Ruckus Wireless

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A New Perspective on Wireless LANS for Education
Scott Reeves Technical Director
EMEA Scott_at_Ruckuswireless.com
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The Two Big Problems with Wireless
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Wifi Vendors agenda today is security and
management. But Teachers and Students want
Wireless that works!

• Wi-Fi signals dont reach where customers
  want/need them

The signals are flaky, erratic performance is
inconsistent
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Introducing Ruckus Wireless

• About Ruckus Formed in June 2004
• HQ in Sunnyvale, California with worldwide
  presence
• 150 employees
• Business We make standards based Wi-Fi simple,
  reliable and fast
• Shipment 2 million Wi-Fi systems deployed with
  Ruckus technology

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Ruckus Wireless and Education

• Recent Education Wins in UK

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Age 11-18 mixed community school employing more
than 60 teachers, and with around 900 pupils.
It soon became clear that the existing consumer
wireless network (provided by NETGEAR) was not up
to the job The solution was provided by Ruckus
gold partner, Net-Ctrl using Ruckus Zonedirector
and 31 Zoneflex APs Being able to trial the
solution was a real bonus as it meant we were 100
percent confident with what we were buying, Adam
Durrant, network manager at Deben High School.
The Ruckus kit worked amazingly on the open
day everyone who needed to could access the
network, and all at the same time without sending
it into overdrive. After this, we not only knew
exactly what we were getting with Ruckus, but we
also knew it could definitely cope with the
schools demands as we introduce more and more
laptops. Adam Durrant, network manager at Deben
High School.
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Wireless LANs What Matters Most
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Introducing ZoneFlex for Education
Iron-Clad WLANs for Industry
Outdoor 802.11n
Indoor 802.11g

• Effortless everything
• Pluggable, meshable, easy to install/expand
• Wizard-based configuration
• Automatic client administration
• Advanced security simplified
• Best Wi-Fi on the planet
• WLAN-wide optimum signal path selection
• WLAN-wide interference avoidance
• WLAN-wide automatic RF coordination
• Unmatched price/value
• Unprecedented CAPEX savings
• Lowest OPEX
• Breakthrough feature/functionality

Outdoor 802.11g
Indoor 802.11n
FlexMaster Enterprise Management
ZoneDirector Enterprise Controllers
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Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi Technologies
BeamFlex
Self-learning, RF Beam Steering smart antenna

• Extends Wireless Range Coverage up to 2x
• Improves Performance Reliability
• Rejects Interference

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BeamFlex Antenna Advantages

• Omni-directional antenna
• Cannot control interference to neighbouring APs
  or multipath phasing
• Have no interference rejection
• Make bad RF neighbors

• BeamFlex 12 element smart antenna
• Like a torch, beam-steering focuses the energy
  ensuring multipath arrives in phase and provides
  maximum signal density and therefore extended
  range and superior performance
• Horizontally and vertically polarised elements
  offer 4000 unique antenna patterns automatically
  selected on a per packet/per client basis
• Attenuate interference from adjacent APs, clients
  and other RF sources
• Cause significantly less interference to adjacent
  APs

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BeamFlex in Action

• BeamFlex antenna directs Wi-Fi signals to clients

Metal Wall

• Automatically adapts to moves, adds and changes

ZoneFlex AP

• Automatically rejects Interference

• Steers signals around impenetrable obstacles

• BeamFlex antennas make good RF neighbors

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How BeamFlex does it
Angles where signal is improved
Angles from which interference is rejected
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Smart Antennas use power effectively
Consistent Performance Better Range
Top-Tier Enterprise 11g AP
Ruckus 11g AP
200 ft
200 ft
Upper Floor
125 ft
125 ft
AP
200 ft
200 ft
Lower Floor
125 ft
125 ft
5-10 Mbps
10-15 Mbps
15-20 Mbps
20-22 Mbps
AP above (upper floor)
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SmartMesh Technology for Education

• Obviates Ethernet to every AP
• Plug APs into power source and walk away
• Automatic topology maximizes performance and
  resiliency
• 802.11n mitigates mesh bandwidth tax
• BeamFlex inherent advantages for wireless mesh
• Ultra reliable AP-AP link with BeamFlex dual-end
• Extended range means fewer hops, less overhead
• Per-packet signal path selection minimizes
  self-interference
• Auto-adaptation reduces OPEX associated with
  detailed RF planning, antenna testing/tuning,
  human errors, etc

