Perfect for the teleworker or for a micro-branch deployment, this easy-to-install OfficeExtend access point provides secure wired and wireless access for organizations with employees who work from home.
The Cisco Aironet 1815t Access Point offers a highly secure enterprise wired and wireless connection to the home, micro-branch, or any type of remote sites. No longer will geography or the elements play a role in delaying productivity, as the 1815t extends the corporate network to teleworkers, mobile workers, and even micro-sites. The access points connect to the home or on-site broadband Internet access and establish a highly secure tunnel to the corporate network. This tunnel allows remote employees access to data, voice, video, and cloud services for a network experience consistent with that at the corporate office. The 1815t supports highly secure access to corporate data and personal connectivity for teleworkers’ home devices, with segmented home traffic.
Features and benefits
Feature | Benefit |
MU-MIMO | Multiuser (MU) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) allows simultaneous data transmission to multiple 802.11ac Wave 2–capable clients to improve the client experience. Prior to MU-MIMO, 802.11n and 802.11ac Wave 1 access points could transmit data to only one client at a time. This was typically referred to as Single-User MIMO (SU-MIMO). |
Real-time service extender | Extends real-time services such as voice, wireless, video, and data to remote locations that have no IT staff. No longer will geography or climate be the reason for lost work hours. Working at home is now like being at the office. |
Robust security | Using the same profile as at the corporate office, the Aironet 1815t establishes a secure Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) connection between the access point and the controller to offer remote WLAN connectivity. |
Gigabit Ethernet ports | Three local Gigabit Ethernet ports are available to securely connect wired devices to the network. Traffic from wired devices can be tunneled back to a wireless LAN controller (for compatible controllers) or be locally switched by the access point. One of these Ethernet ports can also provide Power over Ethernet (PoE) out to power a device such as an IP phone or a security camera. |
Specifications
Item | Specification | ||||||||
Authentication and security | ● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3), WPA2, WPA ● 802.1X, RADIUS Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) ● 802.11r ● 802.11i | ||||||||
Software | ● Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software with AireOS Wireless Controllers Release 8.5.103/85CCO or later | ||||||||
Supported WLAN controllers | ● Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco 3500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Wireless Controller Module for ISR G2, Cisco Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) for Catalyst ® 6500 Series Switches, Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Flex ® 7500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco 8500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers | ||||||||
Maximum clients | ● Maximum number of associated wireless clients: 200 per Wi-Fi radio, in total 400 clients per access point | ||||||||
802.11ac | ● 2×2 single-user/multiuser MIMO with two spatial streams ● Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) ● 20-, 40-, and 80-MHz channels ● PHY data rates up to 866.7 Mbps (80 MHz on 5 GHz) ● Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (Tx/Rx), A-MSDU (Rx) ● 802.11 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) ● Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support | ||||||||
Ethernet ports | ● Authentication with 802.1X or MAC filtered ● Dynamic VLAN or per port ● Traffic locally switched or tunneled back to wireless LAN controller | ||||||||