Juniper Ax411 premium wireless access point an ideal solution for the branch network

One of the difficulties for companies to manage their branches with less IT technical support is extending the secure system to their branches. Having employees with technical skills (especially in IT security) in each of the branches generates overhead costs. In modern multi-branch companies, the integration of the communication system between the central office and the branch offices is essential to support business productivity. However, connecting the branch offices that have a low security design will only create security holes and vulnerabilities in the central office and in the enterprise network as a whole.

One of the vulnerabilities that contribute to security holes in branch offices is the deployment of a wireless network that is not properly designed with security in mind. Providing corporate guests with wireless Internet access without limiting network access can compromise system security. Failure to provide data encryption for wireless communication is very dangerous for the system and can easily cause unauthorized users to access the system.

Many network administrators have difficulty extending security protection from a well-protected wired network to wireless networks. Sometimes this is due to difficulties in integrating multiple network products from different manufacturers. Additionally, security becomes the last thing to consider when implementing wireless networks for many network administrators. Therefore, selecting the premium wireless access points in building wireless networks for branch offices is very essential to mitigate the security compromise. Access points that can be integrated with your existing secure wired networks.

The Juniper AX411 wireless LAN access point that is combined with the Juniper SRX series would be the ideal solution for branch offices and helps network administrators to manage and design both wired and wireless security. AX411 is designed for branch offices of enterprise-class companies. If you are building your business from home or SOHO, you may want to consider cheaper access points like D Link’s DAP-1522 Xtreme N duo Access Point.

What this product does

The Juniper AX411 wireless LAN access point works with the latest 802.11n wireless standards with dual-band and 2×3 MIMO technologies offering speeds of up to 300Mbps. With dual-band support, the AX411 can accommodate both types of wireless based devices. In 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.

The AX411 is designed to easily integrate with the award-winning Juniper SRX branch series. This will allow you to centrally manage and deliver the security performance of wired to wireless networks with ease. By combining the AX411 and SRX series gateway, you can easily extend security and quality of service (QoS) requirements to wireless networks.

The Juniper AX411 wireless LAN access point supports multiple SSIDs to allow you to segregate security requirements for different user groups, such as providing different security access to company guests without providing access to the internal network. You can provide each unique SSID with specific security and QoS requirements to meet your company’s security policies.

AX411 is designed to support future cluster cloning technology to facilitate the deployment of multiple access points for large wireless networks. The nice thing about the integration to the SRX series is that SRX provides wireless controller capabilities to manage up to 2 AX411 access points. But if you need to manage more than two AX411 devices, you must purchase additional software licenses.

The Juniper AX411 wireless LAN access point supports 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) to allow you to install the devices in areas where power points are not available, such as rooftop deployments. You just need to connect the Gigabit Ethernet port of the AX411 using the UTP LAN cable to the PoE-enabled Switch port or connect to the PoE-enabled SRX series. The AX411 includes mounting to facilitate the implementation of the devices on the wall, the mounting desk or the ceiling.

Building a branch office wireless network must comply with the company’s high security policy settings. Low security design for branch offices will only promote security holes and vulnerabilities in the enterprise network. The combination of the Juniper AX411 wireless access points and the SRX series gateway is the ideal solution for the branch network.

By Ki Grinsing