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