NETGEAR WMS5316
ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System
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| ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System Bundle *Includes WMS5316 with 2 x WNDAP350 Dual Band 11n Wireless Access Points |
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NETGEAR
WMS5316 Overview:
Easy to Use Wireless Network Management for Small and Medium Networks
The NETGEAR ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System is an easy to use appliance to simplify the set up and management of wireless networks. Supporting up to 16 access points, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System provides a single location to configure and manage the entire wireless network. Designed for growing companies who don’t want the complexity and cost of full wireless controllers, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System delivers centralized management, load balancing, RF management, and guest access via an intuitive interface. Priced far below a full wireless controller, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System provides significant time savings and simplifies the deployment and management of a wireless network.
Deployment:
Mimicking the set up process of a single access point, the easy to use WMS5316 Wireless Management System enables even novice users to adopt a centralized management architecture for up to 16 access points. With automatic discovery of all supported access points in the network, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System speeds the configuration of a the wireless network. Automatic Radio Frequency (RF) management and channel selection takes care of optimizing the access points in the network for maximum connectivity, without intervention from the network administrator. A single entry of wireless parameters and security settings can then be pushed out to all of the access points, enabling a fully functional wireless network in minutes.
Management:
The WMS5316 Wireless Management System monitors the wireless network to ensure optimal performance and respond to changes in the RF environment. It will automatically re-assign channels and adjust RF parameters for maximum connectivity. If enabled, load-balancing on ProSafe Access Points can ensure that no single access point is overloaded continuously, by diverting clients to nearby access points. By actively managing the wireless network, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System provides an improved wireless experience without any IT staff having to lift a finger.
Security:
By centrally configuring all access points in the network, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System ensures identical security settings throughout the coverage area so that clients, guests and unwanted intruders all get appropriate access or denial to network resources. Setting up WPA2 encryption keys to keep traffic safe from prying eyes and MAC authentication lists to only allow approved devices on the wireless network can be done once and sent out to the entire network. When used with ProSafe Access Points, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System can configure a guest SSID to allow visitors safe access to the Internet without allowing visibility to company files or resources. Additionally, 802.1x network authentication can be applied for further verification of clients’ rights to be on the network. Rogue AP detection will find all access points in the area, enabling administrators to take appropriate actions. The WMS5316 Wireless Management System with central management simplifies the process of deploying a secured wireless network.
Access Points:
Supporting a wide portfolio of standard NETGEAR access points, the WMS5316 Wireless Management System enables customers to select the right access points for their needs, even mixing models to provide the right coverage, as well as an upgrade path as technology changes. The access points retain their standalone capabilities and do not require a conversion to be managed by the WMS5316 Wireless Management System. Supported models include SOHO-class 802.11G access points as well as professional caliber dual band 802.11N access points.
Features and Benefits:
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WMS5316 Key Features |
Benefits |
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| Access Point Discovery | Discovers NETGEAR Wireless Access Points everywhere on the LAN | |||||||||||
| Wireless Performance Optimization | Allows centralized RF management, Quality of Service (QoS) and load balancing | |||||||||||
| Wireless Security Configuration | Streamlines security configuration tasks and guest access set up | |||||||||||
| Wireless Network Monitoring | Summarizes managed access point status, rogue access points, wireless clients status, and wireless network usage | |||||||||||
| Maintenance Operations | Provides user management, remote management, and firmware updates for the managed access points on the LAN | |||||||||||
Network Configuration Levels |
Ease of Use Even for Non-Professional Users |
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| Basic Settings for a Typical Network | The basic settings fit the most common network configurations. All wireless access points belong to the same organization or business. | |||||||||||
| Advanced Settings for Access Point Groups | If completely separate networks share a single LAN, advanced settings allow set up of access point groups. For example, a shopping mall might need access point groups if several businesses share a LAN, but each business has its own network. | |||||||||||
