RUCKUS ZoneFlex R300
Dual-Band 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Points

RUCKUS ZoneFlex R300

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Overview:

High Performance, 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Points with Adaptive Antenna Technology

The RUCKUS ZoneFlex R300 delivers high-performance and reliable 802.11n wireless networking at the industry’s most affordable price point.

Unlike any other 802.11n wireless solution in its class, the ZoneFlex R300 combines patented adaptive antenna technology and automatic interference mitigation to deliver consistent, predictable performance at extended ranges with up to an additional 4dB of BeamFlex gain on top of the physical antenna gain and up to 10dB of interference mitigation.

Additional performance enhancements to signal gain can be attributed to the chip-based transmit beamforming capability adding 3 dB when associated to a compatible client.

Each ZoneFlex R300 integrates RUCKUS-patented BeamFlex, a software-controlled, high gain antenna array that continually forms and directs each 802.11n packet over the best performing signal path. The ZoneFlex R300 automatically selects channels for highest throughput potential using RUCKUS ChannelFly dynamic channel management, adapting to environmental changes. Once deployed, enterprises never have to worry about constant site surveys as the environment changes.

Patented BeamFlex Technology Extends Signal Range, Improves Stability of Client Connections

All ZoneFlex R300 Smart Wi-Fi access points integrate a softwarecontrolled smart antenna array that delivers up to an additional 4dB of BeamFlex gain and 10dB of interference mitigation. This allows a 2 to 4x improvement in signal range and a reduction in packet loss from the ability to automatically mitigate interference and avoid obstacles.

Advanced WLAN Applications with Smart/OS

When used with the RUCKUS ZoneDirector Smart WLAN controller, each ZoneFlex R300 supports a wide range of value-added applications such as guest networking, Dynamic PSK, hotspot authentication, wireless intrusion detection and many more. With Smart/OS, WLANs can be created and mapped to the same or different APs or VLANs. In a centrally managed configuration, the ZoneFlex R300 works with a wide range of authentication servers including Microsoft’s Active Directory, LDAP, and RADIUS.

Flexible Deployment Options

ZoneFlex R300 APs can be deployed as a standalone AP or as part of a centrally managed wireless LAN using ZoneDirector Smart WLAN controllers. ZoneFlex R300 can be deployed across any L2/ L3 network and can bridge traffic onto the local network, tunnel to a central location using L2TP or PPPoE, or route between the WAN and NAT'ed private subnets. When used with the ZoneDirector, each ZoneFlex R300 is automatically configured through the network making deployment quick and easy.

Complete Local and Remote Management

Each ZoneFlex R300 can be managed as a standalone AP through a Web-based GUI, using SNMP or through the RUCKUS FlexMaster Wi-Fi remote management system. Local management can also be performed using the ZoneDirector Smart WLAN controller. FlexMaster is a LINUX-based software platform that uses industrystandard protocols to perform bulk configuration, fault detection, monitoring and a wide range of troubleshooting capabilities over a wire area connection. The ZoneDirector enables local management and control of APs, adding value-added services such as transmit power control, and guest networking.

Features:

Best-in-class performance for price

Two-stream MIMO 2x2:2
ZoneFlex R300 - Concurrent dual-band support
128 unique antenna patterns (64 per band)
Up to 4dB of signal-to-interference and noise (SINR) improvement and up to 10dB of interference mitigation
BeamFlex and Transmit beamforming capable
Capable of supporting over 250 clients per R300 AP
Novel channel selection approach (ChannelFly) delivering up to 50 percent capacity gain over alternative background scanning approaches

Adaptive antennas and automatic interference mitigation

Up to 4 times extended range and coverage
Automatic interference mitigation
BeamFlex combines adaptive antennas and transmit beamforming

Concurrent support for HD IPTV, VoIP and data

Support for isochronous, multicast IP video streaming
Four queues per client station

Differentiated services with Multiple SSIDs

27 BSSIDs with unique QoS and security policies
WPA-PSK (AES), 802.1X support
Zero-IT and Dynamic PSK
Captive portal and guest accounts
RADIUS and Active Directory support

Other Features

Dual-band concurrent (5GHz/2.4GHz)
Adaptive antenna technology and advanced RF management
Up to an additional 4dB BeamFlex gain / 10dB interference mitigation
Automatic interference mitigation, optimized for high-density environments
Integrated smart antenna technology
Standard 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Router mode with NAT and DHCP services
2 to 4 times extended range and coverage
IP multicast video streaming support
Up to 27 BSSIDs per radio with unique QoS and security policies
Advanced QoS packet classification and automatic priority for latency-sensitive traffic
Dynamic, pre-user rate-limiting for hotspot WLANs
WPA-PSK (AES), 802.1X support for RADIUS and Active Directory**
Ethernet 802.1x port-based authentication (authenticator and supplicant)
Zero-IT and Dynamic PSK**
Admission control/load balancing**
Bandsteering and airtime fairness
Captive portal and guest accounts **
Wall, desktop or ceiling mountable
Limited lifetime warranty

