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Ruckus vs. UbiquitiPRODUCT COMPARISON

Ruckus Ubiquiti

Value

• Enterprise-class products

• Low initial cost

• Industry-best performance with fewer APs

• Low operational expenses

• Easy to use

• Consumer-focusedproducts

• Economypricing

• Sacrificesinperformance

• Morehands-onsupportrequired

• Easytouse

Connections

• Consistent,dependableconnectivity

• Supportshighusercount

• Excellentintoughenvironments

• Reliablehardwareandadaptivefeatures

• Always-onaccessforuserproductivity

• Consumer-gradereliability

• Builtforafewclientsandlighttraffic

• Struggleswithinterference

• Low-costhardware,unpredictableservice

• FlakyWi-Fiexperience

Capability

• DesignedforSMBandSME

• Advancedfeaturesincluded

• Flexibilitytomeetfuturebusinessneeds

• Designedforhomesandverysmallbusiness

• “Prosumer”-levelfeaturesupport

• Minimallong-termflexibility

Ruckus Core Values

• Reliability

•Featureinnovation

• Ease of use

• Industry-best performance

Ubiquiti Core Values

•Economypricing

•Simpleuserinterface

•Basicsmallbusinessfeatures

•Appealtohomeusers

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Ruckus Coverage Ubiquiti Coverage

Ruckus vs. UbiquitiConneCtivity CoMPARiSon

Ruckus Performance Ubiquiti Performance

Why Buy Ruckus?

• Our solution is optimized for small/medium businesses and enterprises

• Wehaveexpertisedeliveringagreatend-userexperienceandresponsivesupporttoover21kcustomers

• OurAPsconsistentlydemonstratebest-in-classrange,capacity,andthroughput

• OursolutionprovidesexceptionalvaluewithfewerAPsandlowTCO

• Oursystemcanreliablyhandletoday’sdevicesandapplicationswithplentyofroomtogrowintothefuture

Test Parameters• 8000+sqftchurch

• SingleAP(Ruckus7363vs. UniFiProAP)

• 5 GHz performance

• Autochannel/powersettings

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Ruckus RF Optimization Ubiquiti RF Optimization

BeamFlexisacustomantennaarraythatadaptivelyselectsthebestantennapattern(s)foreachpacket,foreachuser. • Improvesrangeandsignalquality • Increasesdatathroughputandsystemcapacity • ReducesinterferencefromneighborAPs • FewerAPsarerequiredtosupportanetwork • Workswithallclients(802.11a/b/g/n) • PatentedanduniquetoRuckus

UbiquitiAPsaredesignedforsmallofficesandlackimportantRFperformanceandreliabilityfeaturescommonamongenterpriseAPproducts • UniFiAPshavestatic,omniantennas • NoRFadaptationtodynamicenvironments • Nosignalsteeringenhancements • NoclientloadbalancingacrossAPs,noband

steering,noairtimefairness • Low-cost hardware limits client density

Ruckus vs. UbiquitiPeRFoRMAnCe CoMPARiSon

Real World Testing

• Conductedbywlanpros.com

• MeasuringAPperformanceunder load

• “Errors”measuredwheniPadHDvideoplaybackstops.Moreerrorsequatestopooruserexperience.

• Ubiquitifailedthetestwhen10iPads were connected

• Ruckuscontinuedthetestwithasmanyas25iPads

Fulltestavailableat: http://www.wlanpros.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Wi-Fi-Stress-Test-Report-Overview1.pdf

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competitiveRuckus vs. UbiquitiFeAtuRe CoMPARiSon

Feature Description Ruckus Ubiquiti

BeamFlexExtendrange,improvethroughput,addreliabilitybyoptimizingRFpatternsforeachpacketandeachuser 3 7

SmartMeshProvidesAP-to-APwirelessconnectivityfornetworkextension,bestpathforwarding,andwiredfailover 3 7

Zero-ITActivation SeamlesslyonboardwirelessclientswithoutITintervention 3 7DynamicPSK

Offersauniquepre-sharedkeyforeachuser,keepingsecuritysimple.No802.1XorRADIUSrequired. 3 7

Polarization Diversity

Dynamicallymatchesantennapolarityoftheclienttoimprovedownloadanduploadperformanceandreliability,regardlessofthedevice’sorientation 3 7

ChannelFlyImprovesperformancebychoosinganoptimalradiochannelviaactivecapacitymeasurements 3 7