| Supported Access Point Models | ||||||||||||
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Models |
Minimum Firmware Version Required |
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| Up to 16 mixed access points are simultaneously supported by the Wireless Management System (WMS5316) | WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point | WNDAP350_V2.0 | ||||||||||
| WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point | WNDAP330_V3.0.4 | |||||||||||
| WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point | WNAP210_2.0.8 | |||||||||||
| WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point | 5.2.3 | |||||||||||
| WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point | WG103_2.0 | |||||||||||
| WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point | WN802Tv2_V3.1.2 | |||||||||||
| WG602v4 802.11g Wireless Access Point | V1.1.0 | |||||||||||
Technical Specifications:
| Technical Specifications | |
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| IP AND VLAN CONFIGURATION | |
| Own IP Address | Fixed IP address only (no DHCP client mode for the Wireless Management System itself) |
| DHCP Server | The Wireless Management System can function as a DHCP server. Multiple DHCP server pools can be added for different VLANs. |
| VLANs for the Wireless Management System | Two VLANS are supported (one management VLAN and one untagged VLAN) |
| VLANs for the Access Points - Multiple SSIDs* | For each access point group, up to 8 tagged VLANs can be configured per radio, a maximum of 16 SSIDs per group for both the radios (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz). |
| ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY | |
| Automatic Discovery | Layer 2 discovery method if the Wireless Management System and all the wireless access points on the LAN are in the same IP subnet |
| IP Discovery | Layer 3 discovery method if the the Wireless Management System and the wireless access Points use different IP subnets. IP discovery can be used to find the access points for each subnet, one subnet at a time. |
| ACCESS POINT MANAGEMENT | |
| Managed Access Point Assignment | After the Wireless Management System discovers the access points, they can be “added” and set “managed” by the Wireless Management System |
| Access Point Information Edition | Name (modifiable), model (cannot be modified), user name for logging in to the access point (cannot be modified), password (modifiable) |
| Access Point Groups | Initially all the wireless access points belong to the same access point group. Up to 8 groups of managed access points can be configured and each access point can belong to only one group. |
| WIRELESS CONFIGURATION - RF | |
| Centralized Automatic RF Management* | Automatically allocates access points channel and RF power based on each access point performance in the local environment. For example, if an access point experiences interference on a channel, the Wireless Management System allocates a different channel to that access point. |
| RF Management Schedule | Channel allocation can be scheduled on a daily/weekly basis, once a day at a specified time |
| Client Aware RF Management* | If enabled, the Wireless Management System will not modify the channel for an access point with associated clients that would be impacted by the channel change. The Wireless Management System will wait for the next scheduled channel allocation to adjust the channel. |
| Usage-aware RF Management | If enabled, the Wireless Management System will not modify the channel for an access point that is switching more than 1 Mbps of wireless data traffic |
| Custom RF Settings | Radio mode preference and 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band selection for each access point group |
| Advanced Wireless Settings for Access Point Groups | If centralized automatic RF management disabled, for each radio band (802.11 b/bg/ng and 802.11 a/na) the Wireless Management System can centrally configure each access point group with common settings: turn radio on, wireless mode, MCS index/data rate, channel width (11n only), guard interval (11n only), output power, RTS threshold (0-2347), fragmentation length (256-2346), beacon interval (100-1000), aggregation length (1024-65535, 11n only), AMPDU (11n only), RIFS transmission (11n only), enable Wi-Fi Multimedia™ (WMM), DTIM interval (1 and 255), preamble type (11b/bg only), access point channel |
| WIRELESS CONFIGURATION - QOS | |
| WMM Quality of Service* | WMM automatically prioritizes traffic for both upstream traffic from the stations to the access points (station EDCA parameters) and downstream traffic from the access points to the client stations (AP EDCA parameters). Basic QoS settings for all the access points or advanced QoS settings for each access point group are available. |
| WMM Queues in Decreasing Order of Priority |
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| WMM Power Save option | WMM Power Save helps conserve battery power in small devices such as phones, laptops, PDAs, and audio players using IEEE 802.11e mechanisms. |
| Load Balancing* | Allows the Wireless Management System to distribute access point clients equally among managed access points. Basic load balancing settings for all the Managed Access Points or advanced load balancing settings for access point groups are available. |
| Load Balancing Settings* | Enable load balancing, maximum number of clients per access point, maximum number of clients per radio per access point |
| WIRELESS CONFIGURATION - SECURITY | |
