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Sputnik has announced the Sputnik Gateway 700 and Sputnik Agent NMS. Together, these products enable wireless service providers to build and easily expand high-capacity Wi-Fi networks with centralized management of subscribers and devices.

The cost-effective Sputnik Gateway 700 works with Sputnik Control Center software or the SputnikNet service to centralize user authentication, usage tracking, network policy, and business rules for large, high-traffic public wireless networks. Sputnik Gateway 700 pricing starts at $499.

Sputnik Agent NMS is free firmware that provides remote management functions on Wi-Fi access points (APs). Additional Wi-Fi APs can be added to expand the network; these are managed by Sputnik Control Center at no extra software cost. Sputnik Agent NMS significantly reduces the difficulty of monitoring bridged APs on the private LAN side of the Sputnik Gateway 700, or other gateways. In conjunction with Sputnik Control Center software, it also enables plug 'n play AP provisioning. When APs are plugged into broadband they receive their configuration information and appear in Sputnik Control Center's central management interface.