Aruba AP-203R Data sheet

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ARUBA 203R SERIES REMOTE ACCESS POINTS

802.11ac access point for home and small branch oces

The multifunctional Aruba 203R Remote AP delivers secure and fast 802.11ac wireless and wired network access to corporate resources for

branch and home oces.

Unique in the industry, the compact Aruba 203R remote AP

is software congurable to operate in either 1x1 dual radio

mode, or 2x2 single radio mode. It supports up to 867Mbps

in the 5GHz band or up to 400Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band

when operating in single radio 2x2 mode. In dual radio 1x1

mode, the maximum data rates for the 203R AP are 433Mbps

in the 5GHz band and 200Mbps in the 2.4GHz band.

The 203R AP oers a variety of enterprise-class features,

including role-based network access, policy-based

forwarding, and Adaptive Radio Management (ARM), which

gives remote workers the same high-quality Wi-Fi experience

they get at corporate headquarters. When additional capacity

is desired, this low-cost 203R AP can be quickly added to an

existing Aruba WLAN to improve network performance.

Managed by the Aruba Mobility Controller, the 203R AP

supports centralized conguration, data encr yption, policy

enforcement and network services. It extends corporate

resources to remote locations by establishing site-to-site VPN

tunnels to the data center.

With an integrated Aruba Beacon, the 203R AP simplies the

remote management of a large scale network of battery-

powered BLE Aruba Beacons and provides advanced

location and indoor way nding, and proximity-based push

notication capabilities.

For large installations across multiple sites, the Aruba

Activate service signicantly reduces deployment time by

automating device provisioning, rmware upgrades, and

inventory management. With Aruba Activate, APs

can congure themselves when powered up, slashing the

cost and time to deploy wireless in remote branches and

home oces.

UNIQUE BENEFITS

Deploy with or without controller

• The 203R can be deployed in either controller-based

(ArubaOS) or controllerless (InstantOS) deployment mode.

New 802.11ac exible radio architecture

• The 203R AP is software congurable to operate in either

1x1 dual radio mode, or 2x2 single radio mode.

• Supports up to 867Mbps in the 5GHz band (with

2SS/VHT80 clients) or up to 400Mbps in the 2.4 GHz

band (with 2SS/VHT40 clients). In 1x1 dual radio mode,

these max speeds are up to 433Mbps (5GHz) and

200Mbps (2.4GHz).

Built-in Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) radio

• Delivers location-based services for BLE-enabled

mobile devices.

• Enables management of your deployment of battery-

powered Aruba Beacons.

Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)

• Minimizes the impact from out-of-band interference from

sources such as 3G/4G cellular networks.

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RF Management

• Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technolog y

automatically assigns channel and power settings,

provides airtime fairness and ensures that APs stay

clear of all sources of RF interference to deliver reliable,

high-performance WLANs

• The 203R can be congured to provide part-time

or dedicated air monitoring for wireless intrusion

protection, VPN tunnels to extend remote locations to

corporate resources, and wireless mesh connections

where Ethernet drops are not available.

Security

• Integrated wireless intrusion protection oers threat

protection and mitigation, and eliminates the need for

separate RF sensors and security appliances.

• IP reputation and security services identif y, classify,

and block malicious les, URLs and IPs, providing

comprehensive protection against advanced

online threats.

• Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure

storage of credentials, certicates and keys.

Intelligent app visibility and control

• AppRF technology leverages deep packet inspection to

classify and block, prioritize or limit bandwidth for over

2,500 enterprise apps or groups of apps.

Quality of service for unied communication apps

• Supports priority handling and policy enforcement for

unied communication apps, including Microsoft Skype

for Business with encrypted videoconferencing, voice,

chat and desktop sharing.

CHOOSE YOUR DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATING MODES

Aruba APs oer a choice of deployment and operating

modes to meet your unique management and

deployment requirements:

• The 203R AP is the unied AP that supports both

controller-based and controllerless deployment modes,

providing maximum exibility

• Controller-based mode – When deployed in conjunction

with an Aruba Mobility Controller, Aruba APs oer

centralized conguration, data encr yption, policy

enforcement and network ser vices, as well as distributed

and centralized trac forwarding.

• Controllerless (Instant) mode – The controller function

is virtualized in a cluster of APs in Instant mode. As

the network grows and/or requirements change,

Instant deployments can easily migrate to controller-

based mode.

