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Aruba RAP-3 Remote Access Point Aruba Data Sheet
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, Instant APs are factory-shipped
to any site and congure themselves when powered up.
ADVANCED FEATURES
• Zero-touch provisioning as well as automated rmware upgrades
and inventory management with the cloud-based Aruba Activate
service.
• ClientMatch technology eliminates sticky clients by continuously
gathering session performance metrics and using this
information to steer them to the best AP and radio.
• ARM technology delivers best-in-class RF management,
including automatic transmit power and channel control with
auto coverage-hole correction.
• Security:
- With an OpenDNS service subscription, Aruba Instant RAPs
delivers integrated web ltering, malware and botnet protec-
tion to every device connected to the WLAN
- Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure storage
of credentials and keys
- SecureJack-capable for secure tunneling of wired
Ethernet trafc
OPERATING MODES
• Wireless
- 802.11b/g/n Mobility Controller-managed RAP
- 802.11b/g/n Aruba Instant AP
- 802.11b/g/n air monitor
- Hybrid WLAN and air monitor
- Congurable to support 802.11n HT 20/40 channels or
mixed-mode deployment IEEE 802.11b/g/n
• Wired
- 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, PoE capable
- User authentication: 802.1X, captive portal, MAC
authentication or open access
- Policy-based forwarding for local resource access
WIRELESS RADIO SPECIFICATIONS
• AP type: 2.4 GHz 802.11n indoor
• Software-congurable 2.4-GHz radio
• 2x2 MIMO with two spatial streams and up to 300 Mbps
wireless data rate
• Supported frequency band (country-specic restrictions apply):
2.4000 GHz to 2.4835 GHz
• Available channels: Managed by Aruba Instant or Mobility
Controller, dependent upon congured regulatory domain
ARUBA RAP-3 REMOTE ACCESS POINT
High-performance wireless and wired networking for branch ofces
and teleworkers
The multifunctional Aruba RAP-3 delivers secure 802.11n wireless
and wired network access to corporate resources from branch
and home ofces.
Centrally managed by Aruba Mobility Controllers, the RAP-3
extends corporate resources to remote locations by establishing
site-to-site VPN tunnels to the data center.
To eliminate client stickiness, the RAP-3 includes integrated
ClientMatch™ technology, which continuously gathers session
performance metrics and uses this data to every device to the
best AP and radio on the WLAN, even while users roam and RF
conditions change.
The RAP-3 also offers 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.
Delivering a wireless data rate of up to 300 Mbps, the RAP-3
has three 10/100BASE-T Ethernet ports and one USB port
for connecting to 3G and 4G networks. It is also available with
an 802.3af power-over-Ethernet (PoE) port (RAP-3WNP model) for
IP phones or other devices.
At locations that require greater coverage, the RAP-3 can join an
Aruba Instant™ WLAN cluster. Simply install additional RAP-3s
or any Instant AP and the entire cluster is managed as one. If
one Instant AP fails, another AP automatically takes over with
no disruption.