Firetide WLAN Controller
The Firetide WLAN Controller is a software platform enabling advanced wireless LAN management and control within an enterprise deployment. Working in concert with HotPoint wireless access points and HotView Pro network management software, Firetide WLAN Controller delivers advanced functionality to enable deployment of wireless access points with ease.
Building on its extensive experience with wireless mesh backhaul, where bandwidth is precious, Firetide designed its access solution to distribute intelligence at the edge, resulting in superior coverage and user experience with only a minimal amount of bandwidth taken up by critical control traffic to the centralised WLAN controller.
Advanced WLAN Capabilities
To facilitate enterprise deployments, the Firetide WLAN Controller provides radio power management, Wi-Fi coverage mapping and gap analysis, policy and user management, AAA functionality, mobility and security features. Integrated DHCP authentication services, plug and play access point configuration, and zero-touch management make the Firetide WLAN solution ideal for small footprints with limited onsite IT staff as well as distributed environments where access points can span buildings, campuses or entire cities.
Per-user Performance Management
To ensure fair bandwidth usage amongst all clients, the Firetide WLAN solution rate limits clients both at per user level as well as at entire virtual access point level. This capability ensures that malicious users are not able to bring down the overall throughput of an access point and delivers fair bandwidth allocation amongst all clients associated with a HotPoint access point. The Firetide access solution also has the capability of configuring and enforcing service level contracts between the access point and clients.
Interference Mitigation
For optimal connectivity between the clients and the HotPoint access points, the Firetide WLAN Controller automatically scans the environment for radio interference and assigns the channel with minimal interference to an access point. Use of historical data to make these decisions improves performance of the network and user experience.
Deployment Tools
The Firetide WLAN solution comes bundled with deployment tools (coverage hole analyser, statistics and throughput analyser) to help in network design and optimal placement of access points. The control functionality is integrated with HotView network management software for real-time view of the state of the network.
RADIUS Server Authentication
The Firetide WLAN controller has RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial in User Service) server integrated for centralized end user authentication, authorisation, and accounting for access applications and seamless client mobility across domains. A standards based RADIUS implementation ensures easy integration with third-party billing systems.
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