFi Manager provides integration with higher applications
such as HP Open View, IBM Tivoli, CA Unicenter , and others by means
of SNMP Traps.
I have deployed access points from multiple vendors. Will
WiFi Manager be able to configure and monitor all of them?
Yes. WiFi Manager supports a wide range of access points including
access points from Cisco, Proxim, Symbol, 3Com, Avaya, HP, Dell,
and others.
How does WiFi Manager differ from other management software
available in the market today?
Very few WLAN management software in the market today offer support
for multi-vendor access points. Of the lot, WiFi Manager stands
out as the only solution, which has integrated RF sensors for Air-Tight
TM security. These vendors support a range of sensors available
in the market, which are not only high-priced by also lack that
tighter integration with the software.
Is WiFi Manager available for evaluation or direct purchasing?
Yes, please contact our sales team at 1-888-720-9500 or email sales@adventnet.com
How does WiFi Manager compare with vendor-supplied AP management
solutions?
Typically management software offered by access point vendors are
designed to work only with the respective vendor’s hardware.
This leaves IT teams with at least 2 or more such applications to
look at while troubleshooting in a heterogeneous network. WiFi Manager
relieves IT from this pain by offering a single UI to manage hardware
from all major access point vendors. This enhances productivity
as IT can now see/configure/secure all their wireless devices from
one GUI. Checkout the Supported
AP Matrix for a complete list of access points supported by
WiFi Manager.
How does WiFi Manager compare with other heterogeneous
WLAN management software in the market?
WiFi Manager is an integrated security and management solution.
Current heterogeneous WLAN management solutions offer good management
capabilities but do not offer integrated components for security.
WiFi Manager offers integrated hardware sensors as part of the solution
providing continuous, real-time analysis of 802.11 packets. Moreover,
WiFi Manager is built over AdventNet’s flagship network management
platform Web NMS, which has powered many applications in the field
of Wireless LANs including the best-in-class WLAN switch management
Airespace
Control System software (ACS) from Airespace, Inc. Checkout
the Feature Matrix
for a detailed list of WiFi Manager technical features.
How does WiFi Manager compare with Wireless IDS vendors?
WiFi Manager’s in-built RF module works in tandem with WiFi
Manager’s RF sensors offering the much needed rogue detection,
attack detection, and vulnerability detection capabilities. The
key difference between WiFi Manager and other IDS solutions is that
the IDS solutions lack the configuration capability. The do a wonderful
job of detecting, disabling, and documenting the threats but they
still force the IT teams to login to a management software to do
full fledged configuration or firmware upgrade. WiFi Manager brings
the best of both worlds by offering a single UI to detect threats
as well as configure access points. Refer the WiFi
Manager Security Alarms list to know the list of wireless threats
that WiFi Manager detects, refer the Whitepaper
for our approach to RF, and refer the WiFi Manager Configuration
Capabilities page to know the list of parameters that can be configuring
using WiFi Manager.
How does WiFi Manager compare with site survey tools?
WiFi Manager is a post-deployment WLAN management solution. Hence
it does not offer any planning or pre-deployment functionalities
such as site-survey, RF heat maps etc. Once you deploy the devices
you can use WiFi Manager to protect and manage the deployed network.
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