The HP 425 802.11n Dual Radio Access Point Series, designed to work in sync with HP
controllers, delivers high-performance networking solutions. The enhanced controller
architecture scales to IEEE 802.11n—without requiring a controller replacement. The
controllers provide advanced radio resource management (RRM), including client load balancing
and interference mitigation. And the wireless controllers support a fast-roaming capability—an
important feature, especially for VoIP communications.
The 425 Access Points work in a managed mode with HP wireless LAN controllers. The access
points (APs) provide RF spectrum analysis with detection and classication of non-IEEE 802.11
interference; and they have the ability to automatically resist interference. Wireless security
is comprehensive with integrated wireless IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and support for
internal and external authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) servers; built-in
stateful rewalls; per-user VLAN mapping; and authentication.. In addition to working with HP
MSM controllers, the APs work with the new HP 10500/7500 20G Unied Wired-WLAN Module,
the HP 800 Series Unied Wired-WLAN Switch, and the HP WX5002/5004 wireless controllers.
A summary of the highlights of the 425 Access Points:
• Dual radio—two spatial stream access supporting 300 Mb/s per radio
• Support for embedded antennas as well as an optional external antenna
• Powered via the IEEE 802.3af power over Ethernet (PoE) or the local power supply
• Comprehensive WLAN security
• Lifetime Warranty 2.0—which comes with 24x7 telephone support for three years
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Features and benets
Management
• Wi-Fi Clear Connect
Provides a system-wide approach to improving WLAN reliability by proactively determining
and adjusting to changing RF conditions; helps optimize WLAN performance by mitigating
interference from Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi sources—using spectrum analysis capabilities built into
the APs, identifying rogue activity, and making decisions at a system-wide level
• Advanced RRM
– Automatic radio power adjustments
Include real-time power adjustments, based on changing environmental conditions, and
signal coverage adjustment
– Automatic radio channel
Provides intelligent channel switching and real-time interference detection
– Intelligent client load balancing
Determines the number of clients across neighboring APs; and adjusts client allocation to
balance the load
– Airtime fairness
Provides equal RF transmission time for wireless clients
• Spectrum analysis
– Power/frequency spectrum analysis
Measures noise from IEEE 802.11 remote sources
– Signal detection/classication
Identies source of RF interference; for example, Bluetooth®, cordless phones, and
microwave ovens
– Channel quality evaluation
Helps detect severe channel degradation and improves the reporting of poor RF
performance
• Integrated IDS
Detects and locates unknown and rogue devices (refer to the controller data sheet for details)
• AP management
Provides a secure Web browser (SSL and VPN), a command-line interface, an SNMP v2c,
an SNMP v3, MIB-II with traps, and a RADIUS Authentication Client MIB (RFC 2618); oers
an embedded HTML management tool with secure access (SSL and VPN); and implements
scheduled conguration and rmware upgrades from a central controller
• HP Intelligent Management Center and Wireless Services Manager Software
Provide centralized discovery, logging, status, and conguration management
• Diagnostics
Records association, authentication, and DHCP events in the client event log; provides a packet
capture tool for Ethernet and IEEE 802.11 interfaces (PCAP format); and includes a data rate matrix
• Enhanced AP survivability
Continues to operate using the old IP address, while the AP searches for a new controller
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• Compatible with HP controllers and unied switches and modules
– HP MSM720, MSM760, MSM765 zl and MSM775zl Controllers; the software version 6.2
(minimum)
– HP WX5000 Access Controller Series and the controller software version
CMW520-R2308P29-EI (minimum)
– HP 10500/7500 20G Unied Wired-WLAN Module and the software version
CMW520-R2308P29 (minimum)
– HP 830 Unied Wired-WLAN Switch Series and the controller software version
CMW520-R3308P29 (minimum)
Quality of service (QoS)
• Rate limiting
Supports per-wireless-client ingress-enforced maximums and per-wireless-client per-queue
guaranteed minimums
• Centralized trac
Maintains L2 and L3 QoS settings, when using centralized trac or guest access
• IEEE 802.1p prioritization
Delivers data to devices, based on the priority and type of trac
• Wireless
– L2/L3/L4 classication
Using IEEE 802.1p VLAN priority, SpectraLink SVP, and DiServ
– Virtual service community (VSC)
Assigns Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM), IEEE 802.11e EDCF, and service-aware priority
– VoIP call capacity
Supports 12 active calls per radio, maximum
• SpectraLink voice priority (SVP) support
Prioritizes SpectraLink voice IP packets sent from a SpectraLink NetLink SVP server to
SpectraLink wireless voice handsets to help ensure excellent voice quality
Connectivity
• IEEE 802.3af PoE support
