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Chapter 13 HiveOS
You can deploy a single HiveAP and it will provide wireless access as an autonomous AP (access point). However, if
you deploy two or more HiveAPs in a hive, you can provide superior wireless access with many benefits. A hive is a
set of HiveAPs that exchange information with each other to form a collaborative whole (see Figure 1). Through
coordinated actions based on shared information, hive members can provide the following services that autonomous
APs cannot:
• Consistent QoS (Quality of Service) policy enforcement across all hive members
• Coordinated and predictive wireless access control that provides fast roaming to clients moving from one hive
member to another
• Best-path routing for optimized data forwarding
• Automatic radio frequency and power selection
Figure 1 HiveAPs in a hive
HiveOS is the operating system that runs on HiveAPs.
Wired or Wireless Hive Communications (Backhaul)
Wireless Network Access Connections
Wired Ethernet Network Connections
Not shown: Switches for wired backhaul
connections and the portal link to the wired network.
Wireless Clients
Wireless Clients
Wireless Clients
Hive
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