User Density

• Up to 128 clients per AP - 5 times higher than traditional APs

Simultaneous Voice Calls

• Up to 30 per AP-5 times higher than traditional APs (802.11b)

Handoff

• Virtual AP technology ensures zero loss handoff- no client handoff
• Less than 3 ms backend handoff seen at controller
• Clients maintain IP address during handoff between different subnets
• Infrastructure-controlled zero loss handoff for WiFi standard client devices
• Virtual BSSIDs

Multi-vendor Handoffs

• Interoperates with 802.11 non-Meru APs

Wireless VLANS

• Multiple ESSIDs and multiple VLANs per AP – administrator configurable
• 64 ESSIDs per AP
• 512 VLANs per controller
• Radius assigned VLAN for each user – up to 512 per controller

QoS Rules

• Static and Dynamic QoS rules
• Upstream and downstream QoS applied to WiFi standard clients
• QoS rules can be based on applications, stations, users, port numbers

DiffServ

• DSCP marking by QoS rules

Authentication – Layer 2

• 802.1X with EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS), Tunneled TLS (EAP-TTLS), Protected EAP (PEAP)
• MS-CHAPv2, Smartcard/Certificate, Lightweight EAP (LEAP), and EAP-MD5, with mutual authentication and dynamic, per user, per session unicast and broadcast keys
• Open authentication
• Combination of 802.1x and open authentication in same AP
• Firewall and access control.

Encryption – Layer 2/3

• Static and dynamic 40-bit/64-bit/128-bit WEP keys, WEP slots 1 to 4
• TKIP with MIC, AES
• IPSec 3DES, AES, IKE
• Combination of encrypted and unencrypted traffic in same AP

Filtering

• Access control per user and per AP via MAC address permit/deny
• RADIUS MAC filters
• Rogue AP permit / deny

Accounting

• Extensible for generation of accounting messages upon client signon/signoff (as part of RADIUS client)

Physical Location

• Access permit/deny based on physical location policy

Rules and Policies

• Source and destination IP addresses, source, and destination ports, protocol

RF Spectrum

• Continuous rogue AP detection and suppression / permit

Security Management

• Centralized security policies for WLAN
• Policies per VLAN
• Policies per ESSID

Channel Assignment

• Auto channel assignment on AP bring-up based on RF environment

Power Control

• Dynamic power control of the APs to optimize coverage, performance and availability

Load-Balancing

• Infrastructure-controlled association of clients to APs based on stateful traffic load and application QoS
• Virtual AP technology ensures zero loss handoffs of traffic for wireless clients roaming between APs

RF Monitoring

• Integrated monitoring for rogue APs and performance Monitoring

Bulk RF Provisioning

• Web GUI RF provisioning for multiple APs
• Single click E(z)RF optimization for performance, handoff, coverage, and rogue AP mitigation/suppression

Voice Over IP

• Protocols: SIP, H.323, SVP
• Automatic Flow Detectors built-in for SIP, H.323, Cisco SCCP, Spectralink (SVP), and Vocera with support for different codecs
• Rule based flow management for Vocera and SCCP
• Zero configuration required on client or controller

Network Applications

• RADIUS, DHCP relay, Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Programmable Services

• Classifier allows packets to be transparently rerouted to configured service

Captive Portal

• Integrated customizable interface for simple, secure access to WLAN networks with WebAuthentication utilizing Radius

Web-based GUI

• Integrated web GUI with dashboard and management info for security, configuration, monitoring, E(z)RF planning, and maintenance. Dashboard views include quick status, quick configuration, and Bulk RF Provisioning

CLI

• Integrated CLI with help and command completion services
• Access via Telnet console and SSH
• Cisco-like CLI structure and commands

Captive Portal

• Client info per station, VPN statistics

SNMP

• SNMPv2c with traps and gets for integration into existing network management platforms

MIBs

• MIB II, Meru MIB for specific fault, performance and alarms

Statistics

• Top 10, global, security, and topology statistics, alarms, and inventory

Diagnostics

• Trace events, logging, packet capture

Reports

• Trending reports for diagnostics and system behavior as well as customizable reports

AP Auto Discovery

• Layer 2 and layer 3 discovery of all APs on the network

L2 AP Connection

• Connection of AP and handoff among APs at layer 2

L3 AP Connection

• Connection of AP and handoff among APs at layer 3

Virtual AP Mode

• Single channel configuration of APs for WLAN optimization

Traditional AP Mode

• Multiple channel configuration of APs for WLAN optimization

Auto-Channel Selection

• Automatic channel selection and configuration

Auto-Power Selection

• Automatic power level selection and configuration

Remote AP

• AP bridges local traffic
• Connection via existing remote WAN link – survives WAN link failure
• NAT passthrough