Michigan Proxim Wireless Certified Solution Partner

Soltech's Michigan based Technology Consulting services is a proud partner of Proxim Wireless. Our staff holds Proxim Certified Wi-Fi Engineer, Broadband Associate and Broadband Engineer certifications and have years of experience building and deploying Wireless solutions for residential and business customers as well as Wireless Internet Service Providers. Please visit our Wireless Network Solutions page for more information, or to have a representative contact you regarding a wireless project,  please use our contact us form.

About Proxim

Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) is a leader in core-to-client solutions for broadband wireless networks. Proxim systems enable a variety of wireless applications including security and surveillance systems, mobile workforce automation and machine-to-machine communications. Proxim has shipped more than 1.5 million wireless devices to more than 200,000 customers worldwide. Proxim is ISO-9001 certified.

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Last-Mile Connectivity

As total broadband access subscriber rates and usage rise by leaps and bounds each year, service providers and municipalities of all kinds and sizes are facing a challenge: addressing customer and resident demands, respectively, for quick service delivery and high-speed network access – wherever they may be – at a low cost. The price associated with customer acquisition costs and ongoing last mile maintenance puts additional pressure on service providers to find new ways to cost-effectively deploy broadband access services to large numbers of customers.

Proxim Solution Advantages:

• Faster time to market and lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Flexibility in service delivery using shared or dedicated bandwidth
• Scalability to handle rural and urban subscriber densities on the same infrastructure
• Security, performance and reliability that meets or exceeds leased line networks
• Part of Proxim's portfolio of fully integrated and centrally managed end-to-end wireless solutions

Wi-Fi Solutions for Campus Mobility and Anytime, Anywhere Learning

Proxim provides schools with economical wireless networking solutions that allow students and teachers to access the Internet and network resources, such as printers and file servers, from anywhere on school grounds. A school-wide wireless network also provides the infrastructure for implementing Wi-Fi VoIP phones for teachers and administrative staff as well as the installation of IP cameras for added security inside school buildings.

K-12 Wireless Networking Applications:

• Student & teacher laptop connectivity
• Mobile labs with wireless laptop carts
• Quick and easy deployment of desktop computers in classrooms and labs
• VoIP phones for teachers and staff
• Security & surveillance with IP cameras

Wireless Solutions for The Mobile Enterprise

Proxim's Wi-Fi and campus networking solutions provide unparalleled flexibility for fast-changing organizations enabling them to easily redeploy or expand their workforce and facilities without the substantial delays and expense of installing cable or leasing lines. Supporting voice and data, Proxim's ORiNOCO wireless LANs provide instant, effortless connections for desktops, laptops and handheld devices wherever working professionals need access to online information and applications. Adding Proxim's Tsunami wireless Ethernet solutions, an end-to-end wireless network can be deployed in days connecting buildings across your entire campus.

Proxim Mobile Enterprise Solution Advantages:

• Extends your wired LAN for instant network access anywhere
• Significantly reduces costs of moves, adds and changes
• Converged voice and data network with support for Voice over Wireless LAN
• Campus networking solutions eliminate leased lines and install in hours

Wireless Solutions for Public Hot Spots

Internet access in high-traffic public facilities such as airport terminals, hotels, convention centers and cafes is a growing phenomenon. In particular, Wi-Fi LANs offer unique capabilities that differentiate venue owners public access services, helping attract and retain increasing numbers of customers. But public access networks bring with them a set of challenges subscriber acquisition, billing, security, device safety, installation obstacles that small business and home Wi-Fi deployments don't face.

Proxim Hot Spot Solution Advantages:

• Provides differentiating hospitality service increasing traffic and revenue
• Auto-configures connection to each users settings for effortless access
• Support for multiple security schemas for maximum protection
• Service protection features to ensure profitable operations

WiMAX Products

Proxim is a leader and early innovator in WiMAX and pre-WiMAX, a technology for providing high-speed, long-range broadband wireless distribution to metropolitan and rural markets, supporting data voice and video applications. The Proxim WiMAX product family consists of low-cost, all-in-one base stations and subscriber units, making this technology affordable to a wide range of service providers — global or local, rural or metropolitan. The MP.16 operates in the 3.5 GHz licensed frequency band, while the MP.11 operates in the 2.4 GHz, 5.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz unlicensed frequency bands and the 4.9 GHz licensed frequency band for public safety networks.

