D-Link DWS-3160-24PC Gigabit Switch - 24-Port 10/100/1000

 

The DWS-3160 is D-Link’s latest Unified L2+ Gigabit Wireless Switch. Designed to be the ideal mobility solution for medium-sized and large enterprises and service providers, the DWS-3160 empowers administrators to exercise total control over their wireless networks by centralizing all aspects of provisioning and management. Able to manage up to 48 D-Link Unified Access Points by itself and up to 192 in a Peer Group, the DWS-3160 can be configured to act either as a Wireless Controller in the core network, and as an L2+ Gigabit Switch at the edge, enabling it to be seamlessly integrated into any existing network infrastructure. The DWS-3160 comes in two models with or without PoE support.

 

 

The DWS-3160 is able to centralize all critical WLAN management, thereby eliminating the need to manage access points individually. The administrator simply assigns a profile to an individual D-Link Unified Access Point, and the configuration corresponding to that profile would be applied onto that access point automatically. In addition, the DWS-3160 can apply new firmware to all D-Link Unified Access Points on the network, thus greatly simplifying the upgrade process.

 

The DWS-3160 also excels as an advanced L2+ switch. Complete with RIPv1/v2 dynamic routing, ACL security, multi-layer QoS, comprehensive VLAN support, as well as Multicast Snooping capabilities, the DWS-3160 enables easy and flexible deployment. Furthermore, multiple DWS-3160s can form a Peer Group, which enables the administrator to configure all switches from one Peer Group Master. As the size of the Peer Group grows, so can the number of D-Link Unified Access Points being managed. Up to 192 D-Link Unified Access Points may be managed by a Peer Group. This helps to significantly simplify management and reduce maintenance efforts when a network is scaled up.

 

 

The DWS-3160 offers a state-of-the-art Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS), which empowers administrators to detect Rogue Access Points and Rogue Clients, effectively preventing them from causing damage to the network. The administrator can also activate various threat detections and use Radio Frequency Scan to sweep the entire wireless network to identify any possible security breach in advance.

 

When working in conjunction with D-Link Unified Access Points, Virtual Access Points may be easily configured and managed, allowing the administrator to assign different access privileges to different classes of users. In addition to WPA and WPA2, an added measure of protection is added withan advanced captive portal, thus enabling only authorized users to utilize the wireless network. On the wired side, the DWS-3160 utilizes Access Control Lists to tightly control what goes in and out of the network by setting up a number of simple rules. Along with other advanced security features, such as 802.1X Network Access Control and advanced Denial-of-Service Protection, the DWS-3160 provides robust and centralized security, ensuring maximum network reliability.

 

 

When a number of access points are deployed close to each other, interference may result if proper RF management is not implemented. The DWS-3160 is aware of how the radio spectrum is being utilized in the network and will automatically assign the most optimized channel to each access point under its management. This greatly reduces RF interference and will allow the administrator to deploy APs more densely.

 

To further minimize interference, the DWS-3160 also can adjust the transmit power of each radio independently. When, for whatever reason, there is no longer so many access points present, transmission power will be increased to expand network coverage. To ensure that no access point is overburdened while others sit idle, the DWS-3160 will prevent certain D-Link Unified Access Points from accepting new association requests if its resources are fully utilized. A neighboring D-Link Unified Access Point will instead pick up the load. This ensures that proper load balancing is in place, and the network will function in the most optimal state.

 

 

Wireless clients can enjoy seamless and uninterrupted roaming from AP to AP if they are managed by the same DWS-3160, even if they are not in the same subnet. Because the DWS-3160 employs various mechanisms such as pre-authentication and keycaching, wireless users can freely roam the entire network without needing to re-authenticate. This allows tablet and smart phone and netbook computer users to travel freely within any premise covered by the DWS-3160’s managed APs without having to worry about network connectivity, thus enabling for a truly mobile workplace.

