Ruckus MediaFlex 2225 Wi-Fi 5-port Multimedia Smart Bridge/Repeater (901-2225-UK01)
High Performance 802.11g Smart Wi-Fi Bridge/Repeater offering reliable broadband connectivity to outdoor Wi-Fi networks and high performance Wi-Fi access point in a single device.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is two products in one. It acts as a wireless access gateway, providing reliable connectivity to outdoor Wi-Fi networks, as well as an extended range indoor 802.11b/g access point.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is the world's first customer premise equipment specifically designed and optimized for broadband operators building large-scale metro Wi-Fi networks.
Patent-pending hardware and software let subscribers connect faster and more reliably to outdoor metro Wi-Fi networks – automatically optimizing around changing environmental conditions. Intelligent connection algorithms determine the fastest Wi-Fi mesh node with which to associate based on the highest data rates and best signal strength.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is the only system that provides unprecedented diversity through the use of a unique, dual polarized antenna array. This provides the largest coverage area possible, the strongest resilience to interference and the highest receive sensitivity.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is equipped with integrated smart-MIMO antenna technology developed to reliably communicate with the metro Wi-Fi nodes. Compatible with standard 802.11b/g metro Wi-Fi nodes, the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series 802.11b/g wireless access gateway extends the metro Wi-Fi coverage to hard-to-reach indoor locations.
For increased deployment flexibility, the Ruckus MediaFlex also comes equipped with an external RF connection. This provides the ability to deploy a high-gain antenna away from the CPE.
Benefits
- Increased performance range for communicating with metro Wi-Fi nodes - Advanced customer premise equipment (CPE) designed to provide indoor (home and office) coverage extension of metro Wi-Fi signal.
- Dual zone support - Simultaneously functions as a long-range wireless access gateway to outdoor Wi-Fi networks and as a high performance Wi-Fi access point indoors.
- Unprecedented reliability - Antenna diversity and automatic antenna selection optimizes signal quality to metro Wi-Fi network.
- Secure management access - PIP management access allows providers to restrict and control remote access to in-home subscriber units.
- Robust security - Discrete SSIDs and associated security configurations for both the WAN and LAN.
- Automatic interference avoidance - Mitigates multipath fading and avoids RF interference by continuously selecting the best signal path to the metro Wi-Fi nodes.
- Long-range bidirectional connectivity - Wi-Fi node selection based on link capacity and high output power deliver faster, long-range connections.
- Automatic upgrades - Periodic updating provides automatic downloads of latest firmware without user intervention.
Introducing the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is the first smart-MIMO Wi-Fi gateway that reliably extends metro Wi-Fi signals indoors. The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is equipped with industry’s first dual-polarized antenna array to optimize communication with metro Wi-Fi nodes. Additionally, an external RF antenna option works in concert with the smart antenna array and Ruckus’ patented expert control software to ensure the best antenna patterns and RF paths are selected for sending and receiving traffic.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series automatically avoids Wi-Fi interference and mitigates multipath fading by selecting the best signal path to the metro Wi-Fi node. Traditional Wi-Fi systems are equipped with a single vertically-oriented, omni-directional antenna that becomes less effective when the multipath signal arrives out of phase and cross polarized.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series integrates patent-pending Ruckus BeamFlex technology that constantly learns the RF environment and automatically adjusts the antenna pattern to steer signals to the optimum path. Just as the other Ruckus products (MediaFlex 2800 series router and 2111 adapter), MediaFlex Bridge/Repeater substantially increases both Wi-Fi performance and range.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series seamlessly communicates with metro Wi-Fi nodes by automatically associating with the best outdoor node. This built-in intelligence delivers optimum connectivity upon initial association. In the event of changes to the Wi-Fi environment or adjustments to the outdoor metro mesh network (e.g., changes to channel assignments), the MediaFlex 2200 Series continually rescans the RF domain so the selection of the best metro Wi-Fi node is maintained.
Features
- High gain horizontally and vertically-polarized directional antenna arrays
- L2TP tunnel bridges Wi-Fi clients onto carrier network allowing unique device authentication
- 200 milliwatt super high output power amplifiers
- Management IP access lists
- Multiple SSIDs for WAN and LAN
- Separate security configurations between WAN and LAN
- Automatically alerts users when no Internet connectivity is available
- Network address translation
- Preferred BSSID to force association to a specific metro Wi-Fi node
- DHCP client and server support
- Remote management support
- Integrated NUTTCP support
Dramatic Increases in Range and Performance
BeamFlex is the first-of-its kind smart antenna technology that works with off-the-shelf 802.11 silicon to deliver the most cost effective MIMO benefits to 802.11a/b/g devices today. Each Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series integrates Ruckus BeamFlex technology — a compact, internal antenna array with multiple dual-polarized directional antenna elements capable of combining to form unique antenna patterns for diversity. BeamFlex expert system control software continuously ranks the antenna patterns for each destination device using the feedback mechanism built into the 802.11 MAC layer protocol. Cognizant of the real time RF conditions, the direction and performance of the communicating devices, network capacity and application types, BeamFlex steers each packet to the optimum signal path, enabling a Wi-Fi device to sustain high transmission speeds and minimize retransmissions. Unlike conventional wireless devices, the Ruckus 2200 Series dynamically mitigates interference caused by multipath fading, neighbor networks and other wireless devices.