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SmartQoS Technology SmartCast

• Ruckus-patented reliable Wi-Fi multicast and QoS
  software
• Per-user rate limiting
• Enables class-based services
• Per-client traffic queues
• Fair airtime management for mixed 11b/g/n
  networks
• Precise bandwidth management and prioritization
  of voice and video streams
• Smart multicast-to-unicast conversion
• Guarantees essential multicast delivery
• Per-packet transmit rate and signal path
  optimization critical for high quality video
  streaming
• Automatic traffic classification for plug-n-play
  QoS deployment

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Secure Mobility for Education

• Client authentication and authorization
• L2 and L3 client isolation protects against
• Peer snooping
• DNS/DHCP snooping
• Man-in-the-middle attacks
• Client blacklisting protects against DOS attacks
• Dictionary attack
• Resource drainage/excessive management frames
• Configurable blacklist interval
• L2-L4 ACLs
• Wireless intrusion detection
• Detects and classify rogue APs, evil twins, ad
  hoc
• networks, neighbor APs
• Email alerts

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Zoneflex Products
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ZoneDirector 1000 3000
Centralised WLAN Controller for Zoneflex Indoor
and Outdoor Access Points

• The first SmartWLAN enterprise controller
• Ultra simple to use, configure, deploy
• Automated RF and Power Management
• Scalable to 250 APs per Controller
• Completely centralized
• Redundant Configuration Option
• Advanced feature set
• SmartMesh support
• Wireless Intrusion Detection
• Dynamic PSK
• L2/L3 support
• Rogue AP detection
• L2-L4 ACLs
• Client Roaming
• Guest Access
• User policies
• Seamless integration with
• RADIUS and Active Directory

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ZoneFlex Enterprise Access Points
Indoor Models
ZF 7942
ZF 2942
ZF 7962
FEATURE
Now
Now
Now
Availability
802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)
802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5.8Ghz (concurrent)
802.11b/g
Wi-Fi technology
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Number of smart antenna elements
4000
4000
4000
Number of possible antenna combinations
Both
Both
Both
Vertical/horizontal antenna polarization


Works Standalone or with a Controller
SmartMesh support
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Ethernet ports
Power over Ethernet support (802.3af)
External antenna connector
US 799
US 999
US 399
Price
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ZoneFlex Education Access Points
Outdoor Models
ZF 2741
ZF 7942-OT
ZF 7762
FEATURE
Now
Aug09
Now
Availability
802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5.8Ghz (concurrent)
802.11b/g/n (ZF7942-OT)
Wi-Fi technology
802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)
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Number of smart antenna elements
4000
4000
4000
Number of possible antenna combinations
Both
Both
Both
Vertical/horizontal antenna polarization


Works Standalone or with a Controller
SmartMesh support
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Ethernet ports
Power over Ethernet support (802.3af)
External antenna connector
US 899
US 2,399
US 799 (11g) and 1,119 (11n)
Price
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FlexMaster
Centralised Campus Network Management

• Simplifies Deployment Management of Large Scale
  Wi-Fi networks
• Accelerates introduction of new services and
  firmware
• Maximizes ROI by minimizing operational
  expenditures
• Supports thousands of Zoneflex Access Points

Campus Class Wi-Fi Monitoring Control of
Centralised Remote Branch Offices
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The Zoneflex Simple Value Proposition
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Less Than Half the Cost for Dual-Band 11n
Typical 2,500 User 802.11n WLAN vs. Ruckus
802.11n SmartMesh
Ruckus will typically need around 50-60 the
number of Ruckus APs than Top Tier wifi Vendors
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In Summary
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What We Have That Others Dont
And What the Education Market Cares About the
Most

• Smart antennas (BeamFlex)
• Extended coverage, reliable Wi-Fi signals

Reliability

• Wireless without wires (SmartMesh)
• No cables anywhere, fewer APs

Cost

• Dynamic Pre-Shared Keys (PSK)
• Simple and secure

Security

• Plug and play deployment
• Configuration in minutes, IT Lite

Easy integration
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In Summary
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We make Wi-Fi simpler

• Effortless and affordable
• Easy to install, manage
• Easy to secure and expand

• Ruckus delivers
• Quality of service
• Predictable performance
• Automatically adapts to environment

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We make Wi-Fi better
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• Fewer services interruptions
• Improves productivity
• Increases uptime
• Extends coverage area

We are the Wi-Fi experts (so you dont have to
be)
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Thanks for Listening