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Tools Ease WLAN Management: Page 6 of 6

Wavelink's recent agreement with Proxim to handle their AP management needs will likely translate more as a marketing tool than as a guarantee they'll support Proxim APs sooner or better than AirWave will. In fact, not only did Airwave support Proxim's more recent offerings as well as Wavelink (neither offer support for the AP-4000 yet), but AirWave supports their legacy AP-500 and AP-1000 models, too.

Overall, though, both AirWave and Wavelink's multi-vendor AP management platforms can greatly simplify the overwhelming task of managing your WLAN. Though they lack the advanced functionality of the new wireless switching offerings such as automatic channel assignment and power output settings, and have limited support for access point types and firmware versions, these generic WLAN management systems can make central control and troubleshooting of your wireless network a manageable task.