Simple Installation, Reduced Support Costs
Self-installable, the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series utilizes dynamic host confi guration protocol (DHCP) for automatic configuration with the metro Wi-Fi network. The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series has a simple and intuitive user interface and provides a setup wizard to guide the home users to configure the device.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is equipped to be remotely manageable by the metro Wi-Fi service provider's network management center via HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet and SSH. The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series provides extensive statistics to the service provider's network management center for ease of troubleshooting and monitoring. Multiple clients are supported behind the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series in the metro Wi-Fi network. Integrated NUTTCP support allows providers to conduct performance testing directly from the metro node to the MediaFlex 2200 Series.
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is equipped with DHCP server functionality. The MediaFlex 2200 Series supports multiple home PCs by automatically assigning dynamic IP addresses. Network address translation (NAT) is used to give home PCs Internet access. In the event of a broadband connection failure, the MediaFlex 2200 Series automatically alerts the user by redirecting them to an status page while continuing to provide local network connectivity.
Metro Hotspot Deployment
The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series allows metro ISPs to easily extend wireless coverage while maintaining user identity. This is essential for providers that must authenticate users based on a unique MAC address. Through the use of L2TP tunnelling, traffic from the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is transparently bridged to a centralized data center or NOC, allowing the authentication and billing of individual users (see L2TP Application Note for more details).
Ruckus MetroFlex 2211 Technical Specifications
Wi-Fi
- Standards: 802.11b/g
- Supported Data Rates: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 6, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps
- Channels:
- U.S / Canada: 1 - 11
- Europe: (ETSI x30) 1 - 13
- Japan X41: 1 - 13
- Routing: Static Routing
- RF Power Output: 23 dBM for 802.11b/g (200mW)
- 802.11b Rx Sensitivity
- -99 to -108 dBm @ 1 Mbps
- -96 to -104 dBm @ 2 Mbps
- -91 to -98 dBm @ 5.5 Mbps
- -90 to -94 dBm @ 11 Mbps
- 802.11g Rx Sensitivity
- -93 to -96 dBm @ 6 Mbps
- -90 to -96 dBm @ 9 Mbps
- -90 to -94 dBm @ 12 Mbps
- -88 to -91 dBm @ 18 Mbps
- -85 to -88 dBm @ 24 Mbps
- -82 to -86 dBm @ 36 Mbps
- -78 to -81 dBm @ 48 Mbps
- -76 to -81 dBm @ 54 Mbps
- NAT: Supported
- DHCP: Supported
- Bridge Mode: Supported
- Router Mode:Supported
- Tunnel Mode: L2TP
- Auto Channel Selection: Supported
- Transmit Power Control: Supported
- Wireless Security:
- Authentication: 802.1x (EAP-TTLS)
- Client Stations Supported: 10
Management
- Configuration and Statistics Interface:
- Web user interface (HTTP/S)
- CLI (Telnet, SSH)
- SNMP
- Statistics:
- LAN, wireless and associated stations
- Accessible via WebUI
- Software Update: Manually or automatically via FTP or TFTP or WebUI (preconfigured with address of Ruckus hosted firmware server)
- Other Utilities:
- Configuration dump (admin only)
- Simple support info transfer to provider
- Smart configuration wizard
Physical Characteristics
- Power:
- External power adapter
- Input: 110 - 240V AC or 220 - 240V AC (country specific)
- Output: 12V DC, 1A
- Physical Size: 14.2 x 12.2 x 7.5 cm (L x Wx H)
- Weight: 0.220 Kg
- Antenna: Internal software-configurable antenna array with directional, high-gain elements and 63 unique antenna patterns(901-2211-UK00 & 901-2225-UK01)
- Ethernet Ports: 5 Ports, auto MDX, auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps, RJ45
- LED Display:
- Power/Status
- Ethernet Status
- Wireless Status
- Wireless Network Quality Indicator
- Environmental Characteristics:
- Operating Temperature: 32°F (0°C) – 104°F (40°C)
- Operating Humidity: 15% – 95% non-condensing
Product Ordering Informations
- 901-2211-UK00 - 1-port Multimedia Smart Wi-Fi Bridge/ Repeater
- 901-2225-UK01 - 5-ports Multimedia Smart Wi-Fi Bridge/ Repeater
- 901-2211-UK25 - 1-port Multimedia Smart Wi-Fi Bridge/ Repeater with external antenna option
