Product Overview
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, a robust and seamlessly integrated network infrastructure is paramount to business success. Asterfusion’s OpenWiFi Controller stands at the forefront of our OpenWiFi and OpenLAN Switching Solution, empowering you to transform your enterprise network management experience.
Our portfolio of self-developed OpenWiFi Access Points (APs), all powered by the CloudSDK controller, are meticulously designed to cater to the most diverse and complex networking requirements. But Asterfusion’s innovation doesn’t stop there. We are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking milestone – our enterprise SONiC NOS-based Layer 2/3 switches can now be effortlessly managed through our TIP-based OpenWiFi Controller.
Imagine having complete visibility and control over every corner of your campus network, from wireless APs to Layer 2 access switches and Layer 3 aggregation switches, all from a single, intuitive interface. With Asterfusion’s OpenWiFi and Open LAN Switching Solution, this vision becomes a reality. Gain unparalleled visibility into every facet of your campus network, optimize performance with precision, troubleshoot issues with ease, and scale your infrastructure to meet evolving demands. That’s the power of Asterfusion’s OpenWiFi and OpenLAN Switching solution, taking your network management from wireless to wired to the next level.
Centralized Management of Your Wired & Wireless Networks with OpenWiFi+Enterprise SONiC
The Asterfusion TIP OpenWiFi Cloud Controller provides a comprehensive solution for centralized management and visibility of all TIP OpenWiFi devices within a cloud-based campus network. This includes everything from wired to wireless devices, access points (APs) to Layer 2 access switches, and Layer 3 switches. With this controller, your campus network can be managed and monitored without blind spots, ensuring high efficiency at an extremely low cost.
Simplified Deployment
The controller builds the network topology through administrator input or automatic learning. This allows users to create a planned network topology and preset configurations before devices go online. It generates configuration scripts based on the network topology and business planning, which can be sent to multiple selected devices with one click. Once the devices are online, the system will test the consistency between the real and planned topologies and enable you to deploy the configuration with one click.
Select all APs in the network and click the “Batch Push Configuration” icon. Asteria Campus Controller will take care of the rest.
This process eliminates the need for manual configuration commands, significantly reducing learning costs and error rates, and makes the configuration and deployment of a full three-layer cloud network easier than ever before.
Automated Operations
The Asteria OpenWiFi Controller significantly reduces labor costs by automating a wide range of deployment and operational tasks, minimizing the need for manual configuration. Key features include:
- Automatic Discovery of New APs using LLDP
- Automated Provisioning of SSID/Channel using Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
- Automated Updates and Upgrades
- Automatic Security Policies Deployment
These automated processes streamline network management, saving time and reducing operational costs.
Real-time & Multi-dimensional Network Status Monitoring
Stay ahead of potential issues with Asterfusion OpenWIFI Controller’s robust, real-time monitoring of switch and wireless AP health. The intuitive dashboard provides a comprehensive view of device status, operational readiness, and health scores based on key indicators such as:
- Resource Utilization: Identifying risks of memory or CPU exhaustion
- Traffic Load: Pinpointing potential bottlenecks through in-depth traffic analysis
- Hardware Status: Ensuring components operate within safe temperature ranges and that power supplies and fans function correctly
- Operational Status: Real-time visibility into the status of critical device processes and containers
This proactive monitoring helps prevent issues before they impact your network.
Switch Status Monitoring
Monitor and display the status of spine and leaf switches using live panels, intuitive icons, and detailed reports:
- Displays basic management information such as the online status, name, model, IP address, MAC address, version number, etc.
- Displays operating status information such as the operating time, interface/machine traffic load, CPU/memory load, power supply/fan status, key component temperature, etc.
- Monitor the software and hardware operating status and comprehensively calculate the health value
AP Status Monitoring
The status of APs must be collected and displayed periodically.
- The number of connected clients, health score, used memory and the top 10 busiest devices of the selected AP must be displayed.
- Use colour to highlight different statuses. The live data of the AP must be continuously updated, including the average, minimum and maximum transmit and receive bandwidth, as well as packet speed.
- Each client’s signal strength will be displayed using different colours to represent varying levels of signal quality.
WiFi Client Status Monitoring
Monitor and display the status of each client using dynamic charts.
- The Client List displays all clients’ online status, IP address, connected AP, BSSID, channel, SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio), receive speed, transmit speed, and last connected time across the entire network.
- The Client History shows historical information for a selected client, including online status, connected AP, SNR, receive traffic, and transmit traffic, using trend charts. Display detailed information for a specific moment with a single click on the chart.