Ruckus ZoneFlex™ 2925

The First Multimedia 802.11g Wireless Access Point Designed for the Fast-Changing Hotzone Market

Today’s Wi-Fi hotzone operators are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They’re forced to choose between low-end, consumer-grade, feature-lacking products, or high-end enterprise systems that are expensive, cumbersome, and overkill. The ZoneFlex 2925 access point (AP) fills this gap by adding new capabilities that uniquely support the next stage of hotzone services. It’s ideal for delivering voice over Wi-Fi, IP-based video, secure enterprise access, and tiered Wi-Fi services.

Delivers Unsurpassed Density.

Supports up to 20 concurrent voice calls, 12 or more IP video streams (depending on end device and compression) and 50 data clients
Unique broadcast, QoS, security, and management policies can be assigned to multiple SSIDs
Meets ever-increasing demands of hotzone operators

Supports New Revenue Streams.

Operators can charge for premium services, voice or FMC services, IPTV, or video services
Triple-play ready
Allows operators to deliver voice, video, and data traffic, isolated within separate virtual networks

Supports Differentiated Services with Multiple SSIDs.

Up to eight discrete SSIDs and four unique BSSIDs can be configured and assigned unique security, broadcast, QoS, and management parameters
Tiered services to different user or traffic types can be offered, including open access, secure premium access, voice support, and video services
Enterprises can differentiate guest, contractor, and employee access policies or segment different traffic types

Simple Deployment

Product

ZoneFlex 2925 goes the extra mile to ensure highly-satisfied end users. It provides a long list of adaptive controls, such as continuous channel selection and beam steering, for maximum resilience to the changing RF environment. With two to four times the Wi-Fi coverage over a typical 802.11g, it also reduces the number of APs needed. And its integrated spectrum monitoring can be performed remotely, to gain visibility into each hotzone for easier troubleshooting.

Reliability

BeamFlex: Unprecedented Reliability and Diversity.

ZoneFlex 2925 is equipped with BeamFlex, a MIMO-G smart antenna system optimized for high-density Wi-Fi environments. BeamFlex enables client devices to communicate over longer distances at higher speeds than plain-vanilla 802.11 products. It features six high-gain, directional antenna elements capable of forming 63 unique antenna patterns. Expert system control software continuously ranks antenna patterns for each receiving device, using the inherent feedback mechanism built into the 802.11 MAC layer protocol. By automatically steering Wi-Fi signals around interference, BeamFlex eliminates the need to place each AP in a particular location. And continuous channel selection delivers the most optimal user performance, by ensuring that the best channel is used.

Easy

Easy Deployment, Management, and Security.

ZoneFlex 2925 is simple to manage through HTTP/S, SSH, or a CLI, and supports the industry-standard SNMP protocol for easy integration with third-party management systems. Its remote spectrum monitoring gives operators a detailed view over time of the RF environment. They can detect unauthorized or foreign APs, see devices consuming various frequencies and channels, determine sources of co-channel interference, and gather per channel error rates. And users are assured the highest level of security, through the most advanced authentication and link layer security options, such as 802.1x and WPA pre-shared keys (PSK).

Specs

Physical Characteristics
Power	• External power adapter • Input: 110-240V AC • Output: 12V DC, 1A
Physical Size	14.2cm (L), 12.2cm (W), 7.5cm (H)
Weight	200 grams
Antenna	Internal software-configurable antenna array with directional and omni high-gain elements that provide up to 64 unique antenna patterns
Ethernet ports	5 ports, auto MDX, auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps, RJ-45
LED display	Power/status, Ethernet status, wireless status, wireless network quality indicator
Environmental conditions	• Operating temperature: 32°F (0°C) - 104°F (40°C) • Operating humidity: 15% - 95% non-condensing
Performance and Supported Configurations
Concurrent Stations	• Up to 100 (for Open, WEP or WPA-AES) • Up to 22 (for WPA-TKIP)
Target UDP Throughput	15-20 Mbps sustainable throughout a 5000 square foot (460m²) public area
Simultaneous Vo-Fi Clients	up to 20
Traffic Management and Quality of Services
Classes of Service	Voice, video, best effort and background
Software Queues	Four per station
802.11e	Supported
Automatic Traffic Classification	Automatic type of service tagging for multicast video packets
Rate Limiting	Supported
VLAN support	802.1Q
Heuristic Classification	Supported
Management
Configuration	Web user interface, CLI (Telnet), SSH HTTP/S, SNMP statistics interface. TR-069 through FlexMaster
Statistics	LAN, wireless and associated stations (accessible via Web UI)
Auto AP Software Updates	FTP or TFTP, remote auto available
Wi-Fi
Standards	802.11b/g
Supported Data Rates	• 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps
Channels	• US/Canada: 1-11 • Europe (ETSI X30): 1-13 • Japan X41: 1-13
Auto Channel Selection	Supported
RF Power Output	• 22 dBm for wireless-B • 22 dBm for wireless-G • Country-specific power settings are configurable
Transmit Power Control	Supported
BSSID	Up to eight
Power Save	Supported
Wireless Security	• WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-TKIP, WPA2 AES, 802.11i • Authentication via 802.1X with the ZoneDirector, local authentication database, support for RADIUS and ActiveDirectory
Certifications	• Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Ecuador, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, U.S. • WEEE/RoHS compliance • Wi-Fi alliance certification

Videos

	Dynamic Pre-Shared key		How it works: ZoneFlex		Video Tutorials: ZoneFlex Setup Wizard
	Guestpass Generation		Victor Shtrom on Dynamic Beamforming		ZoneDirector Dashboard Overview

Webinars

Webinar: Demystifying BeamForming

Data/Feature Sheets

	BeamFlex (547.1 KB)		ZoneFlex At-A-Glance (1.8 MB)		ZoneFlex Overview (1.3 MB)
	ZoneFlex 2925 (1.1 MB)

Case Studies

Holiday Inn Express and Comfort Suites (891.1 KB)

Raroa School (770.3 KB)

White Papers

	Clear Voice over Wi-Fi in the Enterprise		Enterprise WLAN Competitive Testing		Wireless Best Practices: A Practical Guide for Small/Medium Business
	Demystifying Beamforming		Making WLANs Work Reliably and Cost-Effectively in a Multimedia World