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Motorola Wireless LAN Switch – New Software Releases

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Motorola has released a software update to their WiNG 4.x and 3.x software platforms for both the RFS7000 and WS5100 Wireless LAN Switches.

  • RFS7000 v4.4.0.0-034R
  • WS5100 v3.3.4.0-002R

I would recommend you review the release notes for v4.4.0.0-034R and v3.3.4.0-002R for all the details.

There were a few points that caught my attention.

  • Polycom Certification for AP-650 & AP-7131N. We have successfully completed internal Motorola testing against the Polycom test plan for SVP certification. Expecting to have formal certification in the fear future.
  • The AP650 can take up to 2 minutes to download new firmware the first time it is associated to a switch.
  • Documentation updated – AP650 is requesting for different DNS alias than AP300.

I searched through the reference guide and found the following regarding the DNS name;

The default DNS name requested by an AP300 is “Symbol-CAPWAP-Address”. Similarly, The default DNS name requested by an AP650 is “WISPE_ADDRESS”. However, since the default name is configurable, it can be set as a factory default to whatever value is needed.

I just recently deployed a RFS7000 installation with approximately 80 AP650s and I can attest that it definitely takes them 2 minutes (I thought it was more like 3-4 minutes) to get going. It appeared to me as though they had to go through an initial upgrade since they rebooted twice before coming online. I’m waiting for the Polycom VIEW certification for this site since we plan on deploying around 120 Avaya 6140 wireless handsets, although we’ll probably deploy them with WMM as opposed to SVP.

Cheers!

Motorola WS5100 and RFS7000 Software Update

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Motorola has released software v3.3.1 for the WS5100 and v1.3.1 for the RFS7000 Wireless LAN Switches. You can find the release notes for the 3.3.1 (WS5100) software release here. And you can find the release notes for the 1.3.1 (RFS7000) software release here. We’ve been running v1.3 on the RFS7000 for the past few months now with only a few small problems. We hope to start testing the Smart RF feature set that was released in the 1.3 Wi-NG software base very soon. We’re also eager to start testing the AP7131 802.11n Access Port in a few specific locations.

Here’s a quick excerpt from Motorola on v1.3.1 for the RFS7000;

RFS7000 v1.3.1 has the following feature focus: Voice, Security and Resiliency

Voice: Enhancements provide comprehensive WMM Admission control, enabling not only superior voice quality but also optimizations with respect to network usage for voice.

Security: Enhances the built-in IDS capabilities for Ad-Hoc Network Detection and .11n Rogue detection. Provides built-in IPS capabilities via Rogue AP containment for the wireless network.

Resiliency: SMART RF Management that enables the WLAN to automatically and intelligently adapt to changes in the RF environment to eliminate unforseen gaps in coverage.This technology provides dynamic network optimization to ensure user quality of experience at all times by automatic adjustments to channel and power (on detection of RF interference or loss of RF coverage/neighbor recovery).

All the above enable the wireless enterprise by making it easy to deploy, securely and with built-in resiliency and support for voice.
For the Adaptive AP:
• Adaptive AP7131 802.11 a/b/g/n Support ( v3.1.1 )
• Rogue AP detection
• Mesh statistics
• WLAN statistics
• Configurable IPS Sensor on the AP5131( D SKU) in Adaptive mode(ADP-5131 v2.2.1 image)
With the AP300:
• Dynamic Load balancing of AP300s after a primary reverts in a cluster
• Email Notification for critical alarms
• LDAP enhancements
• Cluster GUI for WLANS and APs visualization
• Securing Layer 3 AP and Wireless Switch protocol – Secure WiSPe
• MU Naming
System Enhancements:
• IP v6 Client Support

Cheers!

Motorola WS5100 and RFS7000 and Wi-NG v1.3

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Motorola has released software v3.3 for the WS5100 and v1.3 for the RFS7000 Wireless LAN Switches. This is v1.3 release of their Wi-NG software for Motorola’s Enterprise-class RF & Wireless Switches.

You can find the release notes for the 3.3 (WS5100) software release here. And you can find the release notes for the 1.3 (RFS7000) software release here.

I hope to provide some feedback in the coming weeks.

Cheers!