H3C WA6120X New Generation Outdoor Access Point

Name

WA6120X

Weight

1.1Kg

Dimensions (W × D × H)

101mm X 110mm X 250mm

Interface

2 x 100/1000M Ethernet, RJ-45

PoE input

PoE injector (required)

Antenna Type

Built-in omni-directional antenna

Antenna Gain

5GHz peak gain: 6dBi

2.4GHz peak gain: 4dBi

Note: The equivalent antenna gain is 5dBi in 5GHz and 3dBi in 2.4GHz

Frequencybands

2.400to2.4835GHzISM

5.150to5.250GHzU-NII-1

5.250to5.350GHzU-NII-2A

5.470to5.725GHzU-NII-2C

5.725to5.850GHzU-NII-3/ISM

Note: The available bands and channels are dependent on the configured regulatory domain (country)

Modulation technology

OFDM: BPSK@6/9Mbps, QPSK@12/18Mbps, 16-QAM@24Mbps, 64-QAM@48/54Mbps

DSSS: DBPSK@1Mbps, DQPSK@2Mbps, CCK@5.5/11Mbps

Modulation mode

11b: DSSS: CCK@5.5/11Mbps, DQPSK@2Mbps, DBPSK@1Mbps

11a/g: OFDM: 64QAM@48/54Mbps, 16QAM@24Mbps, QPSK@12/18Mbps, BPSK@6/9Mbps

11n: MIMO-OFDM: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM

11ac: MIMO-OFDM: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM

11ax: MIMO-OFDM: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM

Maximum transmit power

5GHz: 27dBm

2.4GHz: 27dBm

Note: Transmit power is multi-chain combined power, no antenna gain is included. The actual transmit power depends on local laws and regulations

Adjustable power granularity

1 dBm

Installation

Pole mounting/Wall mounting

LED

Alternating flashing mode, yellow/green/blue for different working states

Temperature

Operating temperature: -30°C to +55°C

Storage temperature: –40°C to +85°C

Humidity

Operating humidity: 0% to 100% (non-condensing)

Storage humidity: 0% to 100% (non-condensing)

Protection class

IP67

Surge

6KV

Overall power consumption

≤16.32W

Safety Standards

IEC/EN 62368-1

GB 4943.1

EMC Standards

EN 301 489-1

EN 301 489-3

EN 301 489-17

EN 60601-1-2

EN 55032

EN 55035

CISPR 32

CISPR 35

AS/NZS CISPR32

ICES-003 Issue 7

GB/T 9254.1

GB/T 9254.2

GB 17625.1

GB 17625.2

IEC/EN 61000-4-2

IEC/EN 61000-4-3

IEC/EN 61000-4-4

IEC/EN 61000-4-5

IEC/EN 61000-4-6

IEC/EN 61000-4-8

IEC/EN 61000-4-11

IEC/EN 61000-3-2

IEC/EN 61000-3-3

Radio Standards

ETSI EN 300 328

ETSI EN 301 893

ETSI EN 300 440

FCC Part 15E

RoHS Standards

DIRECTIVE 2011/65/EU

(EU) 2015/863

Health Standards

EN 50385:2017

EN IEC 62311:2020

MTBF (25°C)

864581 hours

Name

WA6120X

Product positioning

Basic information

Outdoor, dual-radio AP, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ac Wave 2/ax

Frequency and MIMO:

5GHz, 2×2:2, 2.4Gbps

2.4GHz, 2×2:2, 0.575Gbps

Compliance and bandwidth

5GHz, 802.11a/n/ac/ax

20MHz/40MHz/80MHz

2.4GHz, 802.11b/g/n/ax

20MHz/40MHz

Maximum transmission speed

2.975Gbps

(2x2 80MHz on 5GHz, and 2x2 40MHz on 2.4GHz)

Recommended number of clients

100

Maximum number of SSIDs for each radio

4

802.11ax

MU-MIMO

Support Uplink OFDMA / Downlink OFDMA

OFDMA

Support Uplink OFDMA / Downlink OFDMA

TWT

Target Wake Time, allowing clients to sleep for a predetermined period of time and be awakened only when network communication is needed, effectively reducing the power consumption

BSS coloring/SR

Spatial reuse, dividing different BSSs into different colors to avoid co-frequency interference and improve the user experience of wireless networks

WLAN basics

A-MPDU

Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit, Improves the data transmission efficiency of wireless networks by optimizing the composition of TX/RX directional data packets

