D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual

Product Highlights

Reliable, Secure Network

Self-healing and self-optimising technology ensures
reliability and performance whilst Captive Portal and
RADIUS support provides enhanced security

Easy Guest Management

Allows you to provide guest wireless Internet access
with management over accounts, usage and access
security

Scalable Network Architecture

To meet evolving network demands, access point
management can be upgraded from 6 to 24 APs per
controller, or up to 96 APs per cluster

DWC-1000

Wireless Controller

Features

Network Architecture

• Manage up to 6 wireless Access Points (APs),
upgradable to 12 Access Points (APs)1 per
controller

• Control up to 24 wireless APs, maximum 48
Access Points (APs)1 per cluster

Robust Network Security

• Wireless Instruction Detection System (WIDS)

• Rogue Access Points (APs) Detection &
Classication

• Captive Portal

• Guest Management

• WEP, WPA Personal/Enterprise, WPA2 Personal/
Enterprise

• 802.1X User authentication

• Firewall Policy, IPSec/PPTP/L2TP/SSL VPN

• MAC address ltering

Fault Tolerance

• Option ports trac failover

• Outbound load balancing

Sharing

• USB port for le and printer sharing

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The D-Link DWC-1000 Wireless Controller is a centralised wireless LAN manager developed

specically for campuses, branch oces, and businesses that are looking for an easy to use,

scalable solution to manage and congure their wireless network. The DWC-1000 is also an ideal

solution for businesses that wants to provide guest wireless Internet access in public locations.

With the ability to manage up to six wireless Access Points (upgradable to 12) and a maximum

of 48 wireless Access Points in a Controller Cluster, the DWC-1000 is a cost-eective mobility

solution for small to medium-scale environments. Its auto-managed AP discovery and single

point management allow customers to acquire an enterprise class system without the burden

of executing massive and complex congurations. With a robust and comprehensive security

detection system, the DWC-1000 also enables managed APs to block potential attacks from

unauthorised users and devices, especially for wireless environments. The Guest Management

service can generate accounts, control usage and manage access security to allow businesses

to provide easy to set up yet secure wireless Internet access in public locations such as hotels,

coee shops or airports.

Robust and Optimised Network

The DWC-1000 features a self-organising, self-optimising, and self-healing network capability

to increase the stability of the entire wireless network. With regular-based radio scanning

and performance analysing, the DWC-1000 automatically adjusts radio channels and power

periodically to avoid interference and keep the wireless network in an optimised state. To make

up for a sudden Radio Frequency (RF) signal vacuum created by any faulty Access Point, the

DWC-1000 will increase the transmit output power of neighbouring Access Points to expand

RF coverage.

Comprehensive Security

The DWC-1000 provides a comprehensive wireless security solution for

any network. On the wireless side, empowered by a Wireless Instruction

Detection System (WIDS), the DWC-1000 detects rogue Access Points and

rogue clients as well as anticipates wireless threats, preventing any potential

damage and illegal access. In addition to other fundamental wireless security

features including WEP, WPA Personal/ Enterprise, WPA2 Personal/Enterprise,

and MAC Authentication to determine the identity of wireless devices, the

Captive Portal feature allows you to block clients from accessing the network

until the clients verify their identities. This double-layer authentication and

authorisation provides a robust security fence to also protect against attacks

from within the network.

High Scalability, Availability, and Flexibility

Many companies are frequently changing in terms of size and organisational

structure. To address such changing needs, the DWC-1000 oers a new

dimension in feature selections: administrators can purchase additional

licenses to upgrade the DWC-1000’s capabilities. D-Link oers two types

of licenses: an AP license upgrade and a VPN license upgrade. Both license

options oer scalability, exibility and increased functionality for potential

business growth.

The AP license upgrade increases the number of manageable Access Points.

The DWC-1000 Wireless Controller manages up to six access points by default

and after AP license upgrading, can manage up to 24 Access Points per

controller.

The VPN license upgrade enables the DWC-1000 to provide VPN, Router, and

Firewall functionality. The rewall function allows administrators to control

network access by setting classication policies. The dual option ports provide

link failover and provide Internet connection redundancy to ensure Internet

access. The Virtual Private Network (VPN) features provide secure remote

control to manage Access Points in branch oces. Site-to-site VPN tunnels

use IP Security (IPSec) Protocol, Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), or

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) to facilitate branch oce

Simplied Management

Centralised remote control of managed Access Points provide a simple way

to automatically discover compatible D-Link Wireless Access Points, add

them into the managed access point list, and congure them with one-time

conguration dispatch settings. With the controller clustering feature, the

administrator can easily log into one wireless controller and perform essential

congurations on others within the group. The real-time monitoring of Access

Points and associated client stations enable the ecient utilisation of network

resources. System alarms and statistics reports on managed Access Points also

help the administrator to use the DWC-1000 to manage, control, and optimise

network performance. Furthermore, the DWC-1000 supports various D-Link

indoor managed Access Points, including dual band and single band.

DWC-1000 Wireless Controller

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