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Ruckus vs. UbiquitiPRODUCT COMPARISON
Ruckus Ubiquiti
Value
• Enterprise-class products
• Low initial cost
• Industry-best performance with fewer APs
• Low operational expenses
• Easy to use
• Consumer-focusedproducts
• Economypricing
• Sacrificesinperformance
• Morehands-onsupportrequired
• Easytouse
Connections
• Consistent,dependableconnectivity
• Supportshighusercount
• Excellentintoughenvironments
• Reliablehardwareandadaptivefeatures
• Always-onaccessforuserproductivity
• Consumer-gradereliability
• Builtforafewclientsandlighttraffic
• Struggleswithinterference
• Low-costhardware,unpredictableservice
• FlakyWi-Fiexperience
Capability
• DesignedforSMBandSME
• Advancedfeaturesincluded
• Flexibilitytomeetfuturebusinessneeds
• Designedforhomesandverysmallbusiness
• “Prosumer”-levelfeaturesupport
• Minimallong-termflexibility
Ruckus Core Values
• Reliability
•Featureinnovation
• Ease of use
• Industry-best performance
Ubiquiti Core Values
•Economypricing
•Simpleuserinterface
•Basicsmallbusinessfeatures
•Appealtohomeusers
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Ruckus Coverage Ubiquiti Coverage
Ruckus vs. UbiquitiConneCtivity CoMPARiSon
Ruckus Performance Ubiquiti Performance
Why Buy Ruckus?
• Our solution is optimized for small/medium businesses and enterprises
• Wehaveexpertisedeliveringagreatend-userexperienceandresponsivesupporttoover21kcustomers
• OurAPsconsistentlydemonstratebest-in-classrange,capacity,andthroughput
• OursolutionprovidesexceptionalvaluewithfewerAPsandlowTCO
• Oursystemcanreliablyhandletoday’sdevicesandapplicationswithplentyofroomtogrowintothefuture
Test Parameters• 8000+sqftchurch
• SingleAP(Ruckus7363vs. UniFiProAP)
• 5 GHz performance
• Autochannel/powersettings
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Ruckus RF Optimization Ubiquiti RF Optimization
BeamFlexisacustomantennaarraythatadaptivelyselectsthebestantennapattern(s)foreachpacket,foreachuser. • Improvesrangeandsignalquality • Increasesdatathroughputandsystemcapacity • ReducesinterferencefromneighborAPs • FewerAPsarerequiredtosupportanetwork • Workswithallclients(802.11a/b/g/n) • PatentedanduniquetoRuckus
UbiquitiAPsaredesignedforsmallofficesandlackimportantRFperformanceandreliabilityfeaturescommonamongenterpriseAPproducts • UniFiAPshavestatic,omniantennas • NoRFadaptationtodynamicenvironments • Nosignalsteeringenhancements • NoclientloadbalancingacrossAPs,noband
steering,noairtimefairness • Low-cost hardware limits client density
Ruckus vs. UbiquitiPeRFoRMAnCe CoMPARiSon
Real World Testing
• Conductedbywlanpros.com
• MeasuringAPperformanceunder load
• “Errors”measuredwheniPadHDvideoplaybackstops.Moreerrorsequatestopooruserexperience.
• Ubiquitifailedthetestwhen10iPads were connected
• Ruckuscontinuedthetestwithasmanyas25iPads
Fulltestavailableat: http://www.wlanpros.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Wi-Fi-Stress-Test-Report-Overview1.pdf
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competitiveRuckus vs. UbiquitiFeAtuRe CoMPARiSon
Feature Description Ruckus Ubiquiti
BeamFlexExtendrange,improvethroughput,addreliabilitybyoptimizingRFpatternsforeachpacketandeachuser 3 7
SmartMeshProvidesAP-to-APwirelessconnectivityfornetworkextension,bestpathforwarding,andwiredfailover 3 7
Zero-ITActivation SeamlesslyonboardwirelessclientswithoutITintervention 3 7DynamicPSK
Offersauniquepre-sharedkeyforeachuser,keepingsecuritysimple.No802.1XorRADIUSrequired. 3 7
Polarization Diversity
Dynamicallymatchesantennapolarityoftheclienttoimprovedownloadanduploadperformanceandreliability,regardlessofthedevice’sorientation 3 7
ChannelFlyImprovesperformancebychoosinganoptimalradiochannelviaactivecapacitymeasurements 3 7
SmartCastCombinesinnovativetraffichandlingtechniques,smartQoS,andtrafficclassificationforatop-qualitymediaexperience 3 7
SpeedFlex/ZapAllowsreal-timetroubleshootingofAPs,clients,andcontrollersviaintegratedthroughputmeasurementtools 3 7
SmartWayControlsBonjourtrafficacrossmulti-subnetnetworkstoenableservicediscovery 3 7
ZD Remote Easesnetworkmonitoringandtroubleshootingviaamobile-optimizedapp 3 7
Measuring WirelessInnovation
Ubiquiti FeatureGaps
1. Nomeshsupport(AP-to-APwirelessconnectivity)
2. Lacksadvancedtroubleshootingfeatures(spec-trumanalysis,syslog,locallogging,packetcap-ture,integratedspeedtest,iPadappsformonitor-ing,surveying,testing,etc.)