Simplies deployment and dramatically reduces installation costs by helping eliminate the
time and cost involved in supplying local power at each AP location
• Local power option
Oers 48V DC power connector for use with an optional power supply, when PoE is not
available
• Auto-MDIX
Adjusts automatically for straight-through or crossover cables on the Ethernet interface
• Console port
Aids problem resolution
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Mobility
• Bandsteering
Redirects 5 GHz-capable clients automatically to the less-congested 5 GHz spectrum
• HP 425 Antenna
– Embedded antenna
Provides excellent coverage through the use of embedded high-gain antennas (4 dBi
antenna at 2.4 GHz and 5 dBi antenna at 5 GHz); and helps save on the added cost of
external antennas
– Optional external antenna
Includes four indoor RP-SMA connectors to be used with optional external antennas
• Anywhere, anytime wireless coverage
– Dual-radio IEEE 802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/n AP
– Per-radio software-selectable conguration of frequency bands
– Self-healing, self-optimizing local mesh that extends network availability
– Wi-Fi alliance certications for interoperability with all IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n client devices
– IEEE 802.3af PoE
• Medical standards
Meets the European EN60601-1-2 standard for healthcare
• VSC
– Up to 16 SSIDs per radio, each with a unique MAC address and congurable SSID broadcasts
– Individual security and QoS proles per VSC
– Congurable DTIM and minimum data rate per VSC
– Each VSC mapped to a separate IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
– WMM and/or WMM-PS
– A security lter and an IP lter
• AP client-access control
– Oers IEEE 802.1X authentication, using EAP-SIM, EAP-FAST, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP
– Delivers MAC address authentication, using local or RADIUS access lists
– Provides RADIUS AAA, using EAP-MD5, PAP, CHAP, and MS-CHAPv2
– Supports RADIUS Client (RFC 2865 and 2866) with location-aware support
– Enables L2 wireless client isolation
Security
• Integrated IDS support
– Automated AP and client classication
Reduces manual eort; however, the administrator can override AP classication
– Comprehensive detection capabilities
Detects a wide range of attacks
– Flexible event reporting
Enables conguration to classify which events will result in notications
– Location tracking capabilities
Helps identify the rogue-device location
– Flexible deployment models
Supports time slicing or dedicating a radio for full-time detection of attacks (refer to the
controller data sheet for details)
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• IEEE 802.1X support
Provides port-based user authentication with support for the extensible authentication
protocol (EAP) MD5, TLS, TTLS, and PEAP—with choice of advanced encryption standard
(AES), temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP), and static or dynamic WEP encryption for
protecting wireless trac between authenticated clients and the AP
• Choice of IEEE 802.11i, WPA2, or WPA
Locks out unauthorized wireless access by authenticating users prior to granting network
access; and secures the data integrity of wireless trac using robust AES or TKIP encryption
• TKIP/WEP encryption
Is supported only on legacy IEEE 802.11a/b/g clients, as it has been deprecated from the IEEE
802.11n standard
• Local wireless bridge client trac ltering
Mitigates communication between wireless devices associated with the same AP
Additional information
• RFC support
Refer to the mobility specication sheet (h17007.www1.hp.com/docs/mobility/4AA3-
3883ENW.pdf) for a list of RFCs and other industry standards supported by the MSM solution
Warranty and support
• Lifetime Warranty 2.0
Oers advance hardware replacement for as long as you own the product with next-business-
day delivery (available in most countries)
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• Electronic and telephone support (for Lifetime Warranty 2.0)
Limited 24x7 telephone support is provided by HP for the rst three years; and limited
electronic and telephone support during business hours is provided by HP for the complete
warranty period; to reach our support centers, visit hp.com/networking/contact-support; for
details on the duration of support provided with your product purchase, visit
hp.com/networking/warrantysummary - **NEW
• Software releases
To nd software for your product, visit hp.com/networking/support; for details on the
software releases available with your product purchase, visit
hp.com/networking/warrantysummary
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HP warranty includes repair or replacement of
hardware for as long as you own the product,
with next-business-day advance replacement
(available in most countries). The disk drives
included—with the HP AllianceOne Advanced
Services and Services zl Modules, HP Threat
Management Services zl Module, HP AllianceOne
Extended zl Module with Riverbed Steelhead, HP
MSM765 zl Mobilit y Controller and HP Survivable
Branch Communication zl Module powered by
Microsoft® Lync—each have a ve-year hardware
warranty. For details, refer to the software
license and hardware warranty statements at
hp.com/networking/warranty.
