Zyxel NXC2500 WLAN Controller 8-24 AP

The All-in-One, Intelligent NXC Controller
Delivering a good wireless LAN service that stands up to thedemands of connecting users to the latest high bandwidthapplications is not easy. The latest BYOD (Bring Your OwnDevice), mobility and 3G Wi-Fi tablet and smart phone technologyall present scalability, manageability and functionalitychallenges to business Wi-Fi installations. To enable businessesto addressing these challenges ZyXEL has developed the NXC2500,an all-in-one, intelligent Wireless LAN Controller. The ZyXELNXC2500 is designed to provide resellers and businesses with asolution that works as an AP planning, deployment, monitoring andmaintenance solution while offering management, authenticationand guest access within an all-in-one device.
The ZyXEL NXC2500 Wireless LAN Controller supports themanagement of the ZyXEL Unified, Unified Pro and NWA5000 ManagedSeries of Access Points to provide complete wireless LANfunctions for the business. As standard the ZyXEL NXC2500supports the initial management of 8 APs and provides scalabilitywith a maximum supported total up to 24 APs, the “pay-as-you-grow”principle provides reassurance and future proofing for small andmedium-sized businesses, hotels and educational institutes toimplement secured, centralized wireless LAN networks.
Simplifying BYOD
The ZyXEL NXC2500 helps businesses to meet BYOD challenges. Asmore and more people are bringing their own devices to work, theworkplace has gradually evolved from “one device for oneperson” to “multiple devices for many people”. TheNXC2500 has been designed to work with ZyXEL Unified, Unified Proand Managed Series of Access Points with no pre-configurationrequired. The NXC2500 provides the business with multipleauto-discovery methods, Broadcast, DHCP option and DNS. With IETFstandard based CAPWAP (Control And Provisioning of WirelessAccess Points), secured communication can be established betweenthe NXC controller and access points without changing theexisting LAN infrastructure, this allows APs be deployed andprovisioned quickly and securely within the network. The NXC2500offers a non-stop wireless service, easy installation and securedWi-Fi network for your business.
Visualized AP planning and WLAN health management
Efficiently estimating the number of APs needed and fastdeployment of stable, high quality Wi-Fi coverage are twounavoidable challenges for every WLAN installation scenario.Monitoring and maintaining the health of the wireless networkafter deployment is equally important and usually can consume alot of effort. In order to simplify the planning, deploying andmaintaining, the ZyXEL Wireless Optimizer works in unison withthe NXC2500. The Wireless Optimizer provides a pre-installationAP planning function and after installation delivers innovationthat allows your WLAN Access points to act as Wi-Fi sensors toperform coverage detection that simplifies and speeds updeployment. The AP Wi-Fi sensor also provides a wireless qualityindex, and can be visualized into the Wi-Fi quality MAP withinthe Wireless Optimizer Application, where the maintenance andoptimization of the Wi-Fi deployment is no longer an “invisible”and incredibly complicated challenge.
Optimal WLAN quality
The ZyXEL NXC2500 comes with a range of advanced RF managementfunctions that minimizes administrator efforts for optimizedWi-Fi quality and performance. The auto channel selectionfunction can provide continuous, automated RF optimization torelieve administrators from the need to worry about channelsettings and to determine the right channels. AP load-balancingparameters can also be set to distribute traffic, while thenumber of served clients among multiple APs can also be detectedto improve overall efficiency.
Authentication with simplified management
The ZyXEL NXC2500 uses comprehensive authentication methods tomanage Wi-Fi accessibility for laptops, tablets or other mobiledevices with AD, LDAP or RADIUS authentication servers. TheNXC2500 also provides a built-in RADIUS server, captive portalserver and DHCP server. It has the capability for fullycustomizable portal pages allowing you to deploy secured employeeand guest access without the need for any additional servers andthe user friendly guest account generator can dynamically createuser accounts for guests at reception or as easily by thebusiness office administrators. The flexible, powerful, yetfriendly design all helps to demystify the professional Wi-Fideployment and make the implementation of business class Wi-Fieasy.