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SonicPoint feature summary
Enterprise-level wireless performance, range and reliability
Feature Description
Comprehensive wireless security
Feature Description
Superior wireless
performance and range
Enhanced signal quality
Increased wireless
reliability
FairNet wireless
bandwidth allocation
Reassembly-Free
Deep Packet
Inspection technology
Wireless intrusion
detection and prevention
Wireless guest services
Lightweight
hotspot messaging
Captive portal
Virtual access
point segmentation
Cloud ACL
The SonicPoint ACe and SonicPoint ACi are based on the 802.11ac standard, which can
achieve a data rate of up to 1.3 Gbps, or 3x that of 802.11n, while maintaining a higher
performance level at greater ranges depending on environmental conditions.
The 802.11ac standard operates in the 5 GHz frequency band, which has fewer wireless
devices competing for airspace and is therefore less prone to signal interference. In addition,
802.11ac uses wider 80 MHz channels and has more non-overlapping channels than 802.11n,
which operates in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. All of these features combined yield a higher
quality signal.
The increase in bandwidth capacity and greater number of spatial streams combined
with 3x3 MIMO and the improved processing oered by 802.11ac, result in more reliable
wireless coverage.
SonicPoints support FairNet, which guarantees a minimum amount of bandwidth to each
wireless client in order to prevent disproportionate bandwidth consumption by a single user.
Dell SonicWALL next-generation firewalls tightly integrate Reassembly-Free Deep Packet
Inspection® (RFDPI) technology to scan all inbound and outbound trac on wired and
wireless networks and eliminate intrusions, spyware, viruses and other threats before they
enter the network.
Wireless intrusion detection and prevention scans the wireless network for unauthorised
(rogue) access points and then the managing firewall automatically takes countermeasures,
such as preventing any connections to the device.
Wireless guest services enables administrators to provide internet-only access for guest users.
This access is separate from internal access and requires guest users to securely authenticate
to a virtual access point before access is granted.
Lightweight hotspot messaging extends the Dell SonicWALL wireless guest services model
of dierentiated internet access for guest users, enabling extensive customisation of the
authentication interface and the use of any kind of authentication scheme.
Captive portal forces a user’s device to view a page and provide authentication through a
web browser before internet access is granted.
Administrators can create up to eight SSIDs on the same access point, each with its own
dedicated authentication and privacy settings. This provides logical segmentation of secure
wireless network trac and secure customer access.
An extension to local ACL, cloud ACL is deployed and managed from a centralised RADIUS
server in the cloud. This eliminates local ACL scalability issues, enabling organisations to
configure authentication accounts based on their specific requirements. In addition, MAC
authentication can be enforced on all WiFi-enabled devices even if they are not capable of
802.1x support. This adds another layer of protection to the wireless network.
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