Aruba Networking AP-655 (RW) Tri Radio 4x4 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Internal Antennas Campus AP

Introduction

Deliver the highest levels of performance with Wi-Fi 6E—greater capacity, wider channels, and less interference.

Meet Aruba’s flagship Wi-Fi 6E access point
With up to 1200 MHz of new channels, capacity is nearly tripled—so you can meet growing demands due to bandwidth-hungry video, increasing numbers of client and IoT devices, and growth in cloud.

Greater capacity with 6GHz
The 650 Series APs are indoor access points that are fully equipped to support the 6 GHz band for faster performance, wider channels, and minimal interference. Our flagship campus Wi-Fi 6E APs deliver 7.8 Gbps maximum aggregate data rates and 4x4 MU-MIMO.

Maximize channel utilization
Aruba’s patented ultra tri-band filtering allows organizations to take full advantage of 6GHz unlicensed spectrum by dynamically adjusting the available channels to eliminate signal interference and performance degradation.

Highly efficient and secure
Wi-Fi 6E extends the 802.11ax standard to the 6GHz band. All the efficiency and security enhancements including orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA), Multi-User MIMO, Enhanced Open, and WPA3 are supported.

IoT ready
Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Zigbee support make it easier to deploy and manage IoT, including asset tracking, security solutions, and sensors.

Wi-Fi 6E for your most demanding environments
Aruba 650 Series APs take advantage of the 6 GHz band for fast, secure connectivity plus configurable 5 Gbps dual Ethernet ports for high availability.

Highly resilient
Provide hitless failover for data and power with two configurable HPE ® Smart Rate ethernet ports that can support 1, 2.5, or 5 Gbps.

Secure connectivity
Supports WPA3 and Enhanced Open as part of the Wi-Fi 6E standard for stronger guest access and data encryption.

Automatic role-based access enforcement
Centrally configure and automatically enforce role-based policies across wired and wireless networks.

Dynamic traffic steering
Load balance traffic for better performance by automatically steering traffic from the 2.4 GHz band to the preferred 5 GHz or 6 GHz band.

Features

2.4 GHz

Y

6 GHz

Y

5 GHz

Y

Maximum data transfer rate

4800 Mbit/s

Maximum data transfer rate (2.4 GHz)

574 Mbit/s

Maximum data transfer rate (6 GHz)

4800 Mbit/s

Maximum data transfer rate (5 GHz)

2400 Mbit/s

Ethernet LAN data rates

10,100,1000,2500,5000 Mbit/s

Frequency band

2.4 - 7.125 GHz

Bandwidth

160 GHz

Networking standards

IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11ax, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at, IEEE 802.3az, IEEE 802.3bt, IEEE 802.3bz

Bluetooth

Y

Channels quantity

3 channels

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Y

Bluetooth version

5.0

Channel bandwidth

160 MHz

Automatic channel selection

Y

Auto MDI/MDI-X

Y

MIMO

Y

MIMO type

Multi User MIMO

Spread spectrum method

DSSS

Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)/(WME)

Y

VLAN support

Y

Maximal-Ratio Combining (MRC)

Y

Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)

Y

Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD)

Y

Cyclic Delay Diversity (CDD)

Y

Data unit aggregation

A-MPDU, A-MSDU

BeamForming

Y

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Y

MACsec support

No

Security

Security algorithms

WPA, WPA2, WPA3

Access Control List (ACL)

Y

Ports & interfaces

Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports

2

USB 2.0 ports quantity

1

USB connector type

USB Type-A

DC-in jack

Y

Power

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Y

DC voltage range

12 V

Power consumption (typical)

20.2 W

Power consumption (max)

22.7 W

Design

Placement

Ceiling

Product colour

White

Reset button

Y

LED indicators

Status, System

Recommended usage

Indoor

Antenna

Antenna type

Internal

Antenna direction type

Omni-directional

Antenna gain level (max)

4.8 dBi

Weight & dimensions

Width

260 mm

Depth

260 mm

Height

60 mm

Weight

1.8 kg

Packaging data

Package width

285 mm

Package depth

285 mm

Package height

95 mm

Package weight

2.3 kg

Packaging content

Number of products included

1 pc(s)

Operational conditions

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

5 - 95%

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 50 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-25 - 55 °C

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

10 - 100%

Sustainability

Sustainability compliance

Y

Sustainability certificates

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Management features

Access point management

On-premises; Public Cloud; Virtual Private Cloud (VPC); as a Service

Certificates

Certification

None

Performance

Compatible operating systems

AP-654 (excluding 6 GHz support): HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System and HPE Aruba Networking Instant OS 8.11.2.0, HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System 10.6.0.0 AP-654 (including 6 GHz support): HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System and HPE Aruba Networking Instant OS 8.12.0.0, HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System 10.7.0.01 AP-655: HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System and HPE Aruba Networking Instant OS 8.10.0.1, HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System 10.4.0.0 Standard power product class operation of the AP-654 is only supported on HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System software release 10.7.0.0 and later deployments and HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System software release 8.12.0.0 and later deployments that include a HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Mobility Conductor. SP operation is not supported on Instant OS deployments or 8.x OS deployments without a HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Mobility Conductor.

Other features

I/O ports

Ports E0, E1: Ethernet wired network ports (RJ-45) U0: USB 2.0 host interface (Type A connector) Kensington security slot Serial console interface (proprietary, micro B USB physical jack)

Weight (imperial)

1.8 kg (3.97 lbs)

Technical details

Compliance certificates

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)