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Specification

Supported wireless LAN controllers

-   Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

-   Cisco 3500, 5520, and 8540 Series Wireless Controllers, and Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

802.11n version

2.0 (and related) capabilities

-   8x8 MIMO with four spatial streams for 5-GHz band

-   4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams for 2.4-GHz band

-   Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC)

-   20- and 40-MHz channels

-   PHY data rates up to 600 Mbps (40 MHz with 5 GHz)

-   Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

-   Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support

802.11ac

-   8x8 downlink MU-MIMO with eight spatial streams

-   MRC

-   802.11ac beamforming

-   20-, 40-, 80, and 160-MHz channels

-   PHY data rates up to 3.5 Gbps at 5 GHz

-   Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

-   CSD support

802.11ax

-   8x8 MIMO with eight spatial streams for 5-GHz band

-   4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams for 2.4-GHz band

-   Downlink OFDMA

-   TWT

-   MRC

-   802.11ax beamforming

-   20-, 40-, 80, and 160-MHz channels

-   PHY data rates up to 5 Gbps at 5 GHz

-   Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

-   CSD support

Integrated antenna

-   2.4 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

-   5 GHz, peak gain 6 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

Interfaces

-   1x 100, 1000, 2500, 5000 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) – IEEE 802.3bz

-   Management console port (RJ-45)

-   USB 2.0 with up to 3.75W (enabled via future software)

Indicators

-   Status LED indicates boot loader status, association status, operating status, boot loader warnings, and boot loader errors

Dimensions (W x L x H)

-   Access point (without mounting bracket and mounting features): 8.70 x 8.70 x 1.94 in. (22 x 22 x 4.93 cm)

-   Access point (without mounting bracket): 8.70 x 8.70 x 2.19 in. (22 x 22 x 5.56 cm)

Weight

-   3.02 lb (1.4 kg)

Input power requirements

-   802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), Cisco Universal PoE (Cisco UPOE®)

-   Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ6=

-   802.3af PoE

-   Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ5= (Note: This injector supports only 802.3af)

Note: When 802.3af PoE is the source of power, both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios will be reduced to 2x2 and Ethernet downgraded to 2.5 Gbps; in addition, the USB port will be off.