Cisco Meraki CW9162
General purpose Wi-FI 6E AP

Overview:

General purpose Wi-FI 6E wireless

The Catalyst wireless 9162 access point is designed for general purpose deployments.

Product Highlights

• Two 2:2 MU-MIMO 802.11ax, up to 3.9 Gbps tri-radio aggregate frame rate
• 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 Ghz radios; dual-band scanning radio; Bluetooth® Low Energy/IoT radio
• Full-time Wi-Fi location tracking
• PoE: 802.3at and .3bt compliant
• USB 2.0 connector

Features:

RF optimization

• Tri-band radios with MU-MIMO support
• Radios optimized for rate-vs.-range performance
• Fourth radio dedicated to security and RF management
• Built-in real-time RF spectrum view; cloud-based automatic RF optimization

Layer 7 traffic shaping

• Classify hundreds of applications
• Create per-application bandwidth limits
• Prioritize productivity apps
• Restrict or block recreational traffic

Cloud management

• Network-wide visibility and control
• Self-provisioning for rapid deployment
• Automatic reporting
• Seamless firmware updates

Presence location analytics

• Measure visitor capture rate, visit length, and repeat visit rate
• Measure visitor trends over time and compare performance across locations

Enterprise security

• 802.1X and native Active Directory integration
• Air Marshal: real-time WIPS with forensics
• Built-in Umbrella DNS security

Specifications:

Category	Specifications
Usage	General purpose Wi-FI 6E AP
Radio specification	Tri-band (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, & 6 GHz)
Spatial streams	Two 2x2 MU-MIMO
WIDS/WIPS	Tri-band
Bluetooth® Low Energy/IoT Radio
Aggregate frame rate	3.9 Gbps
Interface	One multigigabit 2.5G
USB 2.0	4.5W
Management	Cloud-managed with Meraki cloud Managed on premises with Cisco DNA Center
Power*	-802.3at/bt PoE+ and UPoE compliant or DC power adapter
Performance features	UL/DL-OFDMA, TWT support, BSS coloring SU-MIMO, UL/DL MU-MIMO support Maximal ratio combining (MRC) and beamforming 20 and 40 MHz channels (802.11n); 20, 40, 80 MHz channels (802.11ac wave 2); 20, 40, 80, and 160 MHz channels (802.11ax) Up to 1024-QAM on all three: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands Packet aggregation
Dimensions	7.8 in x 7.8 in x 1.7 in (200mm x 200mm x 43mm)
Weight	2.05 lb (0.93 kg)

* software features can be enabled via firmware updates

Documentation:

Download the Cisco Meraki MR Family AP Datasheet (PDF).