This product line was recognized by Frost & Sullivan with a 2006 Product Innovation Award.

Tsunami™ MP-8100 Series

With the Tsunami™ MP-8100, Proxim introduces a new point-to-multipoint system that sets new records in the industry for outdoor wireless performance. With incredible channel capacity and flexibility, excellent spectrum efficiency and a highly evolved prioritization platform tailored to deliver voice, video and data applications, the Tsunami™ MP-8100 satisfies wireless service providers by meeting requirements for wireless connectivity with Quality of Service.

Tsunami MP.16 Series

Proxim delivers a family of WiMAX compliant products that offer the highest performance, most affordable wireless solution in the licensed 3.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 3.65 GHz bands. This cutting-edge technology enables the delivery of compelling new services for all service providers.

Tsunami MP.11 Series

Proxim delivers the capabilities of fixed and mobile WiMAX for unlicensed frequency bands worldwide! System includes base and subscriber stations, including an all-in-one subscriber with integrated antenna. In addition to WiMAX features including scheduled MAC (polling), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and Quality of Service (QoS), the MP.11 also supports subscriber roaming at speeds up to 120 mph or 200 km/hr.

MP.11 5012 Residential Subscriber Unit

Proxim Wireless expands the industry-leading Tsunami MP.11 product family with the introduction of an economical indoor subscriber unit ideal for the residential market!

ORiNOCO® AP-8000 & AP-800 802.11n Access Points

Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-8000 and ORiNOCO AP-800 access points are the industry's first 802.11n solution to achieve 320Mbps of throughput on a dual-radio solution, while also delivering 802.11n networks at half the price of existing WLANs. With the ORiNOCO 802.11n product family, Proxim has designed the first complete 802.11n solution that overcomes the deployment challenges faced by competing products. As a result, the ORiNOCO AP-8000 and ORiNOCO AP-800 access points provide the highest performance, easiest to use, and most cost-effective 802.11n networks for enterprises of all sizes. The result is an 802.11n solution that enables customers to quickly, easily and cost-effectively deploy the highest-performance 802.11n network available. Realizing the Truly Unwired Enterprise

Higher Performance than Existing Wired LANs/WLANs

Highest throughput with single radio rates of over 170Mbps and dual radio rates of 320Mbps

7x the throughput of existing WLANs

High reliability for quad play applications

The only solution to provide dual 2.4 GHz and dual 5GHz operation

The first solution certified to work for the entire 5 GHz spectrum worldwide

Half the Price of Existing WLANs

With the added range and throughput, ORiNOCO 802.11n deployments cost only half of today's 802.11a/b/g networks when deployed to achieve the same capacity

ORiNOCO 802.11n APs are the only APs on the market that are completely 802.3af compliant in all configurations, which avoids the cost of additional wiring as required by 802.3at compliant APs

Proxim's 802.11n solution provides two times the range of standard 802.11a/b/g APs to ensure enhanced signal strength to hard-to-reach clients in the office, which simplifies RF deployment

Because Proxim does not require costly WLAN controllers, Proxim 802.11n networks can cost-effectively scale to meet increasing bandwidth demands in the future

Greatest Ease of Use

Proxim's 802.11n APs utilize the same mounting hardware as existing Proxim 802.11a/b/g APs, enabling simple swap out of old APs and making upgrades a snap

No additional wiring or power injectors are needed, as Proxim's 802.11n APs are 802.3af PoE compliant in all configurations

Backward compatible with all existing Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g and 802.11b/g clients

ORiNOCO® AP-700 Access Point

The new, high-performance AP-700 is the entry-level solution in Proxim's next-generation line of access points supporting enterprise voice and video applications. The AP-700 is perfect for mid-size production Wi-Fi networks.

