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Background
Colubris, now part of HP ProCurve, has a strong feature set for hospitality, and are competitively priced. On the other hand, HP is
not known for wireless networking, and they dont have a true dual-band 11n solution.
Ruckus Colubris
ZD1000 ZD3000 ZF2942 ZF7343 ZF7962 MSM710 MSM422 MSM410 MSM320 MSM310
802.11 a/g $399 (ZF2942, 11g) $499 (MSM310, 11g) $699 (MSM320, dual 11a/g)
802.11n $499 (ZF7343) $599 (ZF7363) $999 (ZF7962) $649 (MSM410) $999 (MSM422, 11n + 11abg)
$1,200/$2,000/$4,000/ $7,000 (ZD1000: 6/12/25/50 APs) $1299/$4,999/$16,500 (MSM710:10 APs/MSM730:
Mbps
Controller
$6,000/$9,000/$15,000/$30,000 (ZD3000: 25/50/100/250 APs) 40 APs/MSM750: 200 APs) 25.0
TCP Downlink to 20 Cli
Typical 11g: $13,975 (ZD1025 + 25 ZF2942s)
11g: $24,959 (MSM 730 + 40 MSM in Various Locations
310)
Deployment 11n: $16,475 (ZD1025 + 25 ZF7343s)
11n: $44,959 (MSM 730 + 4020.0
MSM 422)
(100,000 sq. ft.) 11n: $28,975 (ZD1025 + 25 ZF7962s) FlexMaster
Ruck
Management
HP/Colubris Drawbacks
NMS
No RF expertise: no BeamFlex MSM
smart antenna
Dual radio 11n AP (MSM 422) is Ruckus ZF2942
really only single 11n, other radio Performance Results Colubris MAP-320
is 11abg
Ruckus AP achieved highest, Ruckus AP
Guest access, captive portal Mbps
25.0 most dependable performance achieved
SSIDs tunneled back to controller across all locations tested 5x higher
TCP Downlink to 20 Clients
creating bottleneck not 8 performance
in Various Locations
truly distributed forwarding 20.0
with interference
architecture Ruckus 7
6.58
6
15.0
Colubris
5
What to be aware of
10.0
4
Ruckus ZF2942
Colubris MAP-320
Competitive Hotsheet Ruckus ZoneFlex vs. HP/Colubris Networks
2 FastEthernet ports and Power Enabling daisy chaining APs & redundancy. PoE
Yes Yes
over Ethernet obviates need for power supply.
Flexible AP Mode and AP / Operating as thin- or fat- AP and
Yes Separate model
Controller Auto-discovery automatically discovery of Director.
Easy 5-minute initial configuration wizard for non
Configuration wizard Yes No
IT staff deployment
Dynamic channel and power adjustment based
Dynamic RF management Yes Yes
on real-time data
Wireless Mesh Extend network coverage without running cables Yes 11g or 11n. Plug-n-play LocalMesh
Management and policies
FlexMaster (SOAP/HTTPS)
Remote management Remote control and configuration Yes
HTTP/S, Telnet/SSH, SNMP
Classification, prioritization, per class/SSID/client, SmartCast automatically classifies traffic Limited, difficult to
Traffic engineering engine
rate limiting and supports four queues per client configure
Wireless heat map At-a-glance visualization of WLAN Yes AirWave
Captive portal Yes Yes
Guest accounts Easy-to-generate guest passes Yes Yes
Security
Integration with existing directories and Yes. RADIUS, AD,
AAA integration Yes
authentication methods Local authentication, LDAP
Dynamic PSK, 802.1X, WEP, WPA-TKIP,
Wireless authentication Yes No DynamicPSK
WPA2-AES, 802.11i
Wireless IDS Rogue AP detection Yes AirTight OEM
This hotsheet was compiled using publicly available sources and results of Ruckus testing and is believed accurate as of April 20, 2010. While
every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information provided, Ruckus Wireless, Inc. assumes no liability or
responsibilities for errors, omissions, improper or incorrect information contained in this hot sheet.