Spec Sheet

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SonicWave Feature Summary
SUPERIOR USER EXPERIENCE
Feature Description
High-speed wireless
performance and range
SonicWave access points are based on the 802.11ac Wave 2 standard, which can achieve a PHY
rate of up to 2.34 Gbps while maintaining a higher performance level at greater ranges depending on
environmental conditions.
Enhanced signal quality
The 802.11ac standard operates in the 5 GHz frequency band, which has fewer wireless devices
competing for airspace and is therefore less prone to signal interference.
Increased wireless reliability
The increase in bandwidth capacity and greater number of spatial streams combined with
MU-MIMO and the improved processing offered by 802.11ac, result in more reliable wireless coverage.
MU-MIMO
MU-MIMO (Multi-user, multiple-input, multiple-output) technology enables simultaneously transmission
from the access point to numerous wireless clients instead of just one.
Band steering
Band steering improves the user experience by steering dual-band clients to automatically connect to the
less crowded 5 GHz frequency band leaving the more crowded 2.4 GHz frequency for legacy clients.
Beamforming
Beamforming improves wireless performance and range by focusing the wireless signal on an individual
client instead of spreading the data transmission equally in all directions.
AirTime Fairness
AirTime Fairness distributes air time equally among connected clients, ensuring faster clients get more
data in their time while slower clients receive less.
Wireless mesh A wireless mesh enables to extend wi coverage instantly without requiring cables.
FairNet wireless
bandwidthallocation
FairNet guarantees a minimum amount of bandwidth to each wireless client in order to prevent
disproportionate bandwidth consumption by a single user.
COMPREHENSIVE WIRELESS SECURITY
Feature Description
Reassembly-Free Deep Packet
Inspection technology
SonicWall next-generation rewalls tightly integrate Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection
®
(RFDPI)
technology to scan all inbound and outbound trafc on wired and wireless networks and eliminate
intrusions, ransomware, spyware, viruses and other threats before they enter the network.
Real-Time Deep Memory
Inspection (RTDMI)
This patent-pending cloud-based technology detects and blocks malware that does not exhibit any
malicious behavior and hides its weaponry via encryption. By forcing malware to reveal its weaponry into
memory, the RTDMI engine proactively detects and blocks mass-market, zero-day threats and unknown
malware.
SSL/TLS decryption and
inspection
The SonicWall rewall decrypts and inspects SSL/TLS trafc on the y, without proxying, for malware,
intrusions and data leakage, and applies application, URL and content control policies in order to protect
against threats hidden in SSL/TLS-encrypted trafc.
Dedicated third scanning radio
Most SonicWave access points include a dedicated that performs continual scanning of the wireless
spectrum for rogue access points plus additional security functions that help with PCI compliance.
Wireless intrusion detection and
prevention
Wireless intrusion detection and prevention scans the wireless network for unauthorized (rogue) access
points and then the managing rewall automatically takes countermeasures, such as preventing any
connections to the device.
Wireless guest services
Wireless guest services enables administrators to provide internet-only access for guest users. This
access is separate from internal access and requires guest users to securely authenticate to a virtual
access point before access is granted.
Lightweight hotspotmessaging
Lightweight hotspot messaging extends the SonicWall wireless guest services model of differentiated
internet access for guest users, enabling extensive customization of the authentication interface and the
use of any kind of authentication scheme.
Captive portal
Captive portal forces a user’s device to view a page and provide authentication through a web browser
before internet access is granted.
Virtual access point
segmentation
Administrators can create up to eight SSIDs on the same access point, each with its own dedicated
authentication and privacy settings. This provides logical segmentation of secure wireless network trafc
and secure customer access.