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WLAN Security Switch
2300 Series
The WLAN 2300 Series includes a family
of security switches, each designed to
meet specific needs of enterprise-wide
deployments. The portfolio breadth,
combined with advanced features and a
common management system, provides
unparalleled deployment flexibility and
scalability to meet the growing demands
ofmobileprofessionals.Eachswitch
can be deployed and managed inde-
pendently, or can participate with other
2300 Security Switches in large enterprise
network deployments. In multiple switch
architectures, client information and poli-
cies are shared among switches to permit
fast roaming among all access points.
Regardless of network size or topology,
the WLAN Security Switch 2300 family
can lower equipment costs substantially
by offering the right-sized product for
any deployment scenario.
•Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2350
The WLAN Security Switch 2350 is
the smallest switch in the 2300 Series
and is ideally suited for extending
WLAN services to small or branch
office environments. The WLAN
Security Switch 2350 auto-configures
when first connected to the network
and can control up to three access
points. It offers the same features as the
larger 2300 switches but in a smaller
package.
•Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2360
The WLAN Security Switch 2360 is
ideally suited for mid-size office sites
or wiring closet deployments and can
control up to 12 access points that can
be either connected directly to one of
theeightEthernetportsorindirectly
through a Layer 2 or 3 network. The
WLAN Security Switch 2361 is iden-
tical to the 2360, but adds a second
power supply for improved wireless
service resiliency.
•Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2382
The largest switch in the 2300 series
features Gigabit connectivity and is
designed for large deployments and
data center installations. The WLAN
Security Switch 2382 can be licensed
to control up to 128 distributed access
points. Dual power supplies provide
superior resiliency for voice and busi-
ness applications.
User-based policies for
enhanced security
WLAN Security Switches can enforce
security and QoS policies based on the
individual user or group identity — not
their device, initial access point or phys-
ical port. These policy assignments can be
maintained locally, or pulled from central
AAA servers during authentication. The
latter approach allows for massive scale
and stronger security by centralizing
policy management and mitigating the
need to update and synchronize multiple
policy databases. Subsequent to authen-
tication, user policies are propagated to
other WLAN Security Switches to allow
for fast, secure roaming with consistent
QoS levels. The WLAN Security Switch
tracks and maintains records of user loca-
tion, roaming history, data transferred
and other activity for accounting and
billing purposes.
Mobility domains for “free” roaming
EachWLANSecuritySwitchcontrolsa
specified number of access points which
in turn creates an 802.11 service domain
where mobile users can roam freely.
MultipleWLANSecuritySwitchescan
work together to create large mobility
Figure 3. WLAN Security Switch options
WSS 2350 WSS 2360 WSS 2361 WSS 2382 MX-2800
Number of Fast
Ethernet ports/
Power over Ethernet
2/1 8/6 8/6 1/0 (Mgt) 1/0 (Mgt)
Number of Gigabit
Ethernet ports
— — — 2 x 1-Gbps (SFP)
8 x 1-Gbps
(RJ-45 or SFP)
2 x 10-Gbps (XFP)
Number of access
points supported 3 12 12
Licensed
N x 32
128 max
Licensed
N x 64
512 max
Third-party
AP support
Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes
Form factor Small table mount 1U rack mount 1U rack mount 1U rack mount 1U rack mount
Power supply Single Single Dual-redundant Dual-redundant
Optional
Dual-redundant
Application SMB/
branch ofce
Mid-size ofce/
wiring closet
Mid-size ofce/
wiring closet
Data center Data center