D-Link DWC-1000 – Wireless Controller with Centralized AP Management, Captive Portal, WIDS, RF Optimization, AP Clustering, VPN / Firewall License Upgrade & Up to 264 AP Cluster Support
Overview:
• The D-Link DWC-1000 is a centralized Wireless Controller designed for campuses, branch offices, and small-to-medium business wireless deployments.
• It provides centralized wireless LAN management for compatible D-Link Unified Access Points, helping administrators deploy, configure, monitor, and optimize multiple APs from a single platform.
• The controller can manage up to 12 access points by default on C1 hardware and can be upgraded up to 66 APs per controller using license upgrades.
• Controller clustering supports up to 4 units, allowing a maximum of 264 wireless access points with fully upgraded licenses.
• The DWC-1000 includes self-organizing, self-optimizing, and self-healing wireless network features, with RF scanning, automatic channel adjustment, output power adjustment, and neighboring AP power increase when coverage loss occurs.
• It also supports Captive Portal, WIDS, Rogue AP detection, WPA / WPA2, MAC authentication, AP discovery, AP monitoring, client monitoring, centralized RF / security policy management, and optional VPN / router / firewall functions through license upgrade.
Key Features:
• Centralized wireless LAN controller.
• Designed for campuses, branches, and SMB deployments.
• Manages up to 12 APs by default on C1 hardware.
• Upgradable up to 66 APs per controller.
• Controller cluster support up to 4 units.
• Cluster capacity up to 264 APs with full licenses.
• Wireless controller redundancy up to 8 units using 4 + 4 active / backup design.
• Auto-managed AP discovery and control.
• Single point wireless management.
• Self-organizing wireless network capability.
• Self-optimizing RF management.
• Self-healing wireless coverage.
• Automatic radio channel adjustment.
• Automatic AP output power adjustment.
• Captive Portal authentication.
• Supports up to 1024 concurrent Captive Portal authentication users on C1 hardware.
• Wireless Intrusion Detection System WIDS.
• Rogue AP detection and classification.
• Rogue AP mitigation.
• WPA / WPA2 Personal and Enterprise security.
• WEP and Dynamic WEP support.
• MAC authentication.
• AP and client monitoring.
• Centralized RF and security policy management.
• Controller clustering management.
• Optional VPN, router, firewall, and web content filtering features through license upgrades.
• Optional AP license upgrades for additional managed access points.
Technical Specifications:
• Product Type: Wireless Controller
• Brand: D-Link
• Model: DWC-1000
• Hardware Versions: A1 / B1 / C1
• Ports: 4 × 10/100/1000Mbps Ports
• USB Ports: 2 × USB 2.0 Ports
• Option Ports: 2 × 10/100/1000Mbps Option Ports
• Console Port: 1 × 10/100/1000Mbps Console Port
• Ethernet Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
• Maximum APs per Unit – A1 / B1: Default 6, Upgraded 24
• Maximum APs per Unit – C1: Default 12, Upgraded 66
• Maximum APs per Cluster – A1 / B1: Default 24, Upgraded 96
• Maximum APs per Cluster – C1: Default 66, Upgraded 264
• Concurrent Captive Portal Users – A1 / B1: 512
• Concurrent Captive Portal Users – C1: 1024
• Dedicated IPSec VPN Tunnels: 70, with VPN license
• Dedicated PPTP / L2TP VPN Tunnels: 25, with VPN license
• Dedicated SSL VPN Tunnels: 20, with VPN license
• VLAN: VLAN Group up to 64 entries, Subnet-Based VLAN, 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Port-Based VLAN
• Networking Features: Route Failover, Outbound Load Balancing
• Roaming: Fast Roaming, Intra-Subnet / Inter-Subnet Roaming, Intra-Controller / Inter-Controller Roaming
• Firewall: Policy-Based Firewall, up to 600 Firewall Rules, Web Content Filtering, RIPv1 / RIPv2, Dynamic DNS, NAT, PAT
• VPN Encryption: DES, 3DES, AES, Twofish, Blowfish, Cast-128, NULL
• SSL VPN Encryption: DES, 3DES, AES
• VPN Features: IPSec NAT Traversal, ESP, VPN Tunnel Keep Alive, Hub and Spoke, Dead Peer Detection, AH, MD5, SHA1
• Wireless Security: WEP, Dynamic WEP, WPA Personal / Enterprise, WPA2 Personal / Enterprise
• LAN Security: 802.1X Port-Based Access Control and Guest VLAN
• Payment Gateways: PayPal, Authorize.net
• Management: Web-Based GUI, HTTP, SNMP v1 / v2c / v3, Command Line Interface CLI
• AP Discovery & Control: Layer 2 and Layer 3
• Monitoring: Managed AP, Rogue AP, Authentication Fail AP, Standalone AP, Authenticated Client, Rogue Client, Authentication Fail Client, Ad-Hoc Client
• Compatible Managed APs: DWL-8710AP, DWL-8610AP, DWL-8600AP, DWL-6700AP, DWL-6610AP, DWL-6600AP, DWL-3610AP, DWL-3600AP, DWL-2600AP
• LED Indicators: Speed per 10/100/1000Mbps Port
• Dimensions: 280 × 180 × 44 mm
• Power Supply – A1 / B1: Internal Power Supply 12V DC / 2.5A
• Power Supply – C1: External Power Supply 12V DC / 2.5A
• Maximum Power Consumption – A1 / B1: 19.3W
• Maximum Power Consumption – C1: 12.6W
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C
• Storage Temperature: -20°C to 70°C
• Operating Humidity: 5% to 95%, Non-Condensing
• EMI: FCC Class B, VCCI, IC, CE Class B, C-Tick
• Safety: cUL, LVD EN60950-1
• Order Information: DWC-1000 Wireless Controller
Applications:
• Centralized wireless controller for D-Link Unified Access Points.
• Campuses, branch offices, SMBs, schools, clinics, hotels, and corporate buildings.
• Multi-access-point wireless deployments requiring centralized configuration.
• Guest Wi-Fi environments using Captive Portal authentication.
• Wireless networks requiring WIDS, Rogue AP detection, and security policy management.
• D-Link Unified AP deployments requiring RF optimization and self-healing wireless coverage.
• Branch office networks requiring optional VPN, firewall, routing, and web content filtering features.
• Medium-scale wireless networks requiring AP license expansion and controller clustering.
Connect Gates Recommendation:
• Recommended for legacy D-Link Unified wireless projects that require centralized hardware controller management.
• Suitable for campuses, schools, hotels, branches, administration buildings, and SMB projects using compatible DWL-series Unified Access Points.
• Best used when the client needs AP discovery, centralized configuration, Captive Portal, WIDS, RF optimization, Rogue AP detection, AP / client monitoring, and scalable AP license upgrades.
• For new wireless projects, Connect Gates recommends checking AP compatibility carefully and considering newer cloud-managed or Nuclias Connect solutions when using newer D-Link access point models.
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