A-MSDU

Aggregated MAC Service Data Unit, Improves the data transmission efficiency of wireless networks by optimizing the composition of TX/RX directional data packets

LDPC

Low-density Parity-Check, Improves the communication efficiency of wireless networks through error correction coding technology

STBC

Space-Time Block Coding, Improve the Channel capacity of wireless networks through multi-antenna coding technology

DFS

Dynamic Frequency Selection, automatically identify DFS frequency bands, automatically adjust frequencies of the devices, and avoid interference with other devices

TxBF

Transmit Beamforming, Improve the signal-to-noise ratio of wireless network signal transmission by adjusting the beam direction of antenna transmitting signals

Tunnel management

CAPWAP tunnel

Support unicast/broadcast/DNS/DHCP/static IP method for discovering AC

NAT

Support NAT between AC and AP

DTLS

Tunnel between AC and AP supports DTLS encryption

IPv4/IPv6

Tunnel between AC and AP supports IPv4 and IPv6

Time synchronization

Support synchronizing clock information from AC

Dual tunnel

Support establishing CAPWAP tunnels with two ACs

PPPOE

Support PPPOE Client

EoGRE

Fit AP mode Supports EoGRE (Ethernet over GRE), generic Routing Encapsulation, used to encapsulate and unpack Ethernet data packets

IPsec

Cloud AP mode Supports IPsec

WLAN extension

RF adjustment

Support Automatic channel/power/bandwidth adjustment

SSID hiding

Restrict access and improve wireless network security by SSID hiding

Limit the number of connected users

Supports SSID/RF based

Forwarding mode

Centralized forwarding/local forwarding/policy forwarding

Note: The AP supports centralized forwarding/policy forwarding only on the AC in Fit AP mode

Local forwarding

Local forwarding based on SSID and VLAN

VLAN bridge

Link type of a port to access, trunk, or hybrid. The port

link type determines whether the port can be assigned to multiple VLANs

VLAN binding

Supports interface/SSID/MAC binding VLAN based

User isolation

VLAN-based user isolation

SSID-based user isolation

Load balancing

Supports traffic-based load balancing

Supports user-based load balancing

Supports frequency band-based load balancing, dual-5G devices only

Band steering

Improve service quality by prioritizing access to 5G frequency bands for wireless clients

Roaming

Support 802.11k and 802.11v smart roaming

Support 802.11r fast transition roaming

Multicast enhancement

Convert multicast data into unicast data for transmission, reducing network congestion

Wireless location

Fit AP mode supports BLE location

Fit AP mode supports RSSI location

Mesh

Mesh link

Mesh link security

Multi-hop Mesh

Wireless probing

Monitor the wireless network environment by monitoring wireless network messages

Hotspot 2.0

Fit AP mode Support Hotspot 2.0

Bonjour gateway

Forwarding mDNS packets across VLANs

User

Authentication

802.1X authentication

Support local 802.1X authentication

Support remote 802.1X authentication

MAC authentication

Support local MAC authentication

Support remote MAC authentication

Portal authentication

Support local Portal authentication

Support remote Portal authentication

Support Guest/Captive portal

Support portal mac-trigger

Support portal escape

PSK

Support PSK and Private-PSK

PPSK

Fit AP mode Support Private Pre-Shared Key, obtain passwords to access wireless networks through the Cloudnet platform

Social Media APPs Authentication

Cloud AP mode Support Google/Facebook/Twitter through the Cloudnet platform

Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

EAP-Transport Layer Security (TLS)

EAP-Tunneled TLS (TTLS)

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MSCHAP) v2

Protected EAP (PEAP) v0 or EAP-MSCHAP v2

EAP-Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (EAP-FAST)

PEAP v1 or EAP-Generic Token Card (GTC)

EAP-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)

Wireless Security

Encryption

TKIP, CCMP

WPA2-Personal (802.11i)

WPA2-Enterprise with 802.1X

WPA3-Personal, WPA3-Enterprise

WPA3-Enhanced Open (OWE)

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Forwarding security

Packet filtering

MAC address filtering

Broadcast storm suppression

Wireless EAD

Coupled with EAD (End user Admission Domination) solution, implement security policies for terminals accessing the network to improve wireless network security

Management frame protection

Provide management frame protection for wireless clients to enhance wireless network security

WIPS

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System, protect the network from unauthorized access, such as Rogue AP, Rogue client, Rogue Wireless Bridge, Ad-hoc