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HP 425 802.11n Dual Radio Access Point Series
Specications
HP 425 Wi reless Du al Radio 802 .11n (AM) A ccess Poin t (JG653A)
Ports1 RJ- 45 autosensi ng 10/100/1000 port (IE EE 802.3 Type 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T);
AP characteristics1 RJ-45 serial console port
Physical characteristics7.43(w) x 7.43(d) x 2(h) in (18.86 x 18.86 x 5.08 cm)
RF ExposureFCC Bul letin OET-65C ; RSS-102; CFR 47, Part 2, Subpart J; ANSI/IEEE C95.1 (99); Ministry of Health S afety Code 6; Australian Radiation
FeaturesDual radio: IEEE 802.11a/n for high-throughput applications and IEEE 802.11b/g/n for legacy support applications
Emissions
Services
Radio characteristics
Notes
These radio characteristics apply to the HP 425 Access Points, including the embedde d antenna. Power is limited based on country of operation.
Protection Std.
• Inte grated anten nas for both IE EE radios, supporting two spatia l streams and 2x2 MI MO
• Four embedded antennas
• Both radios oper ate at full power and full perfor mance on IEEE 802.3af PoE/Gigabit Ethernet
• External antenna, optional
EN 55022 Cl ass B; EN 301 489-1; EN 301 489-17; ICES-003 Class B; FCC Part 15, Class B
Notes
The HP 425 Access Point p ower information listed excludes the embedded antenna. Review the HP documentation for your AP to
understand the maximum output setting for your AP based on your country’s regulations
Two spatial stream AP, supporting 300 Mb/s per radio.
Maximum tr ansmit power vari es by country.
Regul atory mode l number: BJNGA -FB0002
Refer to the HP website at hp.com/networking/services for detail s on the service-level descriptions and product nu mbers. For d etails abo ut
services a nd response times in your area, p lease contact your local HP sales oce.
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IEEE 8 02.11n 5 GH z @ 40 MHz
channel
IEEE 8 02.11n 5 GH z @ 20 MHz
channel
IEEE 8 02.11n 2. 4 GHz @ 40 MHz
channel
IEEE 8 02.11n 2. 4 GHz @ 20 MHz
channel
Data rateMCS0, MCS8
30 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity-92 dBm-70 dBm
Transmit power25 dBm20 dBm
Data rateMCS0, MCS8
14.4 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity-95 dBm-73 dBm
Transmit power25 dBm20 dBm
Data rateMCS0, MCS8
30 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity-93 dBm-73 dBm
Transmit power24 dBm22 dBm
Data rateMCS0, MCS8
14.4 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity-96 dBm-76 dBm
Transmit power24 dBm22 dBm
MCS7, MCS15
300 Mbps
MCS7, MCS15
144 .4 Mb ps
MCS7, MCS15
300 Mbps
MCS7, MCS15
144 .4 Mb ps
IEEE 802.11a 5 GHzData rate6 Mbps54 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity-95 dBm-76 dBm
Transmit power25 dBm22 dBm
IEEE 802.11b/g 2.4 GHzData rate1 Mbps11 M bps6 Mbps54 Mbps
Receiver sensitivity-99 dBm-93 dBm-96 dBm-79 dBm
Transmit power25 dBm25 dBm25 dBm23 dBm
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MCS Index800 nS G uard Inte rval400 n S Guard Inte rval