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Sophos Wireless Central/Instant AP Cloud Wi-Fi UniFi Controller
ExtremeCloud IQ (Aerohive
HiveManager )
Cloud Managed
Wireless WiFi Cloud Manager
Plug-and-Play deployment of APs YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Central management of all APs through the controller YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Cloud-based unified console to manage multiple products (e.g. Web, Email,
Endpoint, Wireless etc.)
YES
YES (APs, switches, and routers
only)
YES (APs and switches only) YES
YES (can manage APs, switches,
and routers only)
Yes NO
AP compatibility between Controller-based & Cloud-based solutions YES YES YES (3 APs out of total 14 ) NO YES (3 APs out of total 7)
N/A (does not hav e controller-
managed Wi-Fi)
NO
Support for WPA2 authentication YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Support for RADIUS authentication (Enterprise Authentication) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Enterprise Authentication (AD) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Support for 802.11r (Fast Transition) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Unknown AP Detection YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Rogue AP Detection YES YES YES NO YES YES YES
Enhanced Rogue AP Detection YES YES NO NO NO YES NO
Simple/Basic MESH, Hopping YES (2 Hops) YES (Max hop count is 2) YES YES YES (self-healing) YES YES
Basic Auto Channel Selection YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Captive Portal YES YES YES YES(Guest portal) YES YES YES
Customer scheduled firmware update YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Connected clients ov erview and history YES YES (using AirWave) YES YES YES YES (Analytics) YES
Architectured for HA YES NO YES YES YES YES YES
Band Steering YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Airtime Fairness YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Interference Detection (Basic not exhaustive signature based) YES (Clean Channel) YES YES YES YES YES YES
AP incident reporting - basic debugging capabilities YES YES YES YES YES YES (dedicated radio) YES
Advanced AP incident reporting and debugging YES
YES (running Debug commands
in the UI)
YES NO YES YES ('Live Tools') YES
Synchronized Security Standard (EP/Mobile) YES YES YES NO
YES (requires separate AirWatch
Client)
YES NO
Walled Garden (Synchronized Security - SafeURL list) YES Yes (Through Clearpass) YES (throug 3rd party -
AirWatch) NO
YES (throug 3rd party -
AirWatch/Intelligo)
Yes (Through Meraki
NAC/MDM)
NO
Automatic connection through Social Login - FB/LNKD/TWTR/G+ YES (FB & G+ only) YES YES
YES (Using URL automatic
redirection)
YES YES YES
Authentication with OTP (One time password - SMS) NO YES YES
NO (under 'consideration' since
2015)
YES YES NO
IoT Device Discovery NO YES NO NO YES NO NO
App visibility and control. Allows IT to see apps by user, prioritize them and control
access based on policies
NO YES YES YES YES YES (Identity based FW) YES
Basic wireless visual network planner NO YES YES YES(using Google maps) YES YES YES
Stateful Firewall policy enforcement NO YES NO NO YES YES YES
Wireless Health and Insight NO YES NO NO YES YES YES
Walled Garden (blocking specific applications) NO YES YES YES YES YES YES
Interference Detection (Advanced, dynamic and proactive) NO
Yes (Adaptive Radio
Management)
YES ('ChannelFly' tech) YES Yes Yes (Air Marshal mode) YES
NOVEMBER 2020, CONFIDENTIAL - SOPHOS INTERNAL AND CHANNEL PARTNERS ONLY - DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE