User's Manual

IEEE Std 802.11ac in OAP832e 1
1 About OAP832e
The OAP832e Access Point is a dual radio, and single band 3x3 3-stream 802.11ac access
point designed for data, voice, and video applications in enterprise class deployments.
Features
• Supported by System Director versions 6.0 and greater.
• Supports 80-MHz channel-bonding (VHT80) in 5.x GHz band with IEEE Std 802.11ac. 80-
MHz channel-bonding (VHT80) combines four 20-MHz channels into a single 80-MHz
channels for increasing bandwidth.
• Supports Plug and Play deployment.
• Supports multi-layered security including Enterprise WPA2 features such as automatic traf-
fic inspection.
• Powered by either a standard IEEE 802.3at or 4-pair IEEE 802.3at PoE switches or PoE
injectors.
• Supports channel span architecture that requires no channel planning or configuration.
• Supports wired stations via the secondary Ethernet interface.
• Provides pre-pack PHY data rate up to 1.3 Gbps per radio at IEEE Std 802.11ac with
MCS9/QAM-256 mode.
IEEE Std 802.11ac in OAP832e
The OAP832e series is capable of operating in the IEEE Std 802.11ac mode, which is capable
for theoretical throughput rates up to 1.3 Gbps per radio. IEEE Std 802.11ac is applied only on
the 5 GHz band, and its higher throughput levels require the use of 80 MHz wide channels.
When a radio on OAP832e is configured for IEEE Std 802.11ac operation, it is automatically
set to operate on the 5 GHz band. By default, the radio 1 is set to operate on the 2.4 GHz
band (Channel 6, 20 MHz channel width) to support IEEE Std 802.11b/g/n clients and radio 2
is configured for IEEE Std 802.11ac on 5 GHz (Primary Channel 36 with 80 MHz channel
width).