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New WatchGuard Wi-Fi Access Point Delivers Top Performance and Security for High-Density Wireless Networks
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:27:38 PM
 

Wave 2 AP offers industry-leading Wi-Fi speeds, the highest client density for device connection, and a third radio for dedicated WIPS and RF optimization

WatchGuard Technologies, a leader in advanced network security solutions, today announced the AP420, a new 802.11ac Wave 2 AP which provides the power and speed needed to support throughput-intensive and latency-sensitive applications like VoIP, video, music, and large data file transfers over Wi-Fi. It also includes a 4x4 Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) dual radio that offers high client-density support to help eliminate Wi-Fi connection delays, and a third radio for dedicated Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) and RF optimization scanning.

These new APs are all about improving the user experience and eliminating the need to sacrifice application performance for security. Theyre perfect for demanding environments like tradeshows, auditoriums, large conference rooms, and shopping malls where lots of people with a variety of devices are trying to use the network all at once, said Ryan Orsi, director of product management, Wi-Fi, at WatchGuard Technologies. And, when managed with our secure, scalable, and feature-rich Wi-Fi management platform, WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud, customers get powerful WIPS, in-depth guest and airspace analytics, and invaluable marketing and guest engagement tools.

For customers, high-performance Wi-Fi means fast, reliable connectivity. But for us, it means much more. We need to provide the access, secure it, and be able to get intelligent information from it to help us optimize our business operations and offering, said Stuart Rowbotham, managing director of Bromley.net. The new AP420 with Wi-Fi Cloud gives us all of that by combining performance and security into a solution thats simple to deploy and manage. We get reliable high-speed Wi-Fi thats not only secure, but also delivers an immersive guest experience, which is good for the customer and good for our brand.

WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud is architected from the ground up to focus on ease of deployment and administration. It simplifies even the most complex aspects of Wi-Fi management, making fast, secure, and intelligent Wi-Fi accessible to organizations of all types and sizes. The latest release of WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud continues to push performance with new Wi-Fi performance features that improve the quality of experience for users connected to WatchGuards APs, new application visibility and firewall policy control, pre-defined user role policy, plus an integration with Google for Education to ensure that only devices registered in the schools Google domain can connect to the school Wi-Fi network and network access policies are enforced.

 
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