In the old days others made fat and slow APs without any central management. Then we got a wave of thin APs with intelligent controllers, but it didn't scale well or handle higher throughput. Now with Aerohive Networks we have central management tools for RF, policies and administration, but all the APs have the intelligence and horsepower to enforce policies at the edge. Controllers aren't used to move traffic. This truly is the best of all worlds.

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’s cloud-enabled service, HiveManager Online, is a cloud-based enterprise management solution that provides all the features and functionality of a behind-the-firewall network management system (NMS) without the installation, operation, and maintenance associated with a dedicated management server, and at dramatically lower cost.

Aerohive’s powerful applications add features, functionality, and value to the complete Aerohive Wi-Fi solution.
TeacherView - Simple-to-use web interface that provides classroom status to a teacher at login, without requiring the teacher to pre-configure any parameters.
StudentManager - A powerful monitoring and reporting system for school districts that use Aerohive HiveAPs for wireless access.
GuestManager - Enables any authorized employee (e.g. lobby ambassador) to create an account via an intuitive Web interface, ensuring that guests can get the access they need while the network remains secure.

Aerohive’s HiveOS is the operating system that powers the Aerohive access points, while HiveManager is the wireless network management system for configuration and monitoring. Together, with Aerohive access points, these comprise a complete controller-less Wi-Fi solution.