Layer 2 and Layer 3

IP address configuration

Static IP/DHCP assigned IP

DHCP

Server/client/relay

NAT

NAT/NAT66

LLDP

Link Layer Discovery Protocol, discovering and identifying other LLDP enabled devices and neighboring devices in the network

IPv4

Supports ICMP/ACL/DHCP/TFTP/FTP/DNS

IPv6

Supports ICMP/ACL/DHCP/TFTP/FTP/DNS

Service Assurance

Remote AP

After the tunnel between AC and AP is disconnected, AP continues to provide services to clients

Doctor AP

Fit AP mode supports Doctor AP, simulates wireless client access process, diagnoses network issues, and improves network experience

Only 802.11ax accessing

Only wireless clients that support 802.11ax can access the network, improving the network experience

Intelligent bandwidth guarantee

Ensure that different wireless services can obtain the lowest guaranteed bandwidth during network congestion

Port Aggregation

Multiple uplink ports for port aggregation to increase uplink bandwidth (only applicable to multiple uplink port APs)

Broadcast suppression

Discard ARP request and response packets from wireless clients during the suppression cycle

Prohibit weak signal client access

AP prohibits wireless clients with signals below the threshold from accessing, to avoid low-signal clients occupying more channel resources

Terminal roaming navigation

Adjust the AP transmission power to create more roaming conditions and improve the roaming experience

Actively triggering client relinking

AP actively sends messages to allow wireless clients to reconnect or roam actively

Adjust channel reuse between APs

RF chip adjusts the environmental noise perceived by the device to improve AP transmission efficiency

Fast forwarding function for client data services

Intelligent optimization of RF chip business processing can improve performance

Shorten client sleep time

RF chips shorten client sleep time and improve transmission efficiency through beacons

Software version anomaly repairing

After the software version is damaged due to abnormal circumstances, AP can automatically download the available software version through AC or cloud platform

Service quality

WMM

Wi-Fi Multimedia, Improve the service quality of audio and video transmission in wireless networks through EDCA scheduling algorithm

QoS

Priority Class, by marking TOS/DSCP fields to distinguish data streams with different priorities, high priority data streams can be quickly distributed, thereby improving service quality

Priority Class, supports mapping from wireless priority to wired priority

QoS policy mapping, support QoS policy mapping based on SSID and VLAN

Layer 2 to Layer 4 packet filtering and traffic classification

CAR (Committed Access Rate), by limiting data transmission rate, avoid network congestion caused by traffic congestion

User bandwidth management

Allocate available bandwidth per STA

Allocate total bandwidth for all STA shares based on SSID

Dynamically adjust the available bandwidth of STA based on business

CAC

Call Admission Control, improve the quality of service for wireless clients that have already received high priority by limiting the number of wireless clients that have received high priority

Supports number of users/Channel utilization based

Application Identification

SQA (Software Quality Assurance), identifies audio and video services based on SIP protocol, prioritizing service quality assurance

UCC (Unified Communications and Collaboration), increase the processing priority of audio and video services and prioritize ensuring service quality

Power saving

Green AP mode

Dynamically adjust MIMO configuration based on wireless client access status to reduce device power consumption

U-APSD

Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery, reduce device power consumption by scheduling VoIP data streams separately from non-VoIP data streams

SM Power Save

Spatial Multiplexing Power Save, reduce device power consumption through low-power standby mode

Management and maintenance

Centralized management

Fit AP mode, managed by AC

Cloud AP mode, managed by the Cloudnet platform

GUI

Cloud AP mode Support WEB management via HTTP/HTTPS

Remote debugging

Support SSH V2.0/Telnet/FTP/TFTP

Local debugging

Support CLI

Information maintenance

Cloud AP mode Support Syslog

Secure boot

Supporting firmware protection, ensuring the integrity of the subsequent running program codes through the trusted Boot-Loader, forming a trusted device boot chain

Netconf

Cloud AP mode Support Netconf provides programmable and scalable methods to manage network devices

IEEE standards

802.11

IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ac Wave 2/ax

IEEE 802.11d/e/h/i/w/u

IEEE 802.11k/v/r

802.3

802.3af/at

802.15

802.15.1

Wi-Fi Certified

I Wi-Fi Alliance:Wi-Fi 6, WMM, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 – Enterprise, Personal (SAE), Enhanced Open (OWE)