Motorola Targets Simpler Wireless LAN Networking

Motorola, Inc. reportedly announced that it had come out with two new wireless LAN network management solutions designed to help IT departments simplify the maintenance and management of their wireless LAN networks.

 

IT managers can now take advantage of Motorola’s (News - Alert) Advanced Troubleshooting and Self-monitoring at Run Time Radio Frequency (SMART RF) solutions and now be able to remotely analyze and perform network testing from a central location. They will also be able to take advantage of next-generation self-healing features for hassle-free network management and optimal wireless LAN performance.

 

Motorola’s Air Defense’s Advanced Troubleshooting solution is very adept at identifying wireless LAN configuration issues that affect business-critical applications. By doing this, it in turn helps IT managers to reduce or eliminate bottlenecks and minimize downtime across the entire network.

 

The solution not only provides IT departments with the ability to identify and fix network configuration issues remotely, but also plays a significant role in helping them to reduce wireless network helpdesk support costs and related onsite troubleshooting expenses.

 

Craig J. Mathias, a principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group, said that minimizing operating expense is always important to network operations teams and especially so as wireless becomes the primary access for so many in the enterprise. Thus it is therefore critical that automation be applied to management tasks wherever possible. Motorola’s new Advanced Troubleshooting and SMART RF features address that requirement and keep even large networks operational and productive with minimal effort.

 

The solution’s features include Access Point (News - Alert) Connectivity Testing Module, which takes care of troublesome and costly configuration issues by proactively identifying connectivity problems with on-going end-to-end wireless network testing initiated over the air by a wireless sensor emulating a client. The Connectivity Troubleshooting Tool is designed to allow helpdesk staff to perform expert analysis on wireless client connectivity issues and quickly resolve or escalate trouble tickets without them having to be wireless experts.

 

Motorola’s SMART RF is the next generation of RF management technology and is designed to put the wireless LAN RF environment on autopilot, which in turn dramatically reduces network monitoring costs by enabling the wireless LAN to automatically and intelligently adapt to the constant change in RF conditions.