Enterasys AP-1002 RoamAbout Access Point
 

Enterasys RoamAbout AP1002

The RoamAbout AP1002 is a thin access points that work with RoamAbout 8100 and 8400 wireless switches. RoamAbout AP1002 contains dual radios, one for the “a” band, and one for the “b/g” band, providing ample bandwidth for wireless applications. This model also supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) and dual internal antennas to simplify deployment.

The RoamAbout AP1002 works together with the RoamAbout Switch Manager and RoamAbout wireless switches to create a unified wireless network that scales easily from a single switch and a few access points to a network with more than 100 switches and more than 1,000 access points.

Deployment and management have been simplified. The RoamAbout AP1002 can be installed anywhere in the network. The access points will automatically find the wireless switch and configure themselves, whether they are on the same subnet or different subnet from the wireless switch. RoamAbout Switch Manager makes it simple to apply changes to many switches and access points simultaneously, allowing network-level management rather than device-level management.

Features & Benefits

Dual-radio technology
  • Includes an 802.11 b/g (2.4 GHz) radio and an 802.11a (5GHz) radio for maximum throughput
Authentication and encryption
  • 802.1X, MAC and Web Authentication
  • 128-bit 802.11i/WPA2 (with AES encryption)
  • Per-session/per-user encryption
  • WPA and WEP support
Advanced features
  • Secure Networks policy capability
  • Fast and seamless handoff across subnet boundaries
  • Policy and QoS automatically follow moving client
  • 802.11e/WMM provides strong QoS for Voiceover- WiFi applications
  • Rogue AP detection, location determination and RF countermeasures
Ease of deployment
  • Locates wireless switch anywhere on network
  • Plug-and-play simplicity
  • wireless switch manages configuration
  • Supports 802.3af compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Resiliency
  • Supports primary and backup switches
 

Technical Specifications

RoamAbout AP1002 Technical Specifications
802.11a Frequency Band 5.15 – 5.25 GHz (low band) U.S. (FCC), Canada, Japan
and parts of Europe
5.25 – 5.35 GHz (mid band) U.S. (FCC), Canada, Japan
and parts of Europe
5.50– 5.70 GHz Europe band
5.725 – 5.825 GHz (high band) U.S. (FCC) and Canada
Modulation Technique: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM and
64-QAM (OFDM)
Media Access Protocol: CSMA/CA (Collision Avoidance)
with ACK
Data Rate: 54 Mbps with fall back to 48, 36, 24, 1802.11a Frequency Band

Output Power
17 dBm at 5.15 – 5.25GHz
(except at 54 Mbps output is 12 dBm)
17 dBm at 5.25 – 5.35GHz
17 dBm at 5.50 – 5.70GHz
17 dBm at 5.725 – 5.825GHz
(except at 54 Mbps output is 16 dBm)

Receiver Sensitivity
-69 dBm at 54 Mbps -84 dBm at 18 Mbps
-73 dBm at 48 Mbps -86 dBm at 12 Mbps
-77 dBm at 36 Mbps -87 dBm at 9 Mbps
-81 dBm at 24 Mbps -88 dBm at 6 Mbps

802.11b/g Frequency Band 2.4 – 2.83 GHz U.S. (FCC), Canada, Europe (ETSI)
2.4 – 2.497 GHz Japan
Modulation Technique: 802.11b—CCK, DBPSK,
DQPSK (DSSS); 802.11g—BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM
and 64-QAM (OFDM)
Media Access Protocol: CSMA/CA (Collision Avoidance)
with ACK
Data Rate: 802.11b—11 Mbps with fall back to 5.5, 2
and 1 Mbps per channel; 802.11g—54 Mbps with fall
back to 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6 Mbps

Output Power
802.11b: 15 dBm at 2.412-2.472GHz
802.11g: 20 dBm at 2.412GHz
(except at 48 and 54 Mbps output is 17 and 15dBm);
20 dBm at 2.417-2.467GHz (except at 48 and 54 Mbps
output is 16 and 14dBm); 18 dBm at 2.472GHz
(except at 48 and 54 Mbps output is 15 and 13dBm)

Receiver Sensitivity
802.11b:
-87 dBm at 11 Mbps
-90 dBm at 5.5 Mbps
-90 dBm at 2 Mbps
-93 dBm at 1 Mbps

802.11g:
-70 dBm at 54 Mbps -85 dBm at 18 Mbps
-72 dBm at 48 Mbps -86 dBm at 12 Mbps
-77 dBm at 36 Mbps -87 dBm at 9 Mbps
-81 dBm at 24 Mbps -88 dBm at 6 Mbps

Antennas
Internal antennas: dual-band diversity antennas
 

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