DrayTek Enhances Wi-Fi Networks for Today’s BYOD Trend by the VigorAP 800
HSINCHU, Taiwan DrayTek Corp. (TSE:6216), a Taiwan-based networking solutions provider, today proudly introduces the VigorAP 800, a standalone 802.11n wireless access point
to meet today’s business need. Many business professionals now use
their own laptops/tablets and/or other mobile handsets for both personal
and work purposes due to the recent Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend.
Plus, carriers gradually stop offering unlimited 3G or 4G data plan;
hence, employees require the sufficient Wi-Fi network to allow their
mobile devices to stay connected. For this reason, the IT Dept of the
organization would need the device to not only offer the wireless
connectivity but also the robust security features for the policy
enforcement. The DrayTek VigorAP 800 extends the wireless coverage and
gives the advanced security control meet the demand of IT.
Highlights of VigorAP 800
The
VigorAP 800 adds wireless connectivity to an existing LAN, or for
extending the range of an existing wireless LAN by using the WDS/Bridge,
Repeater features. In addition to the extending coverage, Wi-Fi
Multimedia standard (WMM) does Quality-of-Service (QoS) in Wi-Fi
networks to prioritize traffics. When there are multiple concurrent
applications (e.g. audio, video and voice), compete for network
resources, the network administrator can assign different latency and
throughput requirements to optimize the performance. The VigorAP 800 can
be dual band upgradable (2.4G/5G band simultaneously) while adding the Vigor N65 USB Wireless Adopter. You can reserve the less interference 5G band to some essential devices to deliver high performance Wi-Fi networks.
Another
concern for IT staff is the security. BYOD contributes many unmanaged
devices existed in the corporate network. IT Dept needs an efficient way
to enforce the policies to prevent the unauthorized devices accessing
the corporate Wi-Fi network. The VigorAP 800 features multiple levels of
wireless security with encryption using WEP/WPA/WPA2 for
authentication. It also implements the access control list (ACL) to
specify clients’ devices based on MAC hardware address, which are
permitted to connect. Any unauthorized hardware is refused access. This
way IT turns those unmanaged devices under control. When any authorized
device reported lost, IT just removes its MAC address from ACL and keeps
the security of the corporate Wi-Fi networks. The VigorAP 800 further
gives the advance user authentication. Network administrator can
activate 802.1x RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service) to
centrally manage and store user names and passwords either within the
VigorAP 800 setup itself or on an external RADIUS server.
For
visitors/guests, IT needs to offer open Wi-Fi connection but not affect
the corporate area. VigorAP 800 has two completely independent LANs:
one is LANA (4 ports) and another is LANB (1 port). You can assign the
separated Wireless SSID to each LAN and they remain separated even on
the Wireless LAN. It is similar to have two different access points
which is ideal way to divide public and private networks. For example,
IT Dept makes one SSID (e.g. Guest 1) belonging to LANB as Open Wi-Fi
without enabling the authentication and ACL control. Visitors and guests
can all get wireless connectivity through Guest 1 but have no chance to
cause the confidential leakage.
About DrayTek
DrayTek, state-of-the-art firmware designer and quality hardware producer is the reliable supplier of novel networking & telecommunications for SOHO and SMB. At present, DrayTek's solutions, ranging from enterprise-level firewalls, mission-critical bandwidth management and comprehensive VPN facilities, triple play routers, to prospective IP PBX solutions, can meet the market trend and go above and beyond customer expectations.