 

Size

19-inch Sandard Rack-Mount Width, 1U Height

 

Network Interfaces

20 10/100/1000Base-T
4 Combo 10/100/1000Base-T/SFP

 

RJ45 RS-232

 

16K

 

467 W (full POE load)

 

 

48 Gbps

 

35.71 Million Packets per Second

 

Store and Forward

 

Up to 256 static MAC entries
Enable/disable auto-learning of MAC addresses

 

15.4 W Per Port
370 W Total Power Budget
740 W Total Power Budget With RPS

 

 
4K

 

512

 

13K

 

 

282,541 hours

 

Below 30 °C (86 °F)< 39.8 dB
Over 30 °C (86 °F):< 51.8 dB

 

With 370 W PoE load: 1593.5 BTU/hr

 

440 x 310 x 44 mm (17.32 x 12.20 x 1.73 inches)

 

DPS-700

 

5.24 kg (11.55 pounds)

 

0 to 50 °C (32 to °F)

 

-40 to 70 °C ( to 158 °F)

 

10% to 90% RH

 

5% to 90% RH

 

FCC Class A
CE
ICES-003
C-Tick
VCCI

 

UL/cUL
CB

 

 

Manages up to 48 Unified Access Points per switch, up to 192 APs per cluster
Switch Cluster for Single IP Management
SSH
SSL
SNMP v1, 2c, 3
sFlow
Dual Image Support
Web GUI
Command Line Interface

 

AP Auto-Discovery
Remote AP Reboot
AP Monitoring: List Managed AP, Rogue AP, Authentication Failed AP
Client Monitoring: List clients associated with each Managed AP
Ad-hoc Client Monitoring
AP Authentication Supporting Local Database and External RADIUS Server
Centralized RF/Security Policy Management
Automatic AP RF Channel Adjustment
Automatic AP Transmit Output Power Adjustment
Centralized Firmware Upgrade

 

DWL-3600AP
DWL-6600AP
DWL-8600AP

 

Fast Roaming
Intra-Switch/Inter-Switch Roaming
Intra-Subnet/Inter-Subnet Roaming

 

Up to 32 SSID per AP (16 SSID per frequency band)
AP Load Balancing based on the number of users or AP utilization
Flexible Mapping Schemes

 

IGMP Snooping
MLD Snooping
802.1D/w/s Spanning Tree
802.3ad Link Aggregation
802.1ab LLDP
Port Mirroring (One-to-One and Many-to-One)
Jumbo Frame Size: Up to 13 KB

 

IPv4/v6 Static Route
Routing Table Size: 512 Static Routes
VRRP
ARP Proxy

 

RADIUS Authentication Management Access
TACACS+ Authentication for Management Access
SSH & SSL Support
MAC Filtering
802.1X Port-based Access Control & Guest VLAN
Denial of Service Protection
Dynamic ARP Inspection
Protected Port
Broadcast Storm Control
Access Control List

 

1213 MIB II
1493 Bridge MIB
1907 SNMP v2 MIB
1215 Trap Convention MIB
2233 Interface Group MIB
D-Link Private MIB
LLDP MIB
Power-Ethernet MIB

 

802.3x Standard in Full Duplex Mode
Back Pressure in Half Duplex Mode
Head-of-Line Blocking Prevention

Voice VLAN
Wireless Multimedia (WMM)
802.1p Priority Queues
CoS-based QoS
Per-Flow Bandwidth Control
Per-Port Traffic Shaping
Minimum Bandwidth Guarantee

 

802.1Q VLAN Tagging
802.1V
Subnet-based VLAN
MAC-based VLAN
GVRP
Double VLAN
Voice VLAN

 

WPA Personal/Enterprise
WPA2 Personal/Enterprise
64/128/152-bit WEP Data Encryption
MAC Authentication
Station Isolation
Wireless Station and AP Monitoring based on RF Channel, MAC Address, SSID, Time
Rogue AP and Client Detection & Mitigation
Captive Portal
Security Profile
802.1X Support
Guest VLAN

 

 

DWS-3160-24PC
Unified Wireless Gigabit 24 Port PoE L2+ Switch with 12 AP license

 

DWS-3160-24TC
Unified Wireless Gigabit 24 Port L2+ Switch with 12 AP license

 

DPS-700
D-Link Redundant Power Supply 589 watts, 1+1 PoE budget

 

DPS-200
D-Link Redundant Power Supply 60 watts, 1+1 PoE budget

DWL-8600AP
Unified Concurrent Dual-band Access Point 802.11a/b/g/n

 

DWL-6600AP
Unified Concurrent Dual-band Access Point 802.11a/b/g/n

 

DWL-3600AP
Unified Access Point 802.11b/g/n

 

DWS-3160-24TC-AP12-LIC
DWS-3160AP-24TC Upgrade License for 12 APs

 

DWS-3160-24TC-AP24-LIC
DWS-3160AP-24TC Upgrade License for 24 APs

 

DWS-3160-24PC-AP12-LIC
DWS-3160AP-24PC Upgrade License for 12 APs

 

DWS-3160-24PC-AP24-LIC
DWS-3160AP-24PC Upgrade License for 24 APs