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Colubris wireless MultiService Controller (MSC) 5000 Series centrally manages wireless network configuration and operation, provisioning a broad range of services to ensure consistent reliability enterprise-wide. The MSC is 802.11n-ready today, scaling easily to support a high-capacity 802.11n environment.

Legacy Wireless Networks Impede 802.11n Scalability

With legacy centralized WLAN switches, scalability is entirely a function of the amount of wireless traffic. As higher-capacity access points (APs) are added to the centralized WLAN switch, the number of APs supported is reduced. The only way to increase wireless capacity is to purchase additional WLAN switches or to upgrade to more expensive, higher capacity models. In a high-capacity 802.11n environment, these controllers lose 75-80% of their AP scalability! There is a better way protect your investment with Colubris.

Colubris Wireless Controllers Deliver Optimum Scalability

The Colubris 802.11n-ready MSC 5000 Series brings high performance and scalability to wireless networks of all sizes. MSCs centrally control the operation of the wireless network, provisioning a broad range of identity- and roles-based services to ensure consistent Quality of Service (QoS) and security to clients that use and roam across the network. An integral component of the Colubris Intelligent Mobility Solution, MSCs push policies to MultiService Access Points (MAPs) at the network edge, where traffic is forwarded directly from source to destination.

The Colubris architecture unties controller scalability from wireless traffic capacity, so MSCs support the same number MAPs in high-capacity 802.11n as they do in 802.11a/b/g environments, providing excellent investment protection and a smooth migration to 802.11n.

Key Features

• High-performance, Multiservice Networking
  - Robust, identity- and roles-based user account profiles using embedded or external AAA services
  - Central configuration of virtual service communities (VSCs) for QoS, authentication, encryption, and VLANs
  - Separation of wireless control and data forwarding to maximize delivery of business, voice and multimedia applications
• Anywhere, Anytime Mobility
  - Controller solutions for networks of all sizes from large organizations to branch offices
  - Fast roaming for service transparency and ultra-speed hand-offs across MAPs within and across subnet boundaries
  - Mobility cluster interconnects multiple MSCs and MAPs for scalable identity-based roaming across the enterprise
  - Scalability consistent in 802.11 a/b/g and high-capacity 802.11n networks
  - Full service capabilities for wireless networks controlled across the WAN, at no extra cost
• Rock-Solid Wireless Security
  - Per-user or per-device security policies based on user credentials (802.1X/EAP), hardware identifiers (MAC address, WEP key) and HTML login
  - Authentication through Microsoft Active Directory or (internal or external) RADIUS AAA services
  - Built-in stateful firewall for secure connection to Internet
  - Flexible, per-user VLAN mapping for secure passage through the corporate network
  - Mutual MSC/MAP authentication using digital certificates to eliminate rogue access point connectivity
• Simplified Management
  - Control of a network of up to 200 MAPs
  - Central configuration, plug-and-play auto-discovery and software updates for easy MAP deployment
  - Integration with wired networks, e.g., QoS, VLANs, NAC, Microsoft Active Directory or external RADIUS AAA services
  - Award-winning enterprise- and service provider-grade guest access services
• Unparalleled Investment Protection
  - 802.11n-ready: Consistent high-scalability in all 802.11 networks without expensive controller upgrades, i.e., an MSC which manages 200 802.11a/b/g MAPs will also manage 200 802.11n MAPs at full throughput

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