• 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a Support
• Field Upgradeable
• IEEE 802.11i and AES
• Rogue AP and Client Detection
• Secure Management Interfaces
• Multiple VLAN Support
• Multiple BSSID Support
• Auto configuration via DHCP
• Central Management and Configuration
• Assured Software Upgrades
• Quality of Service
• High Output Power
• Transmit Power Control
• Automatic Channel Selection
• Super Mode
• Designed for Public Hot Spots
• Advanced Filtering Capabilities
• 802.3af and AC Power
• Integrated Diversity 2.4 and 5 GHz
• External Antenna Connectors for 802.11b/g and 802.11a
• Plenum Rated
• Wi-Fi® Certified

ORiNOCO® Wi-Fi Mesh Series

High Capacity Mesh Access Points Deliver Flexible, Scalable and Reliable Data, Voice and Video for Large Metropolitan and Enterprise Wi-Fi Deployments

• ORiNOCO Mesh Creation Protocol (OMCP) enables mesh backhaul and Wi-Fi coverage on one radio, while the second radio is used exclusively for Wi-Fi coverage
• Industry-leading throughput with 802.11b/g and 802.11a simultaneous operation
• Robust RADIUS accounting and authorization interface enables detailed subscriber usage tracking
• WMM/802.11e draft Quality of Service (QoS) support on access and enhanced QoS on mesh backhaul for triple play applications
• Wi-Fi certified to interoperate with any Wi-Fi certified client access product
• Intra-cell blocking and traffic redirection to prevent subscriber-to-subscriber attacks
• Broadcast bandwidth throttling prevents broadcast attacks
• IEEE 802.1x mutual authentication with dynamic per-user, per-session rotating keys
• Rogue access point detection and notification
• Secure management interfaces: SNMPv3, SSL and SSH
• Encrypted storage for security and management parameters eliminates unauthorized access
• Self-forming and self-healing ORiNOCO Mesh Creation Protocol automatically routes traffic through the best path as mesh access points are added or removed from the network
• Tools to speed installation and optimization: automatic channel selection, adjustable transmitpower, external antenna connectors
• Ethernet redundancy sustains network connection: automatically configures mesh portals to mesh access points when mesh portals lose Ethernet link eliminating cost of installing a redundant switch
• Remote management via SNMP, HTTP and Telnet
• Additional mesh link statistics improve mesh network monitoring
• Low power consumption reduces operating expenses
• Robust features for metropolitan Wi-Fi and enterprise applications
• Automatic reconfiguration of security policy in the event of power loss
• Power-over-Ethernet support
• AC Power option for outdoor light pole installations

ProximVision ES

ProximVision ES provides rapid network deployment, mobile configuration and greater ease of use in a software-based Network Management System - giving you a complete view of your wireless network.

• Automatic configuration capabilities enable network managers to quickly replicate existing network settings across new network nodes
• User-friendly interface enables you to group, manage and configure all devices available on your wireless network
• Auto discovery of network devices makes identifying APs for configuration a snap
• Network managers take configuration capabilities with them to address isolated networks
• Exhaustive device configuration capabilities
• ProximVision ES segments the overall network, enabling simpler mobile monitoring and management of the network and devices
• Once networks are configured and deployed, ProximVision ES provides the ability to automatically reconfigure or perform firmware upgrades on an entire group of devices simultaneously
• Real-time monitoring of devices across the entire wireless network, providing diagnostics and alerts to quickly identify errors and troubleshoot them
• Integrated device inventory reports enables quick assessment of the network

ProximUnify

The ProximUnify wireless controller provides widespread mobility, high reliability, and scalability throughout both indoor and outdoor wireless networks. In conjunction with ORiNOCO access points, the ProximUnify wireless controller enables mobility of voice, video and data applications beyond the four walls of the enterprise.

• WPA2 with pre-authentication enables high-speed roaming for fast, smooth handoffs between access points for latency-sensitive applications such as voice over Wi-Fi.
• VLAN roaming enables seamless connectivity across large networks, including indoor to outdoor mobility.
• Support for the Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) specification enables wireless QoS for the prioritization of voice or other high-priority traffic.
• Redundant 10/100 Ethernet ports for automatic failover of connection to the Ethernet network, in case other equipment in the network fails.
• Redundant modules for automatic failover of connection, in case a ProximUnify module fails.
• Master failover ensures that wireless domain moves to a backup ProximUnify should the master ProximUnify fail.
• Does not require restructuring of existing Ethernet network.
• Distributed tunneling creates VLAN tunnels only as necessary, eliminating traffic duplication and network bottlenecks.
• By eliminating the need for all wireless traffic to be sent to a central appliance, ProximUnify enables more flexible networks.
• Support for up to 4,096 APs per wireless domain (with redundancy) enables extremely cost-effective scalability of the network, both indoors and outdoors.
• Encryption/authentication ensures consistent mobile security, even as clients roam from subnet to subnet.