Ruckus Zoneflex 7982 802.11n 3x3:3 Dual-Band 2.4ghz/5ghz Concurrent Indoor Ap

Ruckus ZoneFlex Access Points are a range of Access Points. The range starts with Entry Level access points where perhaps price is a consideration over performance, Mid-Range access points which are used in the majority of deployments, through to High End access points suitable for large deployments or very specific deployments where combinations of long distance, signal obstructions such as thick walls and vegetation, numbers of concurrent users, high user throughput or maximum guarantee of saturation cover are required. The Ruckus ZoneFlex Access Point range includes Indoor and Outdoor (weather proof) models and more specific devices such as the Wireless Bridge.

The 7982 is a High End indoor access point. 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz radios, concurrent. 802.11a/b/g/n. 3x3:3. PoE or 12V powered (Power Adapter extra cost item - see Ruckus Accessories).

Supports up to 500 users. Supports up to 30 VoIP users. Supports up to 64 SSIDs/WLANs.

The 7982 is the industry’s first dual-band, three-stream 802.11n access point that incorporates Ruckus-patented BeamFlex™ adaptive antenna arrays. Coupled with transmit beamforming (TxBF), when available, the ZoneFlex 7982 delivers the highest throughput of any AP in its class.

The full Ruckus specification for the 7982 is found by selecting the ‘ZoneFlex 7982 - Product Data Sheet (pdf)’ option within the Downloads tab below.

The increase in the technologies or capabilities is not ‘straight line or neat steps’ moving through the range from model to model. Different deployments require different solutions.

Ruckus core features or Ruckus patented innovations are found across the range of ZoneFlex Access Points. These include:- Standalone operation deployment, Zone Director management deployment, BeamFlex, ChannelFly, SmartMesh.