Products - Access/One Network Indoor Wireless System (IWS)
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Access/One Network is not just another wireless access point. With our Access/One Network product, Strix Systems sets the standard for what a wireless LAN network should be – completely wireless, easy to deploy, and easy to manage.
Access/One Network achieves fully wireless connectivity by incorporating mesh topology. The Access/One Network mesh framework allows for wireless backhaul. Wireless backhaul frees the network from the ties of Ethernet cable. By removing the wires, the Access/One Network is infinitely easier and less expensive to deploy and scale than so-called wireless networks, such as point products and wireless LAN “switch” systems. Both of those solutions require that Ethernet cable be run to the access points. And unlike point products and WLAN “switch” systems, the Access/One Network has no single point of failure that can disrupt the network.
Access/One Network delivers innovative, intelligent management functionality. Access/One Network has distributed intelligence across the system by implementing management software at the node level. Each node is an independent thinking machine, yet all nodes work in concert, constantly inter-communicating to optimize network operation. Access/One Network Nodes self configure, self discover, self tune and self heal. 
While Access/One Network self-manages, the same management functionality is available via the Manager/One® software interface, giving the IT manager complete manual control over Access/One Network’s operation.
Not only does Access/One Network deliver an easily managed, truly wireless LAN system, it does so in a small, light-weight, modular design that’s easy to deploy. Every Access/One Network Node supports multiple RF technologies, giving you the ability to build the network that’s right for you. Access/One Network can accommodate any combination of 802.11a/b/g technologies.
Modularity offers the ultimate in flexibility. Changing RF technology configurations is as easy as replacing modules. Strix Systems’ future proofs your investment, too. As future RF technologies become available, Access/One Network is ready to adopt. 
An Access/One Network IWS node is made up of a number of modules that are stacked together in a particular configuration to form a Network Node. The exact configuration of the node is dependent on a number of different factors including:
- Nodes are powered via AC or PoE
- Node will be deployed using Ethernet and Strix wireless mesh
- Supported technologies include: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or a mix of the three
- And what antenna or antennas are used – integrated, external, or both including omni, patch, directional, sectorized etc.
Users have the ability to design custom nodes to meet their individual configuration requirements. It is easy to see why Strix Systems has the most flexible wireless networking system available today.
Click on the links to learn more about the Network Server, Client Connect, and Network Connect modules and their functionality. 
IT managers demand comprehensive network security. Access/One Network delivers with a full suite of standards based security options for authentication and encryption. Learn more about Strix Systems’ security by reading our security recommendations paper.
Strix Systems further lowers the costs and hurdles to implementation by creating an open standards-based wireless LAN solution. Access/One Network works as a stand-alone network, but easily integrates into any existing LAN environment. There’s no need to integrate new applications or invest in costly hardware add-ons.
Access/One Network is a truly wire-free wireless LAN networking system that provides all of the management and security features the IT manager demands:
- Advanced Security (standards-based and enhanced, system-wide)
- Dynamic Operation (self-discovery, self-tuning and self-healing)
- Network Management (monitor, configure, diagnose and meter)
- Traffic Prioritization and Control (switching and routing)
- Enhanced User Mobility and Tracking
- Unique ability to form a mesh between Network Nodes by connecting via 802.11a and eliminating expensive Ethernet cables
- Supports 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a within a single Network Node
- Secure roaming between Network Nodes without requiring re-login
- Wireless Architect Software, a planning and design tool that simplifies deployment
No Wires
Whereas conventional access points must be connected by Ethernet cable, Access/One Network achieves a fully wireless infrastructure by employing mesh architecture. Control of Access/One Network is distributed throughout the wireless system, allowing nodes to communicate directly with other nodes. Within the Access/One Network environment, nodes send and receive network traffic, perform traffic routing, and provide localized connectivity and management functions - all without a single wire.
The Access/One Network is self configuring, self discovering and self tuning - continually monitoring network traffic and managing flow to optimize network performance. Access/One Network offers reliable, redundant communications paths across the network. Should a node become unavailable, the network self heals, routing traffic to available nodes.
Access/One Network's architecture makes it highly scalable. Adding new nodes is as easy as placing them and turning them on. The Access/One Network does the rest, automatically.
Modularity
Strix Systems has taken a modular approach to the design of the Access/One Network. Modularity allows the IT manager to create the right wireless LAN network based on RF technology and network configuration needs. Access/One Network nodes literally snap together. Making changes to the network is as easy as popping off one module and snapping on a new one. And Access/One Network future-proofs your investment with a product that is designed to easily adapt emerging technologies.
Use the links to the left to learn more about the Network Server, Client Connect, and Network Connect modules and their functionality.
Manageable
While Access/One Network automatically performs management functions, Strix Systems also provides the IT manager with full manual control over network management with our Manager/One software. Learn more about the management features of Access/One Network by clicking on the Network Server link to the left. To learn about Strix Systems' management interface software, Manager/One, visit our Network Planning & Management page by clicking on the link to the left.
Network Configuration Example
The type of Network Node highlighted in GREEN in the above example serves wireless clients (laptops, PDAs, etc.) within the enterprise. This Node contains Client Connect modules, the Access/One Network topology that supports and provides access to user devices via any wireless technology (802.11a/b/g and/or Bluetooth). This Node also contains a wireless Network Connect module that provides an 802.11a wireless uplink for connectivity to the network.
The Node highlighted in BLUE provides a wireless repeater function and supports a relay of the wireless Network Connect between Nodes. This extends the reach of the wireless network, enhancing the scalability. IT administrators can augment this Node's wireless repeater function by adding Client Connect modules that support wireless 802.11a/b/g and/or Bluetooth client devices.
The Node highlighted in ORANGE provides the conversion of the network from wireless to wired, connecting the wireless Access/One Network to the corporate LAN via a 10/100 Ethernet Network Connect module. This does not represent the boundary of the wireless network though as multiple instances of Access/One Network can reside within a single corporate domain, performing homogeneously, even across LAN segments or in outlying locations such as remote offices.
In addition, this Node is typically where the Network Server resides. As with all the other Nodes this Node can support wireless client devices of any type. For redundancy purposes there could be more than one of these Nodes.
The Node highlighted in RED provides a Wireless Workgroup function, serving a group of up to four static client devices (desktops, etc.) that connect to the Access/One Network using wired 10/100 Ethernet directly from the device. This Node contains a wireless Network Connect module providing an 802.11a wireless uplink to the network, allowing static wired users to connect to and take full advantage of the Access/One Network.
No Wires – A truly wireless networking solution
No Waiting – Fast, easy deployments
No Worries – A wireless networking system that is secure, easy to manage, and built to grow with you.
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