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Symbol WS5100 Wireless Switch  Symbol WS5100 Wireless Switch

Maximum capacity next-generation wireless networking for large enterprises
The Symbol WS5100 Wireless Switch builds on the power of Symbol’s award-winning next-generation Symbol  WS5000 wireless switch, adding ten times more throughput and capacity to support the largest organizations. Ideal for healthcare, educational and retail industries, the Symbol WS5100 delivers the same superior security, functionality, scalability, performance, and manageability, and supports Symbol’s family of thin Access Ports — next generation low-cost upgradeable access points.

Business Challenges and Solutions

Your company is growing, and so are the number of WLAN users – and applications. Your current wireless LAN is unable to handle the demand, impacting wireless network performance and availability – and employee productivity.
The Symbol WS5100 is designed specifically to meet the needs of the largest enterprises, supplying ten times the throughput of Symbol’s WS5000 wireless switch to support growing numbers of employees as well as the bandwidth demands of new processing-intensive applications.

You are looking for an affordable wireless networking solution to deliver robust connectivity to an extremely large number of users
The Symbol WS5100 is a high-performance enterprise- class wireless LAN with the centralized intelligence and management capabilities you need to easily and cost-effectively manage a very large mobile workforce.

The Power of Centralized Intelligence
The Wireless Switch WS5100 from Symbol Technologies delivers security and scalability, manageability, availability, reliability and total cost of ownership (TCO) savings.

End-to-End Layered Security
Our comprehensive security mechanisms including access-control, authentication, and encryption can be deployed at various locations in the enterprise network: the perimeter, the network, the servers, and client devices. With support for the wireless security standards of today and the ability to easily upgrade to tomorrow's standards, the Symbol WS5100 is the wireless gatekeeper for your enterprise network.

Centralized Management
The Symbol WS5100 provides unified management of hardware, software configuration, and network policies. Centralized management also enables the automatic configuration of all Access Ports eliminating the need and the associated costs to configure and manage each access point.

Scales and Grows Easily
Adding capacity and new functionality is easier and less expensive than an access point-based wireless LAN. The slim 1RU form factor fits easily into any standard network equipment rack. Each Symbol WS5100 supports up to 48 Access Ports and 32 WLANs.

Reliability
The low risk and high business value of multi-layer network designs is extended to wireless networks with the flexible overlay architecture of Symbol's Wireless Switch Symbol WS5100. The Symbol WS5100 is designed to be integrated with the reliable approach of multi-layer networking to enable predictable and high performance wireless networks, while preserving network integrity. In addition, the Symbol WS5100 can be implemented using the standard networking best practices of modularity.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership
The Symbol WS5100 removes the overhead and complexity of first generation access point-based wireless LANs. Extensive functionality, expandability, and centralized management eliminate time and management costs associated with access point-based solutions, providing a lower total cost of ownership and outstanding investment protection. Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services offers comprehensive support and technical expertise to design, deploy and maintain successful mobility solutions.

Symbol WS5100 Features and Benefits  

  • Secure architecture: designed for maximum network security
    A single point of entry that can be easily secured
  • Security with mobility: 802.11i and Symbol's mobility features ensure security—and performance
    Highest level of data and network protection without sacrificing fast roaming
  • Encryption: WEP, WPA-TKIP, KeyGuardTM MCM, WPA2 and WTLS VPN
    Complete encryption suite ensures privacy of data during transmission
  • Authentication: Access Control Lists (ACLs), 802.1X, Kerberos and Certificate Based Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
    Complete authentication suite validates user identity and authorizes network access
  • Upgradeable Access Ports: Add new functionality quickly and easily via the WS5100
    Cost-effective implementation of the latest features
  • Automatic Channel Selection: Automatically selects the best channel based on noise and signal properties
    Reduces installation costs by eliminating the need for manual configuration of Access Ports
  • Load Balancing and Pre-emptive Roaming: Ensures devices roam before connection quality erodes
    Ensures loads are balanced between Access Ports to ensure quality application performance
  • Per Device, Bandwidth Allocation-Weighted Fair Queing: "Virtual AP", Power Save Protocol and more
    Enables multiple mobile and wireless applications with quality of service when network is congested
  • Virtual AP: VLAN support provides complete control of broadcast traffic
    Ensures broadcast traffic reaches only intended devices
  • Flexible software architecture: Supports a heterogeneous device environment
    Delivers secure application-specific wireless network access with quality of service
  • Radio support: 2.4 GHz/5 GHz frequencies, frequency hopping, direct sequence, OFDM encoding techniques and 802.11a/b/g
    Supports the broadest and most flexible radio technology; ability to accommodate new coverage, radio types, channels and spectrum
  • Upgradeable standards support: Ability to easily and cost-effectively support future 802.11 standards
    Delivers outstanding investment protection—no forklift upgrade required to implement new standards and expanding infrastructure

Symbol WS5100 Specifications  

Packet Forwarding
802.1D-1999 Ethernet Bridging
802.11-.802.3 Bridging
802.1Q VLAN Tagging & Trunking
Proxy ARP
IP Packet steering-redirection