SmartCastCombinesinnovativetraffichandlingtechniques,smartQoS,andtrafficclassificationforatop-qualitymediaexperience 3 7

SpeedFlex/ZapAllowsreal-timetroubleshootingofAPs,clients,andcontrollersviaintegratedthroughputmeasurementtools 3 7

SmartWayControlsBonjourtrafficacrossmulti-subnetnetworkstoenableservicediscovery 3 7

ZD Remote Easesnetworkmonitoringandtroubleshootingviaamobile-optimizedapp 3 7

Measuring WirelessInnovation

Ubiquiti FeatureGaps

1. Nomeshsupport(AP-to-APwirelessconnectivity)

2. Lacksadvancedtroubleshootingfeatures(spec-trumanalysis,syslog,locallogging,packetcap-ture,integratedspeedtest,iPadappsformonitor-ing,surveying,testing,etc.)

3. NoDynamicPSK(per-userauthenticationw/out802.1X/RADIUS)

4. NoZero-ITActivationsupport(auto-provisioning)

5. No built-in user database

6. No spectrum analysis

7. NoRFperformanceoptimizations(bandsteering,loadbalancing,airtimefairness)

8. Nofastsecureroaming

9. Nonetwork/roguemonitoringorprevention

10.Nocentralizeddatatunnelingoptions

11. Nodevicefingerprintingordevice-specificcontrols

12. Limiteduserorgroup-specificpolicies,nointegra-tionwithActiveDirectoryorLDAP

13.Noadvancedfiltering,ACLs,orwirelessclientisolation

14.NoadvancedQoStoprioritizeapplicationtraffic

15.Nofilteringofbroadcast/multicasttraffic

16.NoSSIDserviceschedules(on/offbasedontime)

17. NoAPgroupconfigurations(allsettingsareAP-specific)

18.NodynamicVLANassignment(assignedbyAD/LDAP)

19.NoadministratorauthenticationagainstAD/LDAP

20.LimitednumberofSSIDsfordifferentiatedser-vices(maximumof4SSIDs)

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. 350 West Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA (650) 265-4200 Ph \ (408) 738-2065 Fx

www.ruckuswireless.com

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IntheheartofNewYorkCity,BaruchCollegechoseRuckusWirelessover10competingWi-Fisupplierstomeetthewirelessneedsofacampuswith17,000students.Tochooseaproduct,BaruchformedacommitteeofITstaff,faculty,andstudentstoassessthewirelessexperiencebasedonweek-longlivefieldtests;reliability,speed,mobility,accessibility,andeaseofusewereamongtheirtopevaluationcriteria.

DependableWi-FiaccesshelpsBaruchattractandretainstrongstudentsinacompetitivehigher-educationlandscape.Studentsandstaffneededsolidconnectivitytoenableeducationalinitiativeslikemultimediastreaminginclassrooms,student-teachervideochat

sessions,high-densityauditoriums,andtheperennialneedforanywhere,anytimeaccessbydemandingstudentusers—eachwithmultipledevices.

Baruch’sCIOlamentedthattheir“previousWi-Finetworkdidnotmeetourneeds,sostudentsandfacultystartedbringingintheirownAPsorpoachingoffanylocalWi-Finetworktheycouldfind.”Butwith802.11n350APsmanagedbyRuckusZoneDirectorcontrollers,studentandstaffproductivityandsatisfactionarenolongeranissue. 

Baruchnotedthat“goodWi-FiinNewYorkinanycontextjustisn’teasy,”butdespitetheRFhurdlesandbandwidth-hungrystudents,theystillneededfewerRuckusAPstogetthejobdone.

Ruckus Satisfied Customers

Ruckus Facts• PubliclytradedasRKUS(NYSE)

• Formed:June2004

• Customers:21,000+

• Solutionpartners:5,000+

• Fastestgrowingoftheworld’stop5WLANsuppliers(IDC,Gartner)

• Over2,900newcustomersintheinQ42012

Copyright © 2013, Ruckus Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved. Ruckus Wireless and Ruckus Wireless design are reg-istered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ruckus Wireless, the Ruckus Wireless logo, BeamFlex, ZoneFlex, MediaFlex, FlexMaster, ZoneDirector, SpeedFlex, SmartCast, SmartCell, ChannelFly and Dynamic PSK are trade-marks of Ruckus Wireless, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or website are the property of their respective owners. Revised February 2013.

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