Who has the better WLAN... AirSpace or Aruba?

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I have been evaluating WLAN solutions and have narrowed the choice down
to two; AireSpace (Cisco) and Aruba. The one thing I really like about
Aruba's system is that access points can be configured as IDS sensors
only, which would eliminate some of the performance problems associated
with AP's that also act as sensors. Can the Cisco Airespace solution
enable AP's as sensor only? I am concerned that a busy access point
will not be able to detect rogue devices.

Someone out there must have experience on both systems.

Who has the better enterprise WLAN and why?

On 11 Jan 2006 15:36:13 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

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>I have been evaluating WLAN solutions and have narrowed the choice down
>to two; AireSpace (Cisco) and Aruba. The one thing I really like about
>Aruba's system is that access points can be configured as IDS sensors
>only, which would eliminate some of the performance problems associated
>with AP's that also act as sensors. Can the Cisco Airespace solution
>enable AP's as sensor only? I am concerned that a busy access point
>will not be able to detect rogue devices.
>
>Someone out there must have experience on both systems.
>
>Who has the better enterprise WLAN and why?


Cisco 1200 access points and 1300 bridges can be set up as scanners

This is the output when queeriing the options when on the radio
interface

repeater Repeater access point
root Root access point
scanner Scanner access point
workgroup-bridge Workgroup Bridge

Take a trip to this URL and have a look at the section "WIRELESS LAN
INTRUSION DETECTION AND PROTECTION"

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/...80283010.shtml

It may answer a few questions for you

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Cheers ...