Zebra Technologies WiNG5 WLAN Guest Access: Captive Portal and Application Visibility Control (AVC) ‘Out of Box’ Functionality and Performance vs Aruba’s WLAN Offering
Sponsor: Zebra Technologies (Extreme Networks)
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Document Number: 216109
Publication Date: 3/29/2016
Page Count: 7
Abstract
In virtually every business environment, guests, visitors and BYOD employees require Internet access. Wireless LANs (WLANs) provide the only practical way to provide access whether for just a few guests at a time at a small office or for hundreds simultaneously at hotels and conferences. Feature-rich and high-performance guest management solutions improve user experience and allow network managers to control usage of precious WLAN/Internet bandwidth.
Zebra Technologies commissioned Tolly to evaluate the guest management capabilities of its WiNG5 WLAN solution and compare that to Aruba’s offering. The evaluation focused on comparing architecture and features available “out of box,” that is, without requiring any additional products or licensing. Tolly engineers tested the AVC performance of each vendor’s deep packet inspection (DPI) engine on the WLAN access point (AP). Additionally, Tolly reviewed product documentation of the architecture and feature set especially features relevant to the branch office.
Zebra WiNG5 provides important features that are extra-cost items with the Aruba Solution as well as better DPI performance.