AP 8163 802.11n WiNG 5-enabled Rugged Outdoor Mesh Access Point

Rugged design delivers next generation high performance Wi-Fi in demanding outdoor environments

Break through your walls and extend your wireless LAN (WLAN) outdoors with the AP 8163. This rugged access point is purpose built inside and outside to enable the easy extension of robust wireless connectivity to workers in outdoor spaces. On the outside is a housing designed to handle virtually any weather condition. On the inside, three radios give you the power and flexibility to handle today’s bandwidth-heavy applications and secure your data ‘ without purchasing and managing an additional layer of equipment. Each of the two 802.11n radios can support either the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band, providing the flexibility to segment traffic as needed to maximize network and application performance. The third band-unlocked radio can be used to help increase security and network uptime as either a dedicated sensor for a Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS), enabling around the clock rogue detection ‘ or as a Scan Ahead radio that can find clean channels and eliminate network outages due to radar interference in the 5 GHz band. And with high-powered radios, you’ll experience greater capacity and better network performance with fewer access points, effectively reducing the cost of your wireless LAN. With the AP 8163, whether your workers are viewing technical schematics, placing a video call to get on-the-spot assistance with a task or accessing an inventory application, you’ll have the bandwidth you need to continually exceed their performance expectations ‘ with the integrated around-the-clock monitoring required to keep your network safe.

Innovative Advanced Features for Outdoor Operation

Outdoor rated IP67 diecast aluminum enclosure

Designed to withstand wind, rain, and extreme temperatures.

Band-unlocked tri-band design

Increases security without increasing costs by enabling 24×7 dual band Wireless IPS sensing on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, with concurrent 802.11a/b/g/n client access and mesh.

3-spatial stream 3X3 MIMO

Delivers maximum throughput to support virtually any enterprise application, including voice and HD video.

Backhaul detection

If an AP loses the backhaul connection, the AP self forms and self heals into a mesh router in the network, eliminating any disruption in wireless connectivity.

Extended radio range

The radio range can be increased more than a mile by chaining the timing of radio parameters.

MeshConnex onboth data radios

Creating a Mesh network on both radios allows automatic failover for superior uptime and survivability.

Patented Scan Ahead technology

Enables the third radio to constantly scan ahead for channels that are free and clear of radar interference. In the event the 5 GHz data radio is hit by radar, the channel can then be changed in milliseconds, eliminating any network outage due to radar interference.

Load balancing, pre-emptive roaming and rate scaling

Increases reliability and resilience of the wireless network to support mission critical applications.

Advanced WiNG 5 operating system

The WiNG 5 OS provides the advanced brainpower required to create the ‘fully network aware’ WLAN, allowing every piece of infrastructure in your wireless network to work together to route every transmission as efficiently as possible.