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Contents 
Introduction
AirDefense v AirMagnet
AirDefense v AirMagnet 2
AirDefense v AirMagnet 3
Comparison table
Bluesocket WG-1100
SonicWall Pro 5060
Specifications
Editor's choice
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While looking a little bland when compared to the AirMagnet front end, the AirDefense user interface is comprehensive and relatively easy to navigate, although at times you do have to drill down further than its competitor to glean information. The front dashboard does, at a glance, convey lot of critical information and it could be argued that because it is simpler and less cluttered than AirMagnet, alerts are more easily noticed.
Another string to AirDefense's bow is AirDefense Personal which can be installed on your fleet of roaming notebooks to provide security outside of your secure infrastructure, it fully integrates into the AirDefense Enterprise system and policies and policy changes are automatically uploaded to AD Personal when users reconnect to the LAN. While out and about the user is notified of any threats and the threat log is downloaded to the enterprise system when the notebook next logs on.
User interface -- AirMagnet
Of the two interfaces AirMagnet's is certainly the most attractive and it manages to cram an astonishing amount of information in the status screen. The large swag of information is presented very well, but the sheer volume can be a bit daunting for a first time user as you don't quite know which graph to peruse.
The remainder of the displays do not present the user with such an information overload and are definitely less intimidating although they do manage to still squeeze more information into each screen than AirDefense.
Luckily, or perhaps unluckily, AirMagnet's colour code all items, so at times the display is a riot of colour, but once you become familiar with it your eye can quickly target the information you are after.
AirMagnet's array of "canned" reports are extensive, far more so than AirDefense, and as you might imagine given the colourful nature of the interface they are cosmetically prettier. But do not mistake good looks for lack of information, the reports are every bit as detailed as the AirDefense reports and are formatted in such a way that they can slip right into your management reports with minimal tinkering.
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