SonicWALL makes wireless networking secure, simple and affordable with the innovative SonicWALL® Clean Wireless Solution—the first total security solution that integrates 802.11n and 802.11a/b/g wireless management with best-in-class Unified Threat Management (UTM) security and Application Intelligence to provide application based policy control. SonicWALL SonicPoint-N™ Dual-Band and SonicPoint™ wireless access point devices and SonicWALL Power over Ethernet (PoE) Injectors complement our award-winning line of network security appliances to flexibly extend comprehensive security across wireless networks. SonicWALL lowers TCO by enabling administrators avoid implementing and separately managing an expensive wireless-specific solution that runs in parallel to their existing wired network.
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S Standard Feature
O Optional Feature
- Feature Not Available
S Standard Feature
O Optional Feature
- Feature Not Available| Features | SonicPoint b/g |
SonicPoint a/b/g |
SonicPoint N Dual-Band |
802.11 Transport Standards | b/g | a/b/g | a/n or b/g/n |
| Antennas | 2 External | 2 External | 3 External |
| Removeable Antenna | S | Fixed | S |
| External Connectors | RP-TNC Male | N/A | RP-TNC Male |
| Powered by PoE | PoE or Local Power | PoE or Local Power | PoE Only |
| PoE Power Requirements | 12V | 12V | 802.3af/ 0.35A |
| Profile Auto-provisioning | S | S | S |
| Virtual Access Points (VAP)6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | MIMO | N/A | N/A | S |
| Security | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 |
| Ciphers | TKIP, AES | TKIP, AES | TKIP, AES |
| Wireless Authentication | Open, PSK, EAP | Open, PSK, EAP | Open, PSK, EAP |
| SSL VPN Enforcement2 | S | S | S |
| Wireless Bridge Mode | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wireless IDS | S | S | S |
| Wireless Guest Services | S | S | S | Lightweight Hotspot Messaging3 | S | S | S |
| MAC Filtering | S | S | S |
| Features | TZ 180w Standard OS |
TZ 180w Enhanced OS |
TZ 100w-N | TZ 200w-N | TZ 210w-N | 802.11 Transport Standards | b/g | b/g | b/g/n | b/g/n | b/g/n |
| Antennas | 2 External | 2 External | 2 External | 2 External | 3 External |
| Removeable Antenna | S | S | S | S | S |
| External Connectors | RP-TNC Male | RP-TNC Male | SMA Male | SMA Male | RP-TNC Male |
| Powered by PoE | Local Power | Local Power | Local Power | Local Power | Local Power |
| PoE Power Requirements | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Profile Auto-provisioning | N/A | External SonicPoints | External SonicPoints | External SonicPoints | External SonicPoints |
| Virtual Access Points (VAP) | N/A | 81 | N/A | N/A | N/A | MIMO | N/A | N/A | S | S | S |
| Security | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 |
| Ciphers | TKIP, AES | TKIP, AES | TKIP, AES | TKIP, AES | TKIP, AES |
| Wireless Authentication | Open, PSK, EAP | Open, PSK, EAP | Open, PSK, EAP | Open, PSK, EAP | Open, PSK, EAP |
| SSL VPN Enforcement2 | - | S | S | S | S |
| Wireless Bridge Mode | S | S | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wireless IDS | S | S | S | S | S |
| Wireless Guest Services | S | S | S | S | S | Lightweight Hotspot Messaging3 | S | S | S | S | S |
| MAC Filtering | S | S | S | S | S |
| Appliance Model | Max. SonicPoints Supported per WLAN Zone | Max. SonicPoints Supported per Appliance | TZ 180 / TZ 180w4 | 165 | 165 |
| TZ 190 / TZ 190w4 | 165 | 165 |
| TZ 100 / TZ 100w | 1 | 1 |
| TZ 200 / TZ 200w | 2 | 2 |
| TZ 210 / TZ 210w | 16 | 16 |
| NSA 240 | 16 | 16 |
| NSA 2400 | 32 | 32 |
| NSA 3500 | 48 | 48 | NSA 4500 | 64 | 64 |
| NSA 5000 | 64 | 64 |
| NSA E5500 | 96 | 96 |
| NSA E6500 | 128 | 128 |
| NSA E7500 | 128 | 128 |
1VAPs are only supported on the integrated WLAN for the TZ 180w and 190w. SonicPoint VAP support requires an NSA 240 and higher.
2With SonicWALL SSL VPN appliance.
3Requires external web server.
4Requires SonicOS Enhanced.
5Supports SonicPoint G and SonicPoint only.
6VAP is supported when connected to an NSA 240 and higher.
