Products - System Overview
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.
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 above 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, 4.9Ghz, etc). 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 or 4.9Ghz.
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.
To learn more about Access/One Network, or to contact a Strix Systems’ representative, email us at sales@strixsystems.com.
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