H3C WSG1840X Wireless Integrated Multi-Service Gateway

All Inclusive AP License

The WSG1840X 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 128, and 64 licenses are built-in by default. Which means WSG1840X can manage 64 ordinary AP or 128 wall-plate AP by default. Need to purchase extra license to enlarge the ordinary AP number. (Version supported since WSG1800X-CMW710-E5623)

All-in-one Gateway

The WSG1840X Wireless Integrated Multi-Service Gateway integrates, gateway, security and AC function in one box, which is perfect for SOHO, SMB and SME environment. WSG1840X supports full enterprise controller feature sets, in addition, WSG1840X supports gateway function, such as PPPOE, NAT, dynamic IP address, and static IP address setting function.

802.11ax AP Management

In addition to 802.11a/b/g/ac AP management, the WSG1840X 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 WSG1840X 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

Hardware Specifications

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