The All-in-One, Intelligent WLAN Controller Delivering a good wireless LAN service that stands up to the demands of connecting users to the rapid evolution application is not easy. The latest BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), mobility & smart handheld technology all present scalability, manageability & functionality challenges to business Wi-Fi installations. To enable businesses to addressing these challenges Zy XEL has developed the NXC2500, an all-in-one, intelligent Wireless LAN Controller. The Zy XEL NXC2500 is designed to provide resellers & businesses with a solution that works as an AP planning, deployment, monitoring & maintenance solution while offering management, authentication & guest access within an all-in-one device. The Zy XEL NXC2500 Wireless LAN Controller supports the management of the Zy XEL Unified, Unified Pro & NWA5000 Managed Series of Access Points to provide complete wireless LAN functions for the business. As standard the Zy XEL NXC2500 supports the initial management of 8 APs & provides scalability with a maximum supported total up to 64* APs, the pay-as-you-grow" principle provides reassurance & future proofing for small & medium-sized businesses, hotels & educational institutes to implement secured, centralized wireless LAN networks. Adaptive & resilient Wi-Fi deployments with Zy MESH technology Surpassing the mesh networking technology, Zy MESH creates wireless mesh links with easy configuration, better management & enhanced reliability. Zy MESH eases extending Wi-Fi coverage to places where cabling is difficult. In addition, each repeater APs can have multiple route selections to provide high resilience achieving non-stop Wi-Fi service. In the past, administrators had to assign channel & MAC addresses in each AP while setting up a WDS link to extend Wi-Fi service; now they can make initial provision & centralized management with Zy MESH & Zy XEL NXC2500 controller to manage & deploy networks easily. Enhanced RF management & WLAN optimization All wireless networks face a major challenge: ensuring Wi-Fi clients get service levels they′d need. The difficulty to resolve is that different kinds of Wi-Fi clients exist on the network, & these users tend to make their own connectivity & roaming decision. The Zy XEL NXC2500 features with advanced WLAN optimization technologies that help administrators monitoring & maintaining health of the wireless network easily. Client steering utilizes functions of band steering & client signal threshold to match every Wi-Fi client to the best radio of the best AP. Band steering sets 5 GHz as the first priority to optimize network connectivity for dual-band clients. Client signal threshold ensures all clients connect to the APs with stronger signal. Auto healing is another WLAN optimization function that deployed APs detect status of nearby APs & adjust power automatically while failure occurred in neighboring AP. Auto healing provides reliable & always-on wireless coverage. The Zy XEL NXC2500 also features dynamic channel selection to optimize Wi-Fi quality & performance while minimizing administration efforts by auto, instant channel selection. Authentication with simplified management The Zy XEL NXC2500 uses comprehensive authentication methods to manage Wi-Fi accessibility for devices with AD, LDAP or RADIUS authentication servers. The NXC2500 also provides a built-in RADIUS server, a captive portal server & a DHCP server to facilitate small & medium businesses deploying secured employee & guest access services without any additional server. The user-friendly guest account generator can dynamically create user accounts for guests at reception or equally easy by office administrators. The NXC2500 also supports applying external customized portal pages which largely benefit the access authentication in hospitality venues like hotels. Also, with IETF standard-based CAPWAP, secured communication can be established between the NXC controller & access points without changing the existing LAN infrastructure. The NXC2500 can offer a secured Wi-Fi network with easy installation for your business. * Management of 64 APs is supported with firmware version V4.10 or above