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Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308
• Supports business critical applications that can’t tolerate downtime by providing
VRRP-based hot standby, modular software design with protected memory,
and automatic AP failover.
• Users are able to move freely without the need to restart sessions or re-authenticate
each time they move in the campus.
• Intuitive web-based interface provides logical organization of features, while the
industry-standard command line interface allows experienced network managers
to be up and running quickly. Can view both wired and wireless network elements
and topologies from a single screen.
• No reconfiguration of existing network components are necessary to integrated
the OmniAccess WLAN platform into the network.
• Provides facilities for client remediation, allowing out-of-spec client devices
to repair themselves.
• Availability
• Seamless user mobility
• Centralized management
• Seamless wired-wireless integration
• Endpoint integrity
F E A T U R E S
B E N E F I T S
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308 is
a stackable, 1U high, fixed-configuration
device that seamlessly integrates into
any layer-2/layer-3 wired network without
requiring the reconfiguration of the
network – logically or physically. The
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308 provides
eight 10/100 Mbps power over Ethernet
(802.3af) ports for connecting to access
points, layer-2 switches, servers, or
computers. In addition, one Gigabit
Ethernet uplink (1000BaseT or 1000BaseSX)
allows the OmniAccess 4308 to be
connected to the wired network. The
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308 supports
up to 16 access points (APs), 1 Gbps of
full-duplex (clear text) traffic, and 200
Mbps of encrypted throughput.
Policy-based network access
control
– A core feature of the
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308 is the
ability to separate users into individual
roles, and then apply differentiated
access and authorization controls to
those roles based on policy. In the past,
IT managers wrote business policies,
requested that users comply, and then
reprimanded users who violated the
policies. With Alcatel’s OmniAccess policy-
based access control, business policies
are translated into network controls,
and violators are detected and then
blocked before anything ever happens.
Access control decisions are based on
configurable policy criteria including
user identity, device identity, device
integrity, application used, physical
location of user, time of day, authentication
method, and SSID.
Universal authentication
–
Knowing who or what devices are using
the network is a cornerstone of every
security system. Authentication provides
a means to acquire this knowledge.
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308
supports a wide variety of authentication
methods ensuring compatibility with
the multitude of end-user devices that
are common in enterprise networks.
With one security system, devices as
disparate as industrial sensors, barcode
scanners, IP phones, PDAs, and laptop
computers are all provided appropriate
levels of access.
Multiple industry-standard authentication
methods are supported, including 802.1x,
Web-based captive portal, RSA SecureID,
PPP/L2TP for VPN access, IPSec/XAUTH
for VPN access, RADIUS snooping for
802.1x-proxy authentication, and MAC
address authentication. Standard authen-
tication databases are supported,
including RADIUS, and LDAP. An internal
database can also be used.
Adaptive radio management
–
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 4308
allows the network manager to deploy
a wireless network as effortlessly as
a wired network. The RF spectrum is
constantly changing as people, furniture,
and equipment are moved around, making
automatic control and management
of the RF space a critical requirement.
Adaptive radio management removes the
headaches from old-fashioned manual
control of these devices, allowing the
administrator to specify performance
standards that the radio network will
constantly seek to achieve.
