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Q. What are the benefits of Lobometrics Access Points

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Lobometrics devices provide wireless access to WiFi-compliant clients over a large, metropolitan-scale area. Mesh access points can be installed anywhere that power is available. Nodes communicate over the wireless network to route traffic between clients and the wired network. Lobometrics devices have the most advanced OS in the market as well as unique range and security options.

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The Lobometrics devices have numerous benefits:

  • Cost-effective. They have, by far, the best cost/features/performance ratio in the market.
  • Includes all wireless modes available, including AP mode, hotspot, transparent links, lossless repeater, routed links, client, MAC-Proxy client.
  • The most feature rich OS in the market, only comparable to high end Cisco devices.
  • High output power and receive sensibility for wider coverage.
  • The best throughput in the market, up to 400Mbps of available true usable bandwidth between two wireless linked Lobometrics devices.
  • Dynamic long distance propietary protocols for unequalled performance in long distance links.
  • First class IP67 (dust and water proof) outdoor enclosures with the best level of heat dissipation found in any other AP in the market.
  • Can operate in outdoor environments from -20ºC to +70ºC

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  • The only devices in the market fully user-programmable to react dynamically to any situation defined by the administrator.
  • Compliant with the IEEE 802.11a and 802.11b/g standards, in standard modes they interoperate with any WiFi-compliant device.
  • In mesh deployments, using the wireless network to communicate between nodes, Lobometrics eliminates the need to provision a network connection to each mesh access point.
  • Providing support for virtual APs with individual Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs) to create multiple WLANs, the mesh network can be segmented to provide services to multiple user types.
  • Extremely stable operation under any condition or load
  • Two sets of management tools, the basic tools for non-professionals and the advanced configurator for professionals.
  • Dynamic mesh configuration deployment allows access points to be installed minimum onsite configuration. Access points securely and automatically join the mesh network.

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  • With its administration software, designed for large-scale WLANs, it takes a systems-level view toward device and RF management, security, and mobility.
  • The Lobometrics Access Points operate over Layer 2 or Layer 3, and is fully integrated into any existing network architecture. The same architecture designed for the indoors can apply to the outdoor network, providing seamless integration as well as seamless roaming.
  • An intelligent wireless routing algorithm based on Adaptive Wireless Path Protocol delivers a dynamic, self-configuring, self-healing mesh network. When changes to the network topology or wireless environment occur, the access points automatically reroute traffic in response.
  • Lobometrics extensive graphical software tools provide an easy-to-use and intuitive graphical user interface.
  • Secure. Compliant with 802.11i and WiFi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the Lobometrics devices provide 802.1X authentication with various Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) types and ensures data privacy with hardware-based Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. Hardware-based AES encryption over the wireless backhaul ensures data privacy.

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  • The industry leader in performance and scalability
  • Based on 802.11a and 802.11b/g, the Lobometrics devices allows full control of up to four parallel radios minimizing interference and providing greater system capacity than any single radio architectures.
  • Intelligent wireless routing ensures that the wireless backhaul is dynamically organized to provide the optimal performance at all times.
  • WiMAX updatable (OSB and OSC series)