H3C WSG1808X-PWR Wireless Integrated Multi-Service Gateway

All Inclusive AP License

The WSG1808X-PWR Wireless Integrated Multi-Service Gateway includes AP license as following by default, which protects customer’s investment to maximum, which also give SMB/SME a great opportunity to add new AP with the wireless network expansion without additional cost. The number of licenses is up to 24, and 12 licenses are built-in by default, which means WSG1808X-PWR can manage 12 ordinary AP or 24 wall-plate AP by default. Need to purchase extra license to enlarge the ordinary AP number.

Each wall-plate AP occupies 0.5 license, each normal indoor/outdoor AP occupies 1 license

All-in-one Gateway

The WSG1808X-PWR Wireless Integrated Multi-Service Gateway integrates PoE, gateway, security and AC function in one box, which is perfect for SOHO, SMB and SME environment. WSG1808X-PWR supports full enterprise controller feature sets, in addition, WSG1808X-PWR supports gateway function, such as PPPOE, NAT, dynamic IP address, and static IP address setting function.

Embedded PoE+ Capability

The WSG1808X-PWR all LAN ports support 802.3af/802.3at PoE function, which saves TCO to customer’s existing environment and reduce the single points of failure at the same time. Single port can provide maximum 30W (80W in total of whole machine) providing power to connected devices, such as IP phones, wireless APs, and high-power cameras.

802.11ax AP Management

In addition to 802.11a/b/g/ac AP management, the WSG1808X-PWR can work together with H3C 802.11ax based SMB APs (See ordering information for details) to provide wireless access speed several times faster than a traditional 802.11a/b/g/ac/ network.

Flexible Forwarding Modes

In a wireless network of centralized forwarding mode, all wireless traffic is sent to an AC for processing which the forwarding capability of the AC may become a bottleneck. Especially on wireless networks where APs are deployed at branches, ACs are deployed at the headquarters, and APs and ACs are connected over a WAN. In this scenario, Distributed forwarding is more suitable. The WSG1808X-PWR supports both distributed forwarding modes and centralized forwarding mode and it can set SSID based forwarding as needed.

Smart Roaming Features

· Supports intra-AC roaming, cross-AC roaming, and cross-VLAN Layer 3 roaming

· Portal roaming information synchronization function: AC and AP support Portal users' non-perceived roaming between ACs on a large-scale network, without the Portal mac-trigger server. The wireless controller can independently assume the mac-trigger server function. This reduces the pressure on the portal server and prevents the portal server from becoming a performance bottleneck. When the Portal server is done, the online terminal can still roam without authentication between no less than 10 wireless controllers.

· 802.1X roaming information synchronization function: AC and AP support 802.1X users for fast roaming between ACs on a large-scale network. Support dot1x authentication for fast roaming between ACs. Terminals do not need to do authentication again after roaming to a new AC. Alleviate server pressure and ensure fast access of terminals, and support fast roaming between more than 10 ACs.

· Support 802.11k/v/r fast roaming protocols

Intelligent Channel Switching

· In a WLAN, adjacent wireless APs should work in different channels to avoid channel interference. However, channels are very rare resources for a WLAN. There are a small number of non-overlapping channels for APs. For example, there are only three non-overlapping channels for the 2.4GHz network. Therefore, the key to wireless applications is how to allocate channels for APs intelligently

· Meanwhile, there are many possible interference sources that can affect the normal operation of APs in a WLAN, such as rogue APs, radars and microwave ovens. The intelligent channel switching technique can ensure the allocation of an optimal channel to each AP, thereby minimizing adjacent channel interference. Besides, the real-time interference detection function can help keep APs away from interference sources such as radars and microwave ovens

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