Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Tri-Radio Access Point With Support for Multiple Extreme Operating Systems
In today’s world, as businesses make capital investments in their technology
infrastructure, they must have a keen eye on how those investments can
improve operational efficiency and reduce cost. With Extreme’s Universal
infrastructure, customers can take advantage of hardware agility and reduce
the total cost of their network by adopting platforms that allow them to run
multiple Extreme operating systems. This multi-persona capability provides
increased product flexibility and reduced hardware obsolescence.
The AP410C is part of Extreme’s Universal Wi-Fi platform and provides users
the choice of Wi-Fi operating system (IQ Engine or WiNG Operating System).
Customers have the flexibility to select the OS at start-up or at a later stage
and the AP will assume the features/capabilities of the selected OS. When
first booted, the AP410C automatically connects to ExtremeCloud IQ to
find its persona. The pre-provisioned OS persona is then remotely enabled
on the AP410C AP and the user can stay in the cloud or select manage the
device locally.
The AP410C provides high-efficiency, high-performance 802.11ax aggregate
data rates up to 4.8 Gbps in the 5 GHz band and concurrent 2.4 Gbps in
the 2.4 GHz band. The AP410C platforms are the first generation of APs to
run multiple Extreme operating systems, providing flexibility and choice of
on-premise or cloud deployment, while minimizing total cost of ownership
designed for high density environments, AP410C is powerful enough
and smart enough to provide the highest level of client services without
compromising security monitoring. Unlike other access points that scan
only part time, the dedicated, dual-band sensor scans for rogue devices full
time, eliminating the risk of vulnerability or attacks. Tri-Radio APs continues
the Extreme tradition of software-selectable radios (SSRs) capable of dual
5 GHz connectivity.
With more users, more devices, more things, more applications and more
threats straining the infrastructure, the AP410C was engineered to meet
those challenges. The AP410C combines powerful 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6
technology, advanced security and ML/AI management capabilities
together into an enterprise class solution that allows you to deploy high
speed, highly secure Wi-Fi into the toughest environments.
Security
The AP410C delivers the highest level of security services,
beginning with support for the latest Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3
security certifications. Additionally, supporting a stateful L2-
L7 DPI firewall for context-based access security
Management Analytics
In conjunction with management system, cloud or Onpremises the AP410C provides a very rich set of data
displayed via context driven widgets, representing historical
data or a combination of historical and current data. This
provides context-specific granularity with perspective views
for locations, network, APs, individual client devices as well
as policy roles. In each context, administrators can adjust
dashboards from widget library
Programmable Radios
Extreme launched the industry's first software defined
802.11ax access point supporting not only a dual 5 GHz
capability but also two software programmable modes
to optimally manage radios to provide the highest
level of client performance. The AP410C intelligent
monitoring of the software- configurable radios
enables network managers to configure network RF
technology based on user environment and configure
the access points in different modes was required.
Universal Hardware
The AP410C as a universal hardware platform comes with
a dual-persona capability allowing user choice of the WiFi operating system (OS). Either the IQ Engine operating
system or the WiNG Operating System persona can be
enabled as required. The desired persona can be selected
at start-up or changed at a later stage. Once selected, the
AP410C assumes the features/capabilities of the selected
OS. When first booted, the AP410C automatically connects
to ExtremeCloud IQ to find its persona. The pre-provisioned
OS persona is then remotely enabled on the AP410C
system, eliminating the need for manual selection
Integrated BLE
To support both IoT and Guest Engagement services
the AP410C integrates Bluetooth to connect with IoT
devices wireless to engage loyalty customers with Apple
iBeacon1
. Enterprises can use API driven applications to
send advertisements directly to shoppers, guests, and
conference attendees. This makes it ideal for businesses to
advertise their app download pages, captive portals, or sitespecific information.
