Product Overview
Secure Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) access points for indoor environments such as mid-sized offices, schools, or retail spaces where fewer people are on the network at the same time.
Simple and secure access for mobile environments
Wi-Fi 6 solution designed for indoor environments, offering speed and reliability for smaller offices and clinics, and supports growth.
Ultimate efficiency
Built on Wi-Fi 6 standards, 500 Series APs include features such as OFDMA and Target Wake Time for better multi-user performance, improved efficiency, and green energy savings.
IoT and location-ready
HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 6 includes support for Zigbee and Bluetooth to simplify the deployment and management of IoT location-based services.
Simple, secure access
Protects network security with stronger encryption and authentication, secure credentials/keys storage, and user and IoT access policy enforcement firewalls.
Features
Groundbreaking Wi-Fi 6 capabilities, Supports wired and wireless connectivity (in a single device) for up to 1.5 Gbps wireless and 256 associated clients per radio.
1.5 Gbps maximum real-world speed (HE80/HE20)
Delivers speed and reliability for work and indoor environments.
Wi-Fi 6 support for OFDMA plus Client Match
Handles multiple clients on each channel regardless of device or traffic type, using AI to eliminate sticky client issues.
IoT-ready Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee support
Simplifies deploying and managing IoT location services, asset-tracking services, security solutions, IoT sensors, and includes third party USB support.
Dynamic Segmentation and policy- enforcement firewalls
Flexible and scalable, it automatically enforces consistent policies across wired and wireless networks.
AI-powered, Wi-Fi radio frequency RF with AirMatch
Utilizing AI learning, Air Match provides automated RF optimization and looks at analytics across the entire network.
Application assurance
With Air Slice, the 500 Series APs provide guaranteed bit rate and bounded latency with intelligent scheduling.
Hardware variants
AP-504: External antenna models
AP-505: Internal antenna models
Wi-Fi radio specifications
AP type: Indoor, dual radio, 5GHz and 2.4GHz 802.11ax 2×2 MIMO
5GHz radio: Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 1.2Gbps wireless data rate with individual 2SS HE80 802.11ax client devices, or with two 1SS HE80 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously
2.4GHz radio: Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 574Mbps wireless data rate with individual 2SS HE40 802.11ax client devices or with two 1SS HE40 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously
Maximum number of associated client devices: Up to 256 associated client devices per radio
Maximum number of BSSIDs: 16 BSSIDs per radio
Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply):
400 to 2.4835GHz ISM
150 to 5.250GHz U-NII-1
250 to 5.350GHz U-NII-2A
470 to 5.725GHz U-NII-2C
725 to 5.850GHz U-NII-3/ISM
850 to 5.895GHz U-NII-4
Available channels: Dependent on configured regulatory domain
Supported radio technologies:
11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
11ax: Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) with up to 8 resource units
Supported modulation types:
11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM (proprietary extension)
11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)
11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM
802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT20/40
802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT20/40/80
802.11ax high efficiency (HE) support: HE20/40/80
Supported data rates (Mbps):
11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
11n: 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15, HT20 to HT40), 400 with 256-QAM
11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2, VHT20 to VHT80), 1,083 with 1024-QAM
11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 574 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE40)
11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 1,201 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE80)
802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU
Transmit power: Configurable in increments of 0.5 dBm
Maximum (aggregate, conducted total) transmit power (limited by local regulatory requirements):
4 GHz band: +21 dBm (18dBm per chain)
5 GHz band: +21 dBm (18 dBm per chain)
Note: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add antenna gain.
802.11mc Fine Timing Measurement (FTM):for precision distance ranging
Table 1. HPE Aruba 500 Series Wi-Fi 6 Access Points
Part number | Description |
Internal antenna access points | |
R2H25A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (EG) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H26A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (IL) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H27A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (JP) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H28A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (RW) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H28ACM | HPE Aruba Networking CM AP-505 (RW) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H29ACM | HPE Aruba Networking CM AP-505 (US) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
External antenna access points | |
R2H19A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (EG) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H20A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (IL) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H21A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (JP) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H22A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (RW) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H23A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (US) Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
Internal antenna access points—TAA models | |
R2H35A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H36A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H37A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H38A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H39A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-505 (US) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unified Campus AP |
External antenna access points—TAA models | |
R2H30A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H31A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H32A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H33A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
R2H34A | HPE Aruba Networking AP-504 (US) TAA Dual Radio 2×2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unified Campus AP |
