[PacketFence-announce] PacketFence integrated with Anyfi's Software-Defined Wireless Networking Gateway

[Ludovic M. <lma...@in...>]

*Malmö, Sweden and Montreal, Canada - October 27, 2014 - Anyfi Networks 
and Inverse today announced that they have successfully interoperability 
tested Anyfi's Software-Defined Wireless Networking (SWDN) Gateway with 
PacketFence.*

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PacketFence is a fully supported, free and Open Source network access 
control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set including a 
captive-portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and 
wireless management, powerful guest management options, 802.1X support 
and layer-2 isolation of problematic devices, it can be used to 
effectively secure small networks to very large heterogeneous networks.

The Gateway is part of Anyfi's suite of SDN-based carrier Wi-Fi products 
enabling service providers and enterprises to build and manage large 
scale Wi-Fi networks with unprecedented security, flexibility and 
economies of scale. The Gateway, running as a virtual machine or on bare 
metal x86 hardware in a corporate data center or service provider core, 
terminates Wi-Fi over IP tunnels coming in from ultra thin access 
points. Access points can be from multiple vendors, installed anywhere 
there is Internet access, or even carried around as a 3G hotspot.

While the Anyfi Gateway represents an entirely new class of product to 
interoperate with PacketFence, it connects on the same interfaces as a 
classic WLAN controller: RADIUS for AAA and Ethernet for payload data.

"/It was a pleasure working with Anyfi on this integration, and from our 
perspective it was very similar to what we've previously done with WLAN 
controllers from Aruba, Meru, Extricom and Ruckus, commented Ludovic 
Marcotte, CEO of Inverse./"

The combined solution is compatible with any access point integrating 
Anyfi.net software. This software is already available on request from 
many leading residential gateway vendors and Anyfi is working with 
partners to make it a standard component in Wi-Fi routers and APs. For 
the impatient there's CarrierWrt, a third party firmware for many 
popular Wi-Fi routers that comes with Anyfi.net software pre-integrated.


      About Anyfi Networks

Anyfi Networks is the company behind the Software Defined Wireless 
Networking (SDWN) architecture and the Wi-Fi mobility platform 
Anyfi.net. Founded in 2009, it is leading the way in carrier-grade Wi-Fi 
services with a seamless and secure user experience.

For more information please visit www.anyfinetworks.com 
<http://www.anyfinetworks.com/> or contact sa...@an... 
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      About Inverse/PacketFence

PacketFence is a fully supported, free and open source network access 
control (NAC) system. It can be used to effectively secure wired and 
wireless networks – from small to very large heterogeneous networks. The 
leader behind the PacketFence solution, Inverse provides integration and 
support services for PacketFence and has deployed the solution in 
numerous production environments where thousands of users are involved. 
Since 2003, Inverse has been the leader in Quebec for Open Source 
software development and deployments.

For more information, please visit http://inverse.ca 
<http://inverse.ca/> and http://www.packetfence.org 
<http://www.packetfence.org/>.

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Ludovic Marcotte
lma...@in...  ::  +1.514.755.3630  ::  www.inverse.ca
Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org)