8821- Data Sheet

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Item
Specifications
5-GHz receiver
sensitivity
IEEE 802.11a:
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6 Mbps: -94 dBm
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9 Mbps: -93 dBm
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12 Mbps: -92 dBm
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18 Mbps: -89 dBm
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24 Mbps: -86 dBm
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36 Mbps: -83 dBm
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48 Mbps: -78 dBm
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54 Mbps: -76 dBm
IEEE 802.11n HT20:
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MCS 0: -94 dBm
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MCS 1: -91 dBm
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MCS 2: -89 dBm
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MCS 3: -86 dBm
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MCS 4: -82 dBm
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MCS 5: -77 dBm
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MCS 6: -76 dBm
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MCS 7: -74 dBm
IEEE 802.11n HT40:
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MCS 0: -91 dBm
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MCS 1: -88 dBm
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MCS 2: -86 dBm
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MCS 3: -83 dBm
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MCS 4: -79 dBm
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MCS 5: -75 dBm
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MCS 6: -73 dBm
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MCS 7: -72 dBm
IEEE 802.11ac VHT20:
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MCS 0: -93 dBm
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MCS 1: -90 dBm
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MCS 2: -87 dBm
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MCS 3: -84 dBm
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MCS 4: -81 dBm
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MCS 5: -76 dBm
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MCS 6: -75 dBm
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MCS 7: -74 dBm
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MCS 8: -70 dBm
IEEE 802.11ac VHT40:
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MCS 0: -90 dBm
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MCS 1: -87 dBm
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MCS 2: -85 dBm
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MCS 3: -82 dBm
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MCS 4: -79 dBm
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MCS 5: -73 dBm
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MCS 6: -72 dBm
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MCS 7: -72 dBm
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MCS 8: -67 dBm
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MCS 9: -66 dBm
IEEE 802.11ac VHT80:
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MCS 0: -87 dBm
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MCS 1: -83 dBm
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MCS 2: -81 dBm
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MCS 3: -78 dBm
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MCS 4: -75 dBm
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MCS 5: -73 dBm
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MCS 6: -68 dBm
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MCS 7: -68 dBm
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MCS 8: -64 dBm
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MCS 9: -62 dBm
Transmitter output
power
2.4 GHz:
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802.11b: up to 17 dBm
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802.11g: up to 14 dBm
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802.11n HT20: up to 13 dBm
5 GHz:
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802.11a: up to 14 dBm
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802.11n HT20: up to 13 dBm
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802.11n HT40: up to 13 dBm
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802.11ac VHT20: up to 12 dBm
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802.11ac VHT40: up to 12 dBm
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802.11ac VHT80: up to 12 dBm
Antenna
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2.4 GHz: 2.4 dBi peak gain
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5 GHz: 3.0 dBi peak gain
Access point
support
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Cisco unified access points
◦ Minimum: 8.0.121.0
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Cisco autonomous access points
◦ Minimum: 12.4(21a)JY
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Cisco Meraki
®
access points
Note: Check deployment guide for more details around access point support and listing.
Wireless security
Authentication:
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Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) versions 1 and 2 Personal and Enterprise
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Extensible Authentication Protocol – Flexible Authentication via Secure
Tunneling (EAP-FAST)
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Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol – Generic Token Card (PEAP-
GTC)
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Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol – Microsoft Challenge
Handshake Authentication Protocol Version 2 (PEAP-MSCHAPv2)
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Extensible Authentication Protocol – Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS)
Encryption:
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40-bit and 128-bit static Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
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Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
(TKIP) and Message Integrity
Check (MIC)
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Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES)
Note: The access point must support
AES as TKIP can only be used as the
broadcast/multicast cipher.
Fast, secure
roaming
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802.11r (FT)
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Cisco Centralized Key Management (CCKM)
Signature types
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Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) and Secure Hash Algorithm 2 (SHA-2)
Bit key types
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1024, 4028, and 4096 bit keys
QoS
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IEEE 802.11e and Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)
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Traffic Specification (TSPEC)
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Traffic Classification (TCLAS)
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Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA)
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QoS Basic Service Set (QBSS)