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Extending your wireless network access
The HPE Aruba Networking 501 Wireless Client Bridge enables you to easily integrate devices with no native wireless support into a wireless LAN (WLAN). It provides strong enterprise-class layered security features, including an IEEE 802.1X supplicant, to protect the network from intrusions.The 501 Wireless Client Bridge can bridge up to 15 Ethernet client devices running a legacy networking protocol to the WLAN – extending wireless network access to a wide range of protocols. An integrated serial to TCP/IP converter enables a RS-232 asynchronous terminal device to communicate with a compatible station on the network. Hardwareaccelerated encryption provides higher performance when using WPA2/AES security.
This bridge provides the benefits of wireless mobility for devices like electronic cash registers, scales, servers, printers, medical equipment and other devices. It can be deployed in any location where a WLAN signal is available – saving the time and expense of installing Ethernet cables for wired network access.
The 501 Wireless Client Bridge integrates into the Aruba Mobile First solution architecture and is interoperable with the IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless network infrastructure in a multi-vendor environment.
Features and benefits
Quality of Service (QoS)
- Network management
–SNMP v2c, SNMP v3, MIB-II with traps, and RADIUS authentication client MIB (RFC 2618)
–Embedded HTML management tool with secure access
–Scheduled configuration and firmware upgrades via a network management station
- Diagnostic
–Email alert tool
Connectivity
- IEEE 802.3af PoE support
- Auto-MDIX
- IEEE 802.11h with International-Telecommunication-Union (ITU) compliance
Mobility
- Anywhere, anytime wireless coverage
–Offers radio software-selectable configuration of frequency bands
–Utilizes IEEE 802.3af PoE or local power supply
- Interoperability
–Support Windows-based PCs equipped with Ethernet cards; includes point-of-sale devices, scales, network printers, thin clients Mac/Apple machines, Linux/Unix workstations, Ethernet-enabled appliances, medical equipment, or manufacturing machinery
–Connects RS232 asynchronous terminal devices to the wireless network
- Multiple devices
Security
• IEEE 802.1X support
–Provides user authentication with support for EAP-TLS and PEAP—with choice of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption for protecting wireless traffic between authenticated clients and the access point
• Choice of IEEE, WPA2, WPA, or WEP –Secures the data integrity of wireless traffic, using robust AES or TKIP encryption
Specifications
I/O ports and slots• 1 RJ-45 autosensing 10/100/1000 port; Duplex:
–10BASE-T/100BASE-TX: half or full; 1000BASE-T: full only (IEEE 802.3 Type 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T)
• 1 RS-232C serial console port Characteristics
• Radios (built-in): 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
• Radio operation modes: Client bridge
• Wi-Fi Alliance Certification: a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Certified
• Antenna connector: Three RP-SMA
• Antenna: 2dBi dual-band omnidirectional
• Number of external antennas: 3
• Three spatial streams for up to 1.3 Gbps PHY rate
• Three RP-SMA connectors for a range of antenna options
Wireless radio specifications
• Indoor, single radio, 5 GHz 802.11ac/2.4 GHz 802.11n• Software automatically searches for AP on 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz
• 3x3 MIMO with three spatial streams and up to 1.3 Gbps wireless data rate
• Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply): –2.4000 GHz to 2.4835 GHz –5.150 GHz to 5.250 GHz –5.250 GHz to 5.350 GHz –5.470 GHz to 5.725 GHz –5.725 GHz to 5.850 GHz
• Available channels: Dependent upon configured regulatory domain
• Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of available RF spectrum
Maximum transmit power varies by country
• Supported radio technologies:
–802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
–802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
–802.11n/ac: 3x3 MIMO with up to three spatial streams
• Supported modulation types: –802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
–802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM
–802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM
• Transmit power data is per chain and includes the dipole antenna that ships with the HPE Aruba Networking 501 Wireless Client Bridge. The receiver sensitivity also includes the dipole antenna gain.
• Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for improved receiver performance
• Cyclic delay diversity (CDD) for improved downlink RF performance
• Short guard interval for 20-MHz, 40-MHz and 80-MHz channels
• Space-time block coding (STBC) for increased range and improved reception
• Low-density parity check (LDPC) for high-efficiency error correction and increased throughput
• Supported data rates (Mbps): –802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 –802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 –802.11n: 6.5 to 450 (MCS0 to MCS23) –802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,300 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 3)
• 802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT 20/40
• 802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT 20/40/80
• 802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU
