Aerohive Controller-less WLAN Architecture

The HiveManager online "Network Management System" from Aerohive Networks is an enterprise-class manaagement system for Aeorhive HiveAPs, delivered as a cloud-based service.

Aerohive developed a controller-less wireless LAN architecture called Cooperative Control. Our WLAN solution provides all the performance, availability, management, mobility, and security needed in a large campus deployment, and, with the elimination of controllers in the architecture, is cost effective even in small branch office and warehouse deployments. This unique controller-less architecture also enables secure, scalable, high-performance, and mission-critical wireless networking in a manageable and cost effective way to industries such as education, healthcare, state and local government, manufacturing, distribution, and retail. Leveraging its controller-less approach, Aerohive has further simplified enterprise Wi-Fi with a cloud-based SaaS management solution called HiveManager Online. HiveManager Online dramatically lowers the cost and deployment complexity of managing enterprise Wi-Fi.

Aerohive architectural advantages:

• No u-turns, bottlenecks, or single points of failure
• Flexible expansion - just add APs
• Superior branch performance and survivability
• Real mesh support
• Increased reliability and reduced cost (no controllers)
• Advanced value-added functionality
  

Aerohive HiveAP's

Aerohive’s 802.11n enterprise wireless LAN access points, HiveAPs, are an innovative class of wireless infrastructure equipment with cooperative control technology that provides the benefits of a controller-based wireless LAN solution, without requiring a controller or an overlay network.

Aerohive Could Based Magement

HiveManager Online is a cloud-based (Software-as-a-Service), disaster-proof wireless network management system (WNMS) designed to make a wireless network administrator’s life easier. Because HiveManager Online is hosted in and across multiple data centers, it provides inherent high availability for both hardware and data. In today’s über-connected world, being able to access, control, and troubleshoot your Wi-Fi infrastructure from anywhere is not only possible, but essential. Until HiveManager Online, there has been no scalable, inexpensive, and simple method to manage both mid-market and highly-distributed enterprise Wi-Fi networks alike.

It’s also important to note what HiveManager Online is not. HiveManager Online is not a controller in the cloud, does not house the network control plane as controllers do, and is not required for on-going Wi-Fi network operation. HiveManager Online is a network management platform, plain and simple. That is extremely important because with an Aerohive Wi-Fi infrastructure, all control and data traffic are handled exclusively by the access points (HiveAPs), allowing unlimited scalability and eliminating bottlenecks, expensive controllers, single points of failure, and latency. HiveAPs handle all aspects of authentication, association, fast/secure roaming, data forwarding, power and channel management, etc. If the Internet pipe goes down, the Wi-Fi stays up, and you can still reach mission-critical network resources such as file servers and printers.