** when used with management

Benefits:

Best-in-class performance at lowest cost
Unprecedented price/performance with extended range at the industry’s most affordable price point

Extended range requires fewer APs
Adaptive antenna technology delivers a 2x to 4x increase in Wi-Fi signal coverage minimizing the number of APs required to service any area

Sleek, low profile enclosure for ease-of-deployment
Aesthetically-pleasing design fits almost anywhere

Channel selection optimizes throughput
ChannelFly dynamic management, based on throughput measurements, not just interference, chooses the best channel to give users the highest throughput

Sleek, inconspicuous compact from factor for best aesthetics
Installs into any standard electrical outlet box creating a low profile, secure design and front port access which eliminates unsightly cabling and disruptive furniture placement

Super simple configuration and management
The industry’s simplest configuration and management through a Web-based wizard and automated deployment capabilities

Flexible deployment options
Standalone or controller-based deployment

Hassle free migration to higher speed Wi-Fi
Support for standard 802.3af power over Ethernet allows enterprises to use existing PoE switches without costly upgrades

Specifications:

ZoneFlex R300 Specifications
Physical Characteristics
Power	DC Input: 12 VDC 1.0A Power over Ethernet 802.3 af
Physical Size	13cm (L), 13cm (W), 2.8cm (H) 5.1 in (L), 5.1 in (W), 1.1 in (H)
Weight	397 grams (0.875 lbs.)
Ethernet Ports	1 auto MDX, auto-sensing 10/100/1000 Mbps, RJ-45, POE port
Lock Options	Hidden latching mechanism Kensington Lock Hole T-bar Torx
Environmental Conditions	Operating Temperature: 0°C - 40°C Operating Humidity: 10% - 95% non-condensing
Power Draw	DC Input Idle: 1.6W Typical: 3.6W Peak: 8.4W Power over Ethernet Input Idle: 3.4W Typical: 5.3W Peak: 9.7W
Performance and Capacity
Max Phy Rate	300 Mbps / radio
Concurrent Stations	Up to 256 clients per AP
Simultaneous VoIP Clients	Up to 30
RF
Antenna	Adaptive antenna that provides up to 128 unique antenna patterns 64 patterns per band
RF Power Output (Aggregated)	26 dBm for 2.4GHz† 24 dBm for 5GHz†
Physical Antenna Gain	Up to 3 dBi per spatial stream
Beamflex¹ SINR TX Gain	Up to 4 dB
Interference Mitigation	Up to 10 dB
Minimum RX Sensitivity	Up to -101 dBm
Management
Deployment Options	Standalone (individually managed) Managed by ZoneDirector ( 9.8.1 & above) Managed by FlexMaster Managed by SmartCell (2.5.1 & above)
Configuration	Web User Interface (HTTP/S) CLI (Telnet/SSH), SNMP v1, 2, 3 TR-069 vis FlexMaster
Auto AP Software Updates	FTP or TFTP, remote auto available
Wi-Fi
Standards	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz and 5GHz
Supported Data Rates	802.11n: 6.5Mbps - 130Mbps (20MHz) 6.5Mbps - 300Mbps (40MHz) 802.11a: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6Mbps 802.11b: 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps 802.11g: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6 Mbps
Radio Chains	2 x 2
Spatial Streams	2
Channelization	20MHz and/or 40MHz
Frequency Band	IEEE 802.11 b/g/n: 2.4 - 2.484 GHz IEEE 802.11a/n: 5.15 - 5.25 GHz; 5.25 - 5.35 GHz; 5.47 - 5.725 GHz; 5.725 - 5.85 GHz
Operating Channels	US/Canada: 1-11 EU (ETSI X30): 1-13 Channel availability is country dependent according to the local regulations 5 GHz Channels - country dependent 5GHz UNII-1 (2014)
BSSID	Up to 27 user configurable
Power Save	Supported
Wireless Security	WPA-PSK, WPA-TKIP, WPA2 AES, 802.11i Authentication via 802.1X with the ZoneDirector, local authentication database, support for RADIUS, LDAP, and ActiveDirectory
Certifications**	U.S., Europe, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam WEEE/RoHS compliance EN-60601-1-2 (Medical) Wi-Fi Alliance EN 50121-1 Railway EMC EN 50121-4 Railway Immunity IEC 61373 Railway Shock & Vibration

† Maximum power varies by country
¹ BeamFlex gains are statistical system level effects translated to enhanced SINR based on observations over time in real-world conditions with multiple APs and many clients
* Subject to country regulations
** For current certification status please see price list

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Model:	C110	H320	H500	H510	H550	M510	R300	R310	R320	R350	R500	R510	R550	R600	R610	R650	R700	R710	R720	R750	R730	R850

