Type of NMS Cloud Controller Controller Controller Cloud (Public) Cloud (Public/Private) Controller Controller Ruckus Cloud Cloud

oud (Public) Cloud (Public/Private) Controller Controller Ruckus Cloud Cloud DIY Controller Cloud Cloud

Fortinet
Sophos Wireless Sophos XG Firewall / Cyberoam Aruba Meraki Aerohive Ruckus Ruckus Open-MESH Ubiquiti Networks Aruba
Wireless Feature List (cloud-managed) SG UTM UTM Controllers cloud-based HiveManager Online
FortiOS WLAN
ZoneDirector Xclaim Cloud Controller UniFi Controller Central/Instant AP
Controller
Plug-and-Play deployment of APs YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Central management of all APs through the contoller YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Support for WPA2 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES
Support for RADIUS authentication YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Support for 802.11r(Fast Transition) YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES
Unknown AP Detection YES YES (XG ONLY) NO YES YES YES YES YES NO NO YES YES
Rogue AP Detection YES** NO NO YES YES YES YES YES NO NO NO YES
Enhanced Rogue AP Detection YES*** NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
YES (CLOUD-BASED APP
Basic Wireless Application Visibility YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
SIGNATURES)
YES (Maximum hop
Simple/Basic MESH, Hopping YES (2 HOPS) YES (2.4 GHz MESH ONLY) YES YES YES YES YES (MULTI-HOP MESH) YES YES (Simple Mesh) YES YES
counts is 2)
Basic Auto Channel Selection YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES( WITH THE HELP OF
Basic Wireless Visual Network Planner YES NO NO YES YES YES YES YES NO YES CUSTOM MAPS AND YES
GOOGLE MAPS)
Bridge to VLAN YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Hotspot support YES* YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES (USING DEDICATED
Interference Detection YES (CLEAN CHANNEL) YES YES YES YES YES (WITH BAND STEERING) YES NO NO NO YES
SECURITY RADIO)
NO( UPGRADES
FIRMWARE REMOTELY,
Customer Scheduled firmware update YES NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO
BUT NO INFORMATION
WHO CAN DO THIS)
YES (using cloud based
Cloud based user authentication YES** NO (THRU UTM/FW ONLY) NO (THRU UTM/FW ONLY) YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES
solution)
Connected clients overview and history YES YES YES YES YES (ANALYTICS) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES (using AirWave)
Bridge to LAN YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES (RADIUS, YES (RADIUS,
Enterprise Authentication(AD) YES YES NO YES YES YES YES (RADIUS ONLY) YES (RADIUS ONLY) YES (RADIUS ONLY) YES (RADIUS ONLY)
LDAP,TACACS+) LDAP,TACACS+)
AP Management (asset,TX power, channels) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Manage APs in the Cloud YES NO (THRU UTM/FW ONLY) NO (THRU UTM/FW ONLY) NO YES YES NO NO YES YES YES YES
YES (periodically and on
Automatic AP updates over Cloud YES NO (THRU UTM/FW ONLY) NO (THRU UTM/FW ONLY) NO YES YES NO NO YES NO YES
demand)
YES (USING DEDICATED YES( using AP offline YES( WITH THE HELP OF
AP incident reporting YES YES (OF APs) YES (OF APs) YES YES YES YES (w/ AUTO ALERTS) NO YES
SECURITY RADIO) notification) EVENTS AND ALERTS)
Wireless Network Configuration YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Stateful Firewall policy enforcement NO YES YES YES YES YES (IDENTITY BASED FW) YES NO YES NO NO YES
PARTIALLY (MULTIPLE XGs
Clustering and centralised management of Controllers NA - No On-prem controller W/ WIRELESS ACTIVATED YES (USING CCC) YES YES NO YES YES YES NO YES YES (using AirWave)
CAN BE MANAGED BY SFM)

App visibility and control. Allows IT to see apps by user, NO (Web categorization PARTIALLY (UNIFIED POLICY
NO YES YES (IDENTITY BASED FW) YES (IDENTITY BASED FW) YES NO YES NO NO YES
prioritize them and control access based on policies only) MODEL FOR XG)
Architectured for HA YES YES (BASIC HA) YES (BASIC HA) YES YES YES YES YES (NOT ALL MODELS) YES NO NO NO
NO (WIPS w/ PASSIVE
Wireless Intrusion Detection NO* NO NO YES YES (USING AIR MARSHALL) YES YES NO NO NO YES
DETECTION ONLY)
YES (Using ARM i.e.
YES (Location based services YES (Using SPOT YES (Location based services YES (Location based
CMX Location Analysis (Retail Analytics) NO* NO NO YES (ARUBA AIRWAVE) YES YES YES (Using SPOT Technology) Adaptive Radio
are present) Technology) are present) services are present)
Management)
Built-in NAC NO* NO NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO
BYOD - Secure Onboarding YES** YES YES YES YES YES (PRIVATE SHARED KEY) YES YES (PRIVATE SHARED KEY) NO NO NO NO
YES (with separate AirWatch
BYOD - Synchronized Security (WPA/WPA2 Password Sync) NO* NO NO YES YES NO YES NO NO NO NO
Client)
Bonjour Gateway NO* NO NO YES YES YES NO YES NO NO NO YES
YES (USING Facebook Wi- YES (USING SPLASH PAGE YES (USING URL Automatic
Automatic connection by facebook user NO* NO NO YES YES NO NO NO YES
Fi) EDITOR) Redirection)
Walled Garden (blocking specific applications) NO* YES (GUEST ACCESS) NO YES YES YES NO (APP CONTROL ONLY) YES NO YES NO YES
Band Steering YES** NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES
Airtime Fairness YES** YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO YES YES
Captive Portal YES* YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES(GUEST ACCESS) YES YES(GUEST PORTAL) YES
IFTTT based Wireless Security Automation YES*** NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
IFTTT based Wireless Mgmt. Automation YES*** NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
(Yes* = Planned in Oct 16)
(Yes** = Planned in Nov 16)
(Yes*** - Planned for Dec
16)
(NO* = Planned in 1H'17)
(Sophos Central based
Wireless releases every 3
weeks like a SaaS)