3. NoDynamicPSK(per-userauthenticationw/out802.1X/RADIUS)
4. NoZero-ITActivationsupport(auto-provisioning)
5. No built-in user database
6. No spectrum analysis
7. NoRFperformanceoptimizations(bandsteering,loadbalancing,airtimefairness)
8. Nofastsecureroaming
9. Nonetwork/roguemonitoringorprevention
10.Nocentralizeddatatunnelingoptions
11. Nodevicefingerprintingordevice-specificcontrols
12. Limiteduserorgroup-specificpolicies,nointegra-tionwithActiveDirectoryorLDAP
13.Noadvancedfiltering,ACLs,orwirelessclientisolation
14.NoadvancedQoStoprioritizeapplicationtraffic
15.Nofilteringofbroadcast/multicasttraffic
16.NoSSIDserviceschedules(on/offbasedontime)
17. NoAPgroupconfigurations(allsettingsareAP-specific)
18.NodynamicVLANassignment(assignedbyAD/LDAP)
19.NoadministratorauthenticationagainstAD/LDAP
20.LimitednumberofSSIDsfordifferentiatedser-vices(maximumof4SSIDs)
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. 350 West Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA (650) 265-4200 Ph \ (408) 738-2065 Fx
www.ruckuswireless.com
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IntheheartofNewYorkCity,BaruchCollegechoseRuckusWirelessover10competingWi-Fisupplierstomeetthewirelessneedsofacampuswith17,000students.Tochooseaproduct,BaruchformedacommitteeofITstaff,faculty,andstudentstoassessthewirelessexperiencebasedonweek-longlivefieldtests;reliability,speed,mobility,accessibility,andeaseofusewereamongtheirtopevaluationcriteria.
DependableWi-FiaccesshelpsBaruchattractandretainstrongstudentsinacompetitivehigher-educationlandscape.Studentsandstaffneededsolidconnectivitytoenableeducationalinitiativeslikemultimediastreaminginclassrooms,student-teachervideochat
sessions,high-densityauditoriums,andtheperennialneedforanywhere,anytimeaccessbydemandingstudentusers—eachwithmultipledevices.
Baruch’sCIOlamentedthattheir“previousWi-Finetworkdidnotmeetourneeds,sostudentsandfacultystartedbringingintheirownAPsorpoachingoffanylocalWi-Finetworktheycouldfind.”Butwith802.11n350APsmanagedbyRuckusZoneDirectorcontrollers,studentandstaffproductivityandsatisfactionarenolongeranissue.
Baruchnotedthat“goodWi-FiinNewYorkinanycontextjustisn’teasy,”butdespitetheRFhurdlesandbandwidth-hungrystudents,theystillneededfewerRuckusAPstogetthejobdone.
Ruckus Satisfied Customers
Ruckus Facts• PubliclytradedasRKUS(NYSE)
• Formed:June2004
• Customers:21,000+
• Solutionpartners:5,000+
• Fastestgrowingoftheworld’stop5WLANsuppliers(IDC,Gartner)
• Over2,900newcustomersintheinQ42012
Copyright © 2013, Ruckus Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved. Ruckus Wireless and Ruckus Wireless design are reg-istered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ruckus Wireless, the Ruckus Wireless logo, BeamFlex, ZoneFlex, MediaFlex, FlexMaster, ZoneDirector, SpeedFlex, SmartCast, SmartCell, ChannelFly and Dynamic PSK are trade-marks of Ruckus Wireless, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or website are the property of their respective owners. Revised February 2013.
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