Ruckus Wireless Announce New ZoneDirector 1200

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The Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1200 is Ruckus’ new centrally managed Smart Wireless LAN (WLAN) system.

 

The Ruckus ZoneDirector 1200 can be deployed and operated by non-wireless experts and installed quickly and easily. Any organisation with limited IT staff and budget can create a robust and secure multimedia WLAN in a matter of minutes.

 

This new ZoneDirector will utilise a ‘pay as you grow’ licensing model so you can match the number of licenses to the exact numbers of access points for your deployment. This can then be expanded to support up to 75 APs. Please note the existing ZoneDirectors (3000 & 1100 series) will not be using this approach, certainly for the time being anyway.

 

We will have the ZD1200, plus the latest 11ac access points on our stand (C73) at BETT next week.

 

How it compares against the Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100

 

Capacity

Managed APs

Ruckus Wireless 1100 – Up to 50

Ruckus Wireless 1200 – Up to 75

 

WLANS

Ruckus Wireless 1100 – 128

Ruckus Wireless 1200 – 256

 

Concurrent users

Ruckus Wireless 1100 – Up to 1,250

Ruckus Wireless 1200 – Up to 2,000

 

Hardware Spec

RAM

Ruckus Wireless 1100 – 128MB RAM

Ruckus Wireless 1200 – 2GB RAM

 

Cores

Ruckus Wireless 1100 – 1 core

Ruckus Wireless 1200 – 2 core

 

Clock Speed

Ruckus Wireless 1100 – 600MHz

Ruckus Wireless 1200 – 1.33GHz

 

Download the Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1200 series datasheet for more information, or PM me any questions.

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I'd love to see the PDF, but Lightspeed thinks your site is dodgy! :-(

 

I took the liberty of telling them it's far from it.

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How long will it be before the 1100 is obsolete after the 1200 is released?

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We've had a power cut in the office so our site is currently offline which could be the cause of the problem. You can download the datasheet from the Ruckus site: http://a030f85c1e25003d7609-b98377aee968aad08453374eb1df3398.r40.cf2.rackcdn.com/datasheets/ds-zonedirector-1200.pdf

 

In regards to the 1100, it will still be around for a while. As far as i'm aware we haven't received any indication of it going EOL any time soon. We have been told there will be an upgrade programme available for clients with the older units, however no details have been disclosed to us at the moment.

 

The 1200 is also going to be on the current ZoneDirector promotion for education sites to take advantage of so you will save a good chunk off the RRP. As long as the partner you're dealing with has deal registration with Ruckus anyway.