It gives me great pleasure to announce the availability of the AP420, our indoor 802.11ac Wave 2 4x4 access point. The AP420’s Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) features mean it’s perfectly suited for the highest client density deployments. This access point easily serves crowded rooms full of smartphones, laptops and tablets to give users an excellent mobile connectivity experience. The AP420 also includes a 3rd radio for dedicated WIPS (Wireless Intrusion Prevention System) and RF optimization scanning. This 3rd radio will constantly defend your airspace against prolific man-in-the-middle (MitM...Read more

Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

On Friday, August 4 at 5PM PDT, we will deploy an update to WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud to improve performance and stability with the Manage service. 

​During the maintenance window (approximately 30 minutes), Wi-Fi Cloud services will be unavailable, including Manage, Go, Analyze, and Engage. Your access points will continue to work with no interruption, but guest users will be unable to access spash pages until Engage is available again at the end of the maintenance window. 

If you have any questions regarding the update, please visit ...Read more

Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

We are planning a brief maintenance on Sunday, July 30, 2017 between 1:00AM and 6:00AM Pacific Time to deploy improvements to the Wi-Fi Cloud.

During the maintenance window, the Wi-Fi Cloud services will be down for maintenance (approximately 2 hours) including Manage, Go, Engage, and Analyze modules. Your access points will continue to pass client traffic and will not be interrupted. 

Enhancements are:

• Role-Based Control
  Use role profiles to enforce restrictions (VLAN assignments
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Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

We are planning a brief maintenance today (Thursday, June 8, 2017) between 8:00PM and 10:00PM Pacific Time to deploy improvements to the Go Template (Go_1) in order to support new WatchGuard access point models. 

During the maintenance window, your access points will continue to function normally and client traffic will not be interrupted. Your Go service within the Wi-Fi Cloud will be intermittently unavailable for 30 minutes during the maintenance window.

If you have any questions regarding the update, please visit...Read more

Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

We are planning a brief system update on Sunday, May 21, 2017 between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM Pacific Time to deploy stability improvements to WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud services via WatchGuard.com. 

During the maintenance window, your access points will continue to function normally and client traffic will not be interrupted.  Access to Analyze will be intermittently unavailable for 30 minutes during the maintenance window.

If you have any questions regarding the update, please visit watchguard.com/support

Regards,

WatchGuard...Read more

Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

We are planning a brief maintenance window on Saturday, April 29, 2017 between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM Pacific Time to update our Cloud environment as well as the Access Point firmware.  This update includes the following changes:

• If an AP device is detected as operating from an unsupported region, the operating region for the AP device will be set to the USA (country code 841).
• AP device software upgrades can now happen over port 443 in addition to port 80.

During the maintenance window, your access points will...Read more

WatchGuard’s AP322 brings secure Wi-Fi to the outdoors!  Its rugged, IP67-rated enclosure protects the access point from the wind, rain and cold weather, while 6 integrated antennas operate with 3 spatial streams per radio (3x3 MIMO) to deliver broad, fast, and reliable Wi-Fi coverage – making the AP322 ideal for stadiums and sports fields, schools/universities, malls, parks, hotel pool areas and open air cafes, shipping docks, warehouses and other harsh or outdoor locations. 

Key Specifications

• Up to 450 Mbps for 2.4 GHz 
• Up to 1.3 Gbps for 5
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Hello Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

We are planning a brief maintenance window on Saturday, February 11, 2017 between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM Eastern Time in order to update our Cloud environment as well as the Access Point firmware.  This update includes the following changes:

• Alarm notifications are removed from the Go webapp
• Within the Go webapp, the selectable area for the switch to turn Wi-Fi networks on and off has been enlarged
• Added support to configure the default country code in Engage splash page plug-in settings
• Country names displayed along with
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WatchGuard is very excited to announce the launch of the Wi-Fi Cloud and two new access points: the AP120 and AP320.  The Wi-Fi Cloud is a new hosted platform and marks a major milestone for WatchGuard and our valued channel partners as we now disrupt the Wi-Fi market together with the industry’s most sophisticated wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) technology and powerful guest engagement and analytics tools to turn Wi-Fi hot spots into invaluable consumer research and push marketing tools. Architected from the ground-up to focus on ease of deployment and administration, the...Read more

Wi-Fi access is becoming increasingly popular for businesses to attract and retain customers. From retail stores to hotels to hospitals, wireless access has gone mainstream and many companies are jumping on the bandwagon. While offering Wi-Fi to customers and employees certainly has its benefits, wireless access can ultimately doom any business if it’s not properly secured. According to the National Small Business Association, nearly 50 percent of small businesses have already been impacted by cyber-attacks with an average cost of more than 20 thousand dollars. I've got some valuable...Read more