Mobility With WLANs Sanjeev Gupta Nortel Networks

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Mobility With WLANsSanjeev Gupta / Nortel
Networks
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What are the forces of influence?
Work becomes an activity not a location
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WLAN Value Proposition

• WLANs help improve
• Mobility
• Personal Productivity
• Responsiveness
• Coverage
• Efficiency (cost savings)
• Flexibility

Mobility need and greater productivity were at
the top of a recent WLAN end user survey
conducted by Phillips Infotech
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Growth in Mobility
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End user WLAN access penetration in Europe
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Reasons for WLAN adoption

• The desire of individuals to be be mobile and be
  able to work flexibly
• The proliferation of WLAN peripherals-Laptops,
  PDAs etc.
• The gradual Resolution of security concerns
  around WLAN
• Sustained Price Erosion of WLAN hardware
• WLAN can provide a reasonable ROI based on
  productivity improvements.

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Productivity is linked to Mobility
Wired / Wireless
In the Office
Adapts as you move from one place to another
At Home
On the Road

Public / Private
In Public Areas
Access, wherever you are, whatever youre doing
Wireless LAN needs to be more than just un-plugged
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Nortel Networks Wireless LAN Solution
WLAN-Security Switch 2250
WLAN-Access Point 2220

• Centralizes security and network Management for
  Access Points
• Access Point agnostic
• Enterprise-wide Roaming

• Dual-mode 802.11ab
• Maintains first level of security into the Network

WLAN-Mobile Adapter 2201

• 802.11 ab CardBus

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Effective Security

• Safe Air
• User Authentication
• End to End Encryption
• Traffic Filtering
• VPN Termination
• Rogue AP Detection

Protecting your networking environment
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WLAN Security Switch 2250
AP Load Balancing
Privilege-based access
Distributing Traffic Bandwidth Management
Priority level Access rights Security
level Passwords Personal info
Adaptive
Secures
Manages
Roaming
Un-Authorized AP detection
Scales
Across Campus True Enterprise roaming
Detecting and Isolating Rogue Free Agent APs
A Secure Wireless Platform
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Layered Security
Specialized
Advanced
First Level
WPA (TKIP) EAP/TLS RADIUS Authentication Access
List (ESSID)
SSL Encryption, Rogue and free Agent AP
detection, Clientless
IPSEC VPN, Firewall,
WLAN Security Switch
WLAN Access Point
Contivity client
Multi-layer Approach in securing WLANs
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Enterprise Campus Deployment

• 1000 Employees in 1 buildings, 45 APs
• Assume 30 of employees use WLAN for Mobility,
  Increased time spent online and being
  productive5 mins/day
• Average hourly wage 10/hour
• Increased contribution due productivity
  gains5,100/month
• Paybacklt8 months

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Solution to Security Concerns

• WLAN security switches provide security overlay
  through Encryption based VPNS-SSL and IPSec make
  WLAN secure
• WLAN security Switches enables enterprises to
  detect unauthorised or rogue WLAN devices in the
  network
• WLAN security switches authorise users and are
  able to define access capabilities for users
  based on identity
• 802.1i is being standardised and a phase 1 of
  this standard is available in WLAN today

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Nortel Networks WLANTrue Mobility

• Seamless Roaming While maintaining continuous
  applications availability
• Floor to floor
• Building to building
• Across campus

Maintains security as you roam
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Mobility Voice Clients
KEY ATTRIBUTES

• Functionality
• Multi-Vendor
• Available across Nortel Networks Succession IP
  Telephony Call Servers

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Building a reliable LAN
IP Phone Switch Switch Switch
Gateway Bandwidth, Reliability, Power QoS
IP Changes the Game Completely
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Outage timeline
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10
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45
1M
5M
10M
15M
30M
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Consequential LossDowntime Cost Per Business
Application
Effect can last for days
"When information technology managers fail to
keep the systems running, they inhibit the
ability of the entire organisation to conduct
business." Veritas Survey
Source Fibre Channel Association
The Loss to the business goes beyond the loss of
the network
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Customers Using Nortel LANs because High
Reliability requirements
Newspaper from Norway