Zoneflex , Ruckus Wireless

Introducing the
Ruckus ZoneFlex System
Industrial-Strength Wireless
Made Simple

Announcement Details
 First multimedia WLAN system
purpose-built
for SMB and hot zone markets
 Three new products
 ZoneFlex 802.11g, n access points
 ZoneDirector central control system
 FlexMaster remote management
 Three unique breakthroughs
 Network BeamFlex
 Minute Config
 Unmatched price/value solution
ZoneDirector 1000
ZoneFlex 2942

What’s the Problem?
No Real WLAN Solution Exists for the Middle Market
SOHO
 Price sensitive
 Optimized for
 Single AP
<10 users
ENTERPRISE
 OPEX sensitive
 Optimized for
 Multiple switches
 Elaborate security
 100s to 1000s of users
SMB and Hot Zone
 Value sensitive
 Optimized for
 Little or no IT staff
 Multiple APs
 100s users
 Increasing need
for multimedia

Introducing ZoneFlex
Simple-to-Use, Industrial-Strength WLANs
 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

Important Breakthroughs
Network
BeamFlex™
Minute
Config™
Unmatched
price/value

First-of-its-Kind Smart Wi-Fi
 Patented BeamFlex™ beam-steering
antenna
 Directional elements add range, reject interference
 Combined elements to provide extended coverage
 Self-learning software selects best combo in real time
 Maximizes performance
 Placement/orientation indifferent
 Completely compatible with all 802.11 devices
 Proven in over 1 million AP installations
 Already deployed by 200 service providers worldwide
 Acclaimed for superior coverage, video-worthy
performance
N antenna
elements
2N
-1 unique
beam patterns
Self Learning, Self Optimizing, Self Healing Wi-Fi Antenna System

How BeamFlex Works
 BeamFlex antenna
directs Wi-Fi
signals to clients
 Automatically
rejects Interference
MetalWall
 Steers signals around
impenetrable
obstacles
 Automatically
adapts to moves,
adds and changes
 BeamFlex antennas
make “good
neighbors”
ZoneFlex
AP
Fewer APs reach farther, faster,
for more users
AUTOMATICALLY!

Network BeamFlex
 Add capacity and coverage as needed
 No new Ethernet cables to APs
 Auto topology with BeamFlex path
selection algorithm
 Self-organizing/self healing
 Auto RF: beam-steering, centralized
channel and power coordination
Hotel
ZoneFlex Mesh Simplifies WLAN Deployment and Expansion
 Secure encrypted backhauls
 10 APs per wireless cluster
 Three hop max in a
tree-structured mesh
 802.11g, n support

Effortless Configuration
In 5 Minutes or Less

Simplified Robust Security
 The Problem: Provisioning secure wireless access
 Single pre-shared key is not secure
(e.g. employee leaving requires changing key for all employees)
 802.1x is an overkill and not affordable for SMBs
 No IT resource to administer unique key per employee
 The Solution: Auto administered dynamic PSK
 Automatic provisioning of unique encryption key to each user/device
 No manual client configuration
 Highly secure: unique 63-byte pass-phrase per user
 Easily deactivated when employee leaves
 New key can be generated periodically
 Configurable per WLAN

How Dynamic PSK Works
RADIUS/AD
ZoneDirector
IDS
Router
1. First time user connects
to Ethernet port
5. User can now connect
securely to the WLAN
3. Once authenticated,
ZoneDirector auto-
provisions the requisite
WLAN settings and a
unique, dynamic PSK in
user’s wireless settings
Internet
2. User specifies URL to
be automatically
configured for WLAN
access
ZoneFlex 2942
4. Key is bound to both
user and device until
invalidated

The ZoneDirector 1000
 First centralized multimedia WLAN
control platform
 Built for simplicity and robustness
 Network, RF, security and location
management all-in-one
 Internal authentication database,
seamless AD & RADIUS integration
 Customizable management dashboard
 AP heat map
 Controls up to 50 APs
 Standards-based CAPWAP
 Automatic redundancy

ZoneFlex 2942 11b/g Multimedia AP
 Business class BeamFlex
 High density of mobile users
 Optimum performance with variety of client devices
 Advanced multimedia business QoS
 Per-user rate limiting enables tiered services
 Precision per-user, per-traffic class queues
 Automatic traffic classification and tagging
 QoS policies configurable per WLAN (SSID)
 20 concurrent VoIP calls,
50+ data clients
 Supports Network BeamFlex
meshing
12 antenna elements
provide 4000+ unique
antenna patterns
Up to 7dBi gain, 18 dB
interference rejection

Unprecedented Price/Value
 Purpose-built for SMB and hot zones
 Simple, IT-Lite
 Complete feature set
 Competitors simply re-package
complex enterprise bundles
 Entry level solution starts at
under $2K
 Channel friendly
 More budget for value-added services
 Hooks for application integration
 Multimedia, eg: video conferencing,
surveillance, ad insertion
 Tiered access
 Reduced integration time and resources

ZoneFlex At a Glance
INTERNET
ZoneFlex 2942
11g AP
FlexMaster
ZoneFlex 11n AP
Mesh Cluster
ZoneDirectors
(Active/Redundant)
ZoneFlex AP
LAN
●●●
●●●

Pricing and Availability
PRODUCT PRICE AVAILABILITY
ZoneFlex 2942 802.11g APs $349 June, 2007
ZoneDirector 1006, 1012, 1025 $1,200
$2,000
$3,500
June, 2007
ZoneDirector 1050 $6,000 Q3, 2007
ZoneFlex 7942 802.11n APs TBA Q3, 2007
FlexMaster System Management TBA Q4, 2007

ZoneFlex Summary
1. Easy to install, manage, deploy and expand
2. Simplified robust security
3. Support for delay sensitive traffic (multimedia)
4. Extended range and reliability
5. Low cost
6. Graceful migration to 802.11n

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