Description	802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent wall plate with built-in DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem	802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent wall switch with two 10/100MbE ports and BeamFlex+	802.11ac Wave 1 dual-concurrent wall plate with five GbE ports and BeamFlex+	802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent wall switch with five GbE ports and BeamFlex+	Wall-mount Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) AP dual-concurrent, five GbE ports, IoT gateway, BeamFlex+	Mobile Indoor 802.11ac Wave 2 2x2:2 Wi-Fi AP with LTE Backhaul	Entry level 802.11n dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex	Entry level 802.11ac Wave 1 dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex	Entry level 802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex	Entry level Indoor 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex	Mid-range 802.11ac Wave 1 dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex+	Mid-range 802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent AP with MU-MIMO and BeamFlex+	Mid-range Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) dual-concurrent AP with MU-MIMO and BeamFlex+	Mid-range 802.11ac Wave 1 dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex+	Mid-range 802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent AP with MU-MIMO and BeamFlex+	Mid-range Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) dualconcurrent AP with MU-MIMO and BeamFlex+	High-end 802.11ac Wave 1 dual-concurrent AP with BeamFlex+	High-end 802.11ac Wave 2 dualconcurrent AP with MU-MIMO and BeamFlex+	High-end 802.11ac Wave 2 dual-concurrent AP with MU-MIMO, BeamFlex+ and 2.5Gbps backhaul	High-end 802.11ax 4x4 dual concurrent AP with MU-MIMO, BeamFlex+ and 2.5Gbps backhaul	High-end 802.11ax 8x8 dual-concurrent AP with MU-MIMO, BeamFlex+ and 5Gbps backhaul	High-end 802.11ax 8x8 dual-concurrent AP with MU-MIMO, BeamFlex+ and 5Gbps backhaul
Maximum PHY rate	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 150 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1200 Mbps (5GHz) 574 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	300 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1200 Mbps (5GHz) 574 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	867 Mbps (5GHz) 300 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1200 Mbps (5GHz) 574 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1300 Mbps (5GHz) 450 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1300 Mbps (5GHz) 450 Mbps (2.4GHz)	2400 Mbps (5GHz) 574 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1300 Mbps (5GHz) 450 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1733 Mbps (5GHz) 600 Mbps (2.4GHz)	1733 Mbps (5GHz) 600 Mbps (2.4GHz)	2400 Mbps (5GHz) 1148 Mbps (2.4GHz)	4800 Mbps (5GHz) 1148 Mbps (2.4GHz)	4800 Mbps (5GHz) 1148 Mbps (2.4GHz)
Wi-Fi technology	802.11ac (5GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) Wi-Fi Certified 6™	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11n (2.4/5 GHz)	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) Wi-Fi Certified 6™	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) Wi-Fi Certified 6™	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) Wi-Fi Certified 6™	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ac (5 GHz) 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) Wi-Fi Certified 6™	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)	802.11ax (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz) Wi-Fi Certified 6™
Concurrent users	100	100	100	100	512	512	256	100	256	256	512	512	512	512	512	512	512	512	512	1024	1024	1024
Radio chains:streams	2x2:2	5GHz: 2x2:2 MU MIMO 2.4GHz: 1x1:1 SU-MIMO	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	2x2:2	3x3:3	3x3:3	5GHz: 4x4:4 MU MIMO 2.4GHz: 2x2:2 MU-MIMO	3x3:3	4x4:4 SU-MIMO 4x4:3 MU-MIMO	4x4:4	4x4:4	8x8:8	5GHz: 8x8:8 MU MIMO 2.4GHz: 4x4:4 MU-MIMO
Antenna patterns (per band)	4	4	8	4	16	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	512	512	512	3000+	4000+	4000+	4000+	4000+	4000+
Antenna gain	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 1dBi	Up to 1dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 4dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 4dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 3dBi	Up to 2dBi	Up to 2dBi
PD-MRC							—	—	—
Rx sensitivity (2.4/5GHz)	-96/-95 dBm	-99/-96 dBm	-96/-95 dBm	-99/-96 dBm	-100 dBm	-101/-95 dBm	-101/-97 dBm	-99 dBm	-101 dBm	-101 dBm	-100/-95 dBm	-103 dBm	-103 dBm	-100/-95 dBm	-100 dBm	-101 dBm	-99 dBm	-104 dBm	-104 dBm	-102 dBm	-103/-101 dBm	-101 dBm
ChannelFly
SmartMesh		—				(in future release)	—	—	—
USB (IoT Ready)		—					—	—	—	—	—			—			—
Ethernet ports	2 x 10/100MbE	2 x 10/100MbE 1 x 1GbE	5 x 10/100MbE	5 x 1GbE	5 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE, RJ-45	1 x 1GbE	1 x 1GbE	1 x 1GbE	1 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE	1 x 1GbE 1 x 2.5GbE	2 x 1GbE	2 x 1GbE	1 x 1GbE and 1 x 2.5GbE	1 x 1GbE and 1 x 2.5GbE	1 x 1/2.5/5GbE and 1 x 1GbE	1 x 1/2.5/5GbE and 1 x 1GbE
Integrated BLE/ZigBee	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—		—
Unleashed Management			—				—										—				—
Cloud Wi-Fi Management	—		—				—
ZoneDirector Management						—
SmartZone Management