Ruckus gets bigger...

[Haptic]

Ruckus have today announced the release of a new budget friendly AP, the 7321:

 

Best-in-class mid-range performance and cost effective

 

Selectable band (5GHz/2.4GHz) support

2.4GHz, 110Mbps of theoretical maximum speed

5GHz, 230Mbps of theoretical maximum speed

Transmit beamforming

Advanced channel management

 

Transmit beamforming and ChannelFly

 

Results in 2 to 4 times extended range and coverage

Up to 50 percent capacity increase with ChannelFly

Up to 4 dB signal gain with transmit beamforming

 

Concurrent support for video, VoIP and data

 

Four queues per client station

Delivers 20 concurrent voice calls, 256 simultaneous users

Automatic prioritization of VoIP and video traffic

Smart meshing increases flexibility, reduces costs

 

Smart Mesh Networking

Admission control/load balancing

 

 

8 BSSIDs with unique QoS and security policies

WEP, WPA-PSK (AES), 802.1X support

Zero-IT and Dynamic PSK

Captive portal and guest accounts

RADIUS and Active Directory support

 

Contact your CP account manager or [email protected] for more information and pricing

zoneflex-7321.pdf

[JJonas]

How does this compare performance and pricewise to the 7363's we already have?

[Haptic]

How does this compare performance and pricewise to the 7363's we already have?

 

Primary difference is that the 7363 is 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz concurrent broadcast, whereas the 7321 is selectable dual band i.e. you select either 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz. This obviously removes the benefits from band steering which the 7363 offers i.e. offloading 5Ghz capable clients onto 5Ghz radio to free up bandwidth and space for 2.4Ghz only clients.

 

In terms of cost they are cheaper than the 7363 but are slightly less powerful:

 

7321 RF POWER OUTPUT

•Max transmit power 23 dBm 2.4GHz; 21 dBm for 5GHz

 

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7363 RF POWER OUTPUT

•Max transmit power 26 dBm for 2.4GHz; 24 dBm for 5GHz

 

Finally the 7321 only has a single 10/100/1000 port rather than 1 x 10/100/1000 and 2 x 10/100 ports on the 7363.

 

Personally I see a potential application for 7321's in deployment within mobile classrooms for example where usage is likely to be comparatively limited but coverage would be useful. If you'd like to see the full breakdown drop over an email and I'll send through the full spec sheets.

 

Thanks,

 

Mark

 

[email protected]