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Introducing the Ruckus ZoneFlex System Industrial-Strength Wireless Made Simple

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Introducing the Ruckus ZoneFlex System

Industrial-Strength Wireless Made SimpleIndustrial-Strength Wireless Made Simple

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Announcement Details

First multimedia WLAN system purpose-built for SMB and hot zone markets

Three new products ZoneFlex 802.11g, n access points ZoneDirector central control system FlexMaster remote management

Three unique breakthroughs Network BeamFlex Minute Config Unmatched price/value solution

ZoneDirector 1000

ZoneFlex 2942

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What’s the Problem?No Real WLAN Solution Exists for the Middle Market

SOHO Price sensitive Optimized for

Single AP<10 users

ENTERPRISE OPEX sensitive Optimized for

Multiple switches Elaborate security 100s to 1000s of users

SMB and Hot Zone Value sensitive Optimized for

Little or no IT staff Multiple APs 100s users Increasing need for multimedia

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Introducing ZoneFlexSimple-to-Use, Industrial-Strength WLANs

Effortless everything Pluggable, meshable, easy to

install/expand Wizard-based configuration Automatic client administration Advanced security simplified

Best Wi-Fi on the planet WLAN-wide optimum signal path selection WLAN-wide interference avoidance WLAN-wide automatic RF coordination

Unmatched price/value Unprecedented CAPEX savings Lowest OPEX Breakthrough feature/functionality

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Important Breakthroughs

Network BeamFlex™

Minute

Config™

Unmatched

price/value

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First-of-its-Kind Smart Wi-Fi

Patented BeamFlex™ beam-steering antenna Directional elements add range, reject

interference Combined elements to provide extended coverage Self-learning software selects best combo in real

time Maximizes performance Placement/orientation indifferent Completely compatible with all 802.11 devices

Proven in over 1 million AP installations Already deployed by 200 service providers

worldwide Acclaimed for superior coverage, video-worthy

performance

N antenna elements

2N-1 unique

beam patterns

Self Learning, Self Optimizing, Self Healing Wi-Fi Antenna System

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How BeamFlex Works BeamFlex

antenna directs Wi-Fi signals to clients

Automatically rejects Interference

Met

al W

all

Steers signals around impenetrable obstacles

Automatically adapts to moves, adds and changes

BeamFlex antennas make “good neighbors”

ZoneFlex AP

Fewer APs reach farther, faster, for more users

AUTOMATICALLY!

Fewer APs reach farther, faster, for more users

AUTOMATICALLY!

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Network BeamFlex

Add capacity and coverage as needed

No new Ethernet cables to APs

Auto topology with BeamFlex path selection algorithm

Self-organizing/self healing

Auto RF: beam-steering, centralized channel and power coordination

Hotel

ZoneFlex Mesh Simplifies WLAN Deployment and Expansion

Secure encrypted backhauls

10 APs per wireless cluster

Three hop max in a tree-structured mesh

802.11g, n support

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Effortless ConfigurationIn 5 Minutes or Less

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Simplified Robust Security

The Problem: Provisioning secure wireless access Single pre-shared key is not secure

(e.g. employee leaving requires changing key for all employees) 802.1x is an overkill and not affordable for SMBs No IT resource to administer unique key per employee

The Solution: Auto administered dynamic PSK

Automatic provisioning of unique encryption key to each user/device

No manual client configuration Highly secure: unique 63-byte pass-phrase per user

Easily deactivated when employee leaves New key can be generated periodically Configurable per WLAN

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How Dynamic PSK Works

RADIUS/AD

ZoneDirector

IDS

Router

1. First time user connects to Ethernet port

5. User can now connect securely to the WLAN

3. Once authenticated, ZoneDirector auto-provisions the requisite WLAN settings and a unique, dynamic PSK in user’s wireless settings

Internet

2. User specifies URL to be automatically configured for WLAN access

ZoneFlex 2942

4. Key is bound to both user and device until invalidated

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The ZoneDirector 1000 First centralized multimedia WLAN

control platform

Built for simplicity and robustness

Network, RF, security and location management all-in-one

Internal authentication database, seamless AD & RADIUS integration

Customizable management dashboard

AP heat map

Controls up to 50 APs

Standards-based CAPWAP

Automatic redundancy

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ZoneFlex 2942 11b/g Multimedia AP Business class BeamFlex

High density of mobile users Optimum performance with variety of client

devices

Advanced multimedia business QoS Per-user rate limiting enables tiered services Precision per-user, per-traffic class queues Automatic traffic classification and tagging QoS policies configurable per WLAN (SSID)

20 concurrent VoIP calls, 50+ data clients

Supports Network BeamFlex meshing

12 antenna elements provide 4000+ unique

antenna patterns

Up to 7dBi gain, 18 dB interference rejection

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Unprecedented Price/Value Purpose-built for SMB and hot

zones Simple, IT-Lite Complete feature set

Competitors simply re-package complex enterprise bundles

Entry level solution starts at under $2K

Channel friendly More budget for value-added services Hooks for application integration

Multimedia, eg: video conferencing, surveillance, ad insertion

Tiered access Reduced integration time and

resources

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ZoneFlex At a Glance

INTERNET

ZoneFlex 2942 11g AP

FlexMaster

ZoneFlex 11n AP Mesh Cluster

ZoneDirectors(Active/Redundant)

ZoneFlex AP

LAN

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Pricing and Availability

PRODUCT PRICE AVAILABILITY

ZoneFlex 2942 802.11g APs $349 June, 2007

ZoneDirector 1006, 1012, 1025

$1,200$2,000$3,500

June, 2007

ZoneDirector 1050 $6,000 Q3, 2007

ZoneFlex 7942 802.11n APs TBA Q3, 2007

FlexMaster System Management

TBA Q4, 2007

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ZoneFlex Summary

1. Easy to install, manage, deploy and expand

2. Simplified robust security

3. Support for delay sensitive traffic (multimedia)

4. Extended range and reliability

5. Low cost

6. Graceful migration to 802.11n