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Lavinet offers two software products:

  1.  Lavinet Mesh: Embedded mesh network software build on top of the firmware of existing APs.
  2.  Lavinet Manager: A server application that monitors and manages wireless network with web-based interface.
Key Features of Lavinet Mesh
  • Self configuration, self adjustment, self healing
  • Best path selection
  • Proactive routing: Dynamically sensing network condition and proactively switch the upstream association
  • Dynamically adjusted for optimal network performance, load-balancing, and throughput improvement
  • Intelligent channel assignment: Minimize interference and maximize overall throughput
  • Support mesh node mobility at a maximum relative node-to-node speed of 40km/hour
  • Deliver 80mbps client data rate over 300 meters (line of sight)
  • Flexibility, plug-and-play and easy to deploy
  • Support both centralized and distributed wireless operation:  optimized central controlling but will switch to distributed mode automatically if central controller is not available
  • Support hidden SSID: Prevent accidental association
  • 24 SSIDs: Allow standalone authentication and encryption schemes
  • Support VLAN: logical group of clients
  • IEEE 802.11i support (AES, WEP, WPA, WPA2)
  • Support IP video streaming
  • Each radio may be configured to operate as access point for client access or mesh router for backhaul
  • Enable interoperatability among APs: when loaded with Lavinet mesh, APs of different brands will operate in a single mesh

Key Features of Lavinet Manager

  • Automatically discovers controllers, download configuration settings and firmware upgrades
  • Zero-touch, plug-and-play deployments 
  • Centralized and remote management and software upgrades via web-based GUI and CAPWAP
  • Real time visual representation of outdoor /indoor topology using Google Maps or user defined floor plan
  • Real time status monitoring of mesh gateway, mesh nodes and clients associations
  • Statistic collection and graphical presentation of client associations and network throughput
  • Logging and alerts
  • ManagerBackup that provides real time data synchronization to the backup server with disaster recovery mechanism
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