Overview

RUCKUS Unleashed offers a controllerless solution for small to medium-sized Wi-Fi deployments, supporting up to 128 access points in a self-healing, redundant wireless network without the need for a controller, while providing many of the enterprise-class features that traditionally required a RUCKUS WLAN controller (for example, ZoneDirector or SmartZone controller). Beginning with Unleashed 200.13, Dedicated Master mode is introduced as a replacement for ZoneDirector 1200. The Dedicated Master mode provides controller functionalities such as Smart Redundancy, tunnel WLAN, cross-network segment networking.

RUCKUS Unleashed access points (APs) have built-in controller capabilities including user access controls, guest networking features, advanced Wi-Fi security, and traffic management. As businesses grow to multiple sites or larger-scale deployments, RUCKUS offers an easy migration path to cloud-based or controller-based Wi-Fi, using the same RUCKUS access points.

RUCKUS Unleashed provides small to medium-sized business environments with superior performance, lower costs, and simplified management; separate controller support contracts and access point licenses are not needed, significantly reducing upfront and recurring costs. The simplified web interface also makes deploying RUCKUS Unleashed easy.

The RUCKUS Unleashed platform offers many features that previously required a controller such as Zero-IT, Dynamic PSK (DPSK), Smart Mesh, ChannelFly, Application Recognition and Control (ARC), Bonjour Gateway, Bonjour Fencing, and one-step firmware upgrades of the entire network from a single interface.