| Security Profiles Lists | Up to eight (8) security profiles per radio can be configured for all the managed access points. If several access point groups have been defined, then up to eight (8) security profiles per access point group can be centrally configured. |
| Security Profiles settings | Name, wireless network name (SSID), broadcast wireless network name, network authentication (open, Shared Key, legacy 801.1X WPA and WPA2 with RADIUS, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK), data encryption (none, WEP, TKIP, AES, TKIP+AES), Wireless client security separation (wireless clients can't communicate each other), VLAN ID |
| MAC Authentication* | Block the network access privilege of the specified stations through all managed access points or through one or several specific access point group. |
| Local MAC Address Database* | The managed access points use the local MAC address table for access control. |
| Remote MAC Address Dabase (Radius)* | The managed access points use the MAC address table on an external 802.1x Radius server on the LAN for access control. |
| 801.1x RADIUS Server Settings* | Four types of 801.x RADIUS server can be configured per access point group:
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| Guest Access* | Guest access settings are useful when configuring a public wireless network (preferably secured VLAN-SSID). The guest access feature is not a captive portal. Guest access settings aim to:
When guest access is configured, it redirects the first HTTP (TCP, port 80) request to the default guest access page. The last 512 IP access and entered email address are recorded. |
| Rogue Access Point Detection* | Unidentified access points that use the SSID of a legitimate network can present a serious security threat. Rogue access point detection is enabled by default on all the managed access points. To detect rogue access points, the managed access points scan the wireless environment on all available channels, looking for unidentified access points. |
| WIRELESS NETWORK MONITORING | |
| Monitoring Summary | Summary of the managed access points status, rogue access points detected, wireless stations connected, wireless management system information and wireless network usage |
| Managed Access Point Status | Displays status for the managed access points and details per managed access point/group that includes configuration settings, current wireless settings, current clients and current traffic statistics |
| Rogue Access Points* | Basic status displays the count of rogue or neighboring access points discovered by the managed access points (instantly and in the last 24 hours):
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| Wireless Client Status | The client status list specifies detailed information about each client node currently associated with managed access points |
| Wireless Network Usage | Network usage statistics display plots of average received/transmitted network traffic per managed access point. Three different plots show Ethernet, Wireless 802.11 b/bg/ng and 802.11 a/na mode traffic separately. |
| Wireless Network Topology* |
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| DHCP Leases | Displays DHCP details for wireless clients which have been allocated IP addresses by the integrated DHCP server or the multiple DHCP server pool (VLANs) |
| MANAGEMENT | |
| Management Interface | HTTP, SNMP v1/v2c, telnet, Secure Shell (SSH) |
| Log Delivery* | If available Syslog server on the network, the wireless management system and managed access points can send all logs. Logs are also available on the GUI and ready to download (log export file). |
| Diagnostics | Managed Access Points Ping |
| Maintenance | Save/restore configuration, restore to factory defaults, admin password change, add user (read-only), firmware upgrade via Web browser for the wireless management system and the managed access points. |
| SNMP (Wireless Management System) | SNMP v1/v2c |
| SNMP (Access Point Groups)* | SNMP v1/v2c |
| HARDWARE | |
| Gigabit RJ45 Ports LAN | Switch 4-port 10/100/1000 |
| Flash Memory/RAM | 64 MB/512 MB |
| USB Port | 1 |
| Major Regulatory Compliance | FCC Class A, CE, WEEE, RoHS |
| Storage and Operating Temperatures | Operating Temperature 0°-45° C (32°-113° F), Operating Temperature 0°-45° C (32°-113° F) |
| Humidity | Operation 90% Maximum Relative, Storage 95% Maximum Relative |
| Electrical Specifications | 100-240V, AC/50-60 Hz, Universal Input, DC 5V/5A (internal power supply) |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) cm | 33 x 4.3 x 20.9 |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) in | 13 x 1.7 x 8.2 |
| Weight kb/lb | 2.1/4.6 |
| System Requirements | Internet Explorer® 5.0 or higher or Mozilla Firefox® 1.0 or higher |
| Package Contents | Wireless Management System (WMS5316), Ethernet cable, power cord, installation guide, resource CD |
| Warranty | ProSafe Lifetime |
* Please refer to the Access Points Features Compatibility Matrix on the Datasheet.
Deployment:
Documentation:
Download the NETGEAR WMS5316 Datasheet (.PDF)
| NETGEAR Products | ||
|---|---|---|
| NETGEAR Wireless | ||
| ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System | #WMS5316-100NAS List Price: $910.00 Our Price: $650.00 |
|
| NETGEAR Wireless Bundle | ||
| ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System Bundle *Includes WMS5316 with 2 x WNDAP350 Dual Band 11n Wireless Access Points |
#WNSKT350-100NAS List Price: $1,290.00 Our Price: $829.00 |
|
| NETGEAR ProSupport Service - Learn More | ||
| OnCall 24x7 - 3 Year Subscription - Category 2 | #PMB0332NA Our Price: $363.00 |
|
| XPressHW - 3 Year Subscription - Category 2 | #PRR0332-100NAS Our Price: $59.00 |
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