Wi-Fi Standards, WPA Options, Mobile policies

CYOD

Company mobile device policy lets you choose from a list provided by the company

BYOD

Company mobile device policy lets you bring in your own device for them to configure

COPE

Company mobile device policy that has the device owned by the company and operated by the worker

COBO

Company mobile device policy that has the device owned by the company and only used at work

802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6/6e)

Operates on 2.4/5.0/6.0 bands with speeds up to 9.6 Gbps

802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)

Operates on 5GHz band with speeds up to 6.9 Gbps

802.11n (Wi-Fi 4)

Operates on 2.4/5GHz band with speeds up to 600 Mbps

WPA - Personal

A network has users to authenticate to Wi-Fi using a pre-shared key (PSK)

WPA2 - Enterprise (802.1X / RADIUS)

A corporate network requires users to authenticate to Wi-Fi using their individual Active Directory usernames and passwords.

WPA2 - Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE)

A network has users to authenticate to Wi-Fi using a Dragonfly Key Exchange instead of a PSK.

Yagi Antenna

Type of directional antenna that sends a very tight, concentrated beam

Panel Antenna

Type of directional antenna that sends a wide and flat beam

Omnidirectional Antenna

Type of antenna that radiates RF signals equally in a 360-degree horizontal pattern