Saturday, April 2, 2011

Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector


Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector are smart wireless LAN controllers, which work on the premise of power meets simplicity. The product line is based upon the belief that two-years of tedious training and reading of massive manuals should not be required for working with different networking features.

IT staff all over the world appreciates the Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector software and applications, as these have unique features which distinguishes them from other kinds of centrally managed systems. The bunch of wireless LAN features include adaptive wireless meshing and sophisticated user access controls. Other redeeming features of these products are elegant and simple guest networking functions, integrated Wi-Fi client performance tools and automatic traffic redirection.

Users can also depend upon the robust network management, extensive authentication support, flexible WLAN groups and rogue AP detection as well as advanced Wi-Fi security features provided by these Ruckus Wireless products. Also known as the Ruckus Smart/OS, these are considered the most straightforward and simple centralized WLAN software systems in the world. This software and its related applications can operate on all the ZoneDirector Smart WLAN controllers manufactured by Ruckus Wireless. Administration and configuration of the entire WLAN is made easy by the highly intuitive web user interface present in the product.

The models available within this category are ZoneDirector 3000, ZoneDirector 1100 and Smart/OS. ZoneDirector 3000 is known for its elegant look and is designed for medium to large enterprises. This family of Smart WLAN controllers can scale anything from 25 to 500 access points.

On the other hand, ZoneDirector 1100 have Smart WLAN controllers that are capable of scaling access points ranging from 6 to 50 points. The Smart/OS model comprises straightforward and simple centralized WLAN software, which is also present in all other models within this series. All these products come in the form of sleek and compact rectangular boxes that can easily fit into the allocated location by the users themselves.