Wireless Networking

Wireless LAN
 Supports 32 WLANs; Multi-ESS/BSSID traffic segmentation; VLAN to ESSID mapping; Power Save Protocol Polling; Pre-emptive Roaming; Congestion control with bandwidth allocation

Access Port Radios
Supports 1-48 Access Ports; Automatic Access Port Adoption with ACLs; Access Port Load Balancing; Frequency Hopping Access Point-to-Access Port Conversion; Direct Sequence Access Point-to-Access Port Conversion

Supported Access Ports and Access Points
Access Ports — AP100 (802.11b); AP200 (802.11a/b); AP300 (802.11a/b/g ready) Access Points — AP3021; AP4121

Radio and Frequency Management
Automatic Channel Select (ACS); Transmit Power Control (TPC); Country Code based RF Configuration; 802.11b - 3 Non-overlapping channels; 802.11a—11 Non-overlapping channels; 802.11g—3 Non-overlapping channels (ready)

Network Security

Packet Filtering
L2/3/4 Stateful Packet Analysis; Network Address Translation (NAT)

Authentication Mechanisms
Access Control Lists (ACLS); Pre-Shared Keys (PSK); 802.1x/EAP—Transport Layer Security (TLS), Tunneled Transport Layer Security (TTLS), Protected EAP (PEAP); Kerberos

Transport Encryption
WEP 40/128 (RC4), KeyGuard, WPA—TKIP, AES

Key Exchange and Management
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Kerberos

Optimized Wireless QoS

Per Device Weighted Fair Queuing
8 queues per device; Bandwidth management controls; Power Save Protocol (PSP) integration

RF Priority
802.11 traffic prioritization and precedence

Classification & Marking
Layer 1-4 Packet Classification
802.1p VLAN Priority
DiffServ/TOS

System Resiliency & Redundancy
Redundant Warm-Standby Switch ; Access Port Load Balancing; Hardware based watchdog timer

Management
Command Line Interface (Serial, Telnet); Secure Web Based GUI (SSL); Telnet Server; SNMP v1/v2; SNMP Traps—40+ user configurable options; Syslog; TFTP Client; Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP); Text-Based Switch Configuration Files; DHCP (Client/Server/Relay, Switch Auto-Configuration with DHCP options); Authentication (Radius Client, Kerberos Authentication Server); MIBs (MIB-II, Etherstats, Wireless Switch specific monitoring and configuration)

Physical Characteristics

Form Factor
Standard 1RU

Dimensions
1.73" H x 16.89" W x 15.93" D
(43.9mm H x 429mm W x 404.6mm D)

Weight
13.75lbs (6.25kg)

Physical Interfaces
RS232 serial console port
10/100/1000 Ethernet ports

MTBF
>75,000 hours

Power Requirements

AC Input Voltage
100-240 VAC

Max AC Input Current
6A @ 115 VAC, 3A @ 230 VAC

Max Power Consumption
100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 3A, 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 1.5A

Input Frequency
47 Hz to 63 Hz

User Environment

Operating Temperature
50°F to 95°F (10°C to 35°C)

Storage Temperature
40°F to 149°F (-40°C to 65°C)

Operating Humidity
5% to 85% non condensing

Storage Humidity
5% to 95% non condensing

Operating Altitude
50ft to 10,000ft (16m to 3,048m)

Storage Altitude
50ft to 35,000ft (16m to 10,600m)

Regulatory

Safety Certifications
FCC (Art.15, part B), Industry Canada, CE, VCCI, C-Tick, BSMI

EMI Compliance
UL 1950, cUL (Canada), VDE GS, DENAN (Japan), CB Cert

Part Numbers

WS-5100-R140-06-WW
WS-5100-R140-12-WW
WS-5100-R140-18-WW
WS-5100-R140-24-WW
WS-5100-R140-30-WW
WS-5100-R140-RS-WW
WS-5100-UC-WW
6 Port WS5100 Wireless Switch
12 Port WS5100 Wireless Switch (Z-Pak)
18 Port WS5100 Wireless Switch (Z-Pak)
24 Port WS5100 Wireless Switch (Z-Pak)
30 Port WS5100 Wireless Switch (Z-Pak)
Redundant WS5100 Wireless Switch 6 Port Upgrade

Symbol WS5100 Wireless Switch Pricing:

Part # Description List Price
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AXB-WS5100RX-10 1yr WS5100 advance exchange bronze package $302
OSB-WS5100RX-10 1yr WS5100 onsite service bronze $378
SOB-WS5100RX-30 3yr WS5100 onsite service bronze service from the start $899
SXB-WS5100RX-30 3yr WS5100 Advance exchange bronze service from the start $706
WS-5100-R141-36-WW Wireless switch 5100 V 1.4.1 36 ports $10,204
WS-5100-R141-42-WW Wireless switch 5100 V 1.4.1 42 ports $11,805
WS-5100-R141-48-WW Wireless switch 5100 V 1.4.1 48 ports $13,405
WS-5100-R141-RS-WW Wireless switch 5100 V 1.4.1 redundant standby $1,961

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