FORTIAP SECURE WIRELESS ACCESS

This new line of enterprise class, controller-managed Access Points (AP) extend the FortiGate Unified Threat Management (UTM) advantages to wireless networks. The FortiAP access points employ latest IEEE 802.11n-based wireless chip technology to offers high-performance wireless access, with integrated wireless monitoring and multiple virtual AP support on each radio. Our new thin access points in conjunction with a rich family of controllers provide a Fortified wireless space for customers. The radio operation, channel assignment, and transmit power is centrally controlled by FortiGate controllers to further simply deployment and ongoing management.

Each FortiAP also tunnels all its traffic to the wireless controller integrated into every FortiGate platform (above model 50.) This traffic undergoes identity-aware firewall policies and UTM engine inspection and only authorized wireless traffic is forwarded. The FortiGate deep inspection engine can identify applications at Layer 7 and rate-limit non-business critical applications. From a single console you can control network access, update policies quickly and easily, and monitor compliance. Purpose-built for today's demanding networking environments, the FortiAP-Series builds on Fortinet's years of experience in delivering safe, secure wired and wireless access.

FortiAP and FortiGate Wireless Controllers Deliver a Powerhouse Security Solution

  • Authentication: Strongest authentication with WPA2 enterprise and integrated Captive Portal
  • Layer 7 Deep Inspection: Enables application prioritization on critical wireless bandwidth
  • Policy Compliance: Identity-aware policies along with Rogue AP detection and reporting, granular endpoint control, audit-ready reports, specific measurable analysis
  • Lower TCO: Flexible deployment options and ability to leverage existing FortiGate deployment lowers TCO by minimizing need to reconfigure network controllers or learn new applications
  • Capacity: 802.11n technology and rich selection of FortiGate controllers deliver significantly higher scalability options than the competition





Our customers were looking for an alternate and trustworthy way to protect their networks without the need to have appliances at their site, so a virtualized integrated security service, with its related capital- and operational-expenditure savings, is the right solution for many companies. Fortinet has one of the richest security virtualization offering in the industry, so we knew that, with Fortinet, we were partnering with the pre-eminent technology leader in the field.

Adam Rice, Vice President SSOC
Tata Communications