• Remote AP (RAP) mode for branch deployments

• Air monitor (AM) for wireless IDS, rogue detection

and containment

• Secure enterprise mesh

203R SERIES REMOTE ACCESS POINTS SPECIFICATIONS

• Unied exible radio 802.11ac remote AP with

internal antennas.

• Supports wall-box and desk mount deployments.

WI-FI RADIO SPECIFICATIONS

• AP type: Indoor, exible radio:

- 5GHz 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO OR 2.4GHz 802.11n

2x2 MIMO

- 5GHz 802.11ac 1x1 AND 2.4GHz 802.11n 1x1

• Software-congurable radio supports 5GHz (Radio 0)

and/or 2.4GHz (Radio 1)

• 5GHz: Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up

to 867Mbps wireless data rate to individual 2x2 VHT80

client devices

• 2.4GHz: Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up

to 400Mbps wireless data rate to individual 2x2 VHT40

client devices (300Mbps for HT40 802.11n client devices)

• Support for up to 256 associated client devices per radio,

and up to 16 BSSIDs per AP

• Supported frequency bands (country-specic

restrictions apply):

- 2.400 to 2.4835GHz

- 5.150 to 5.250GHz

- 5.250 to 5.350GHz

- 5.470 to 5.725GHz

- 5.725 to 5.850GHz

• Available channels: Dependent on congured

regulatory domain

, or

256-QAM modulation (802.11ac) supported by the 2.4GHz radio as well

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• Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of

available RF spectrum

• Supported radio technologies:

- 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)

- 802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division

multiplexing (OFDM)

• Supported modulation types:

- 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK

- 802.11a/g/n/ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM,

256-QAM

• Transmit power: Congurable in increments of 0.5 dBm

• Maximum (conducted) transmit power (limited by local

regulatory requirements):

- 2.4GHz band: +18 dBm per chain, +21 dBm aggregate

(2x2 mode)

- 5GHz band: +18 dBm per chain, +21 dBm aggregate

(2x2 mode)

- Note: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna

gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add antenna gain

• Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC) minimizes

interference from cellular networks

• Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for improved

receiver performance

• Cyclic delay/shift diversity (CDD/CSD) for improved

downlink RF performance

• Short guard interval for 20MHz, 40MHz and

80MHz channels

• Space-time block coding (STBC) for increased range and

improved reception

• Low-density parity check (LDPC) for high-eciency error

correction and increased throughput

• Transmit beam-forming (TxBF) for increased signal

reliability and range

• Supported data rates (Mbps):

- 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11

- 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54

- 802.11n: 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15)

- 802.11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2

for VHT20/40/80)

• 802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT 20/40

• 802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support:

VHT 20/40/80

• 802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU

WI-FI ANTENNAS

• Two integrated dual-band omni-directional antennas

for 2x2 MIMO with maximum individual antenna gain of

0.9dBi in 2.4GHz and 2.9dBi in 5GHz. Built-in antennas are

optimized for vertical orientation of the AP.

- Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the

MIMO radios, the peak gain of the eective per-antenna

pattern is -1dBi in 2.4GHz and 0.9dBi in 5GHz.

OTHER INTERFACES

• Uplink: 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45, back)

- Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX

- 802.3az Energy Ecient Ethernet (EEE)

• Local: Two 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45, back)

- Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX

- 802.3az Energy Ecient Ethernet (EEE)

- One port (E2): PoE-PSE (output): 48 Vdc (nominal)

802.3af PoE (AP-203RP models)

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio

- Up to 4dBm transmit power (class 2) and -93dBm

receive sensitivity

- Integrated antenna with moderately directional pattern

and peak gain of 1dBi

• USB 2.0 host interface (Type A connector, top)

- 3G/4G cellular modems

- Device battery charging port

- Capable of supplying up to 1A/5 watts of power to an

attached device

• AC power interface, 2 prong IEC 60320-1 C8

receptacle (back)

• Visual indicators (LEDs, front):

- Power/system status

- Radio status

- Local network port status (2x)

• Includes PoE-PSE status (AP-203RP models)

• Reset/LED control button (“paperclip access”, bottom)

- Factory reset (when activated during device power up)

- LED control: toggle o/normal

• Serial console interface (custom, uUSB physical

jack, bottom)

ENCRYPTED THROUGHPUT

• Maximum IPsec encrypted wired throughput: 20Mbps

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