Product Overview

RG-AP180P-L is a dual-radio 802.11ax-compliant Wi-Fi 6 wireless access point (AP) provided by Ruijie Networks for general education, higher education, government, finance, business, and other indoor high-density scenarios. RG-AP180P-L adopts 802.11ax and supports the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands. The AP can provide up to 2.975 Gbps access rate. The ultra-fast wireless negotiation rate makes wireless performance no longer a bottleneck.

RG-AP180P-L gives sufficient consideration to wireless network security, radio control, mobile access, Quality of Service (QoS), seamless roaming, Internet of Things (IoT) module expansion, and other important factors. Working with Ruijie access controllers (ACs), this product implements wireless user access management, data forwarding, secure access control, and other network deployment work.

RG-AP180P-L can work in 802.11ax, 802.11ac Wave2, 802.11ac Wave1, and 802.11n modes simultaneously. The AP can be installed in 86-type and concealed boxes of the American and European standards or mounted on a wall, panel, or other positions. It can be powered locally or over Ethernet based on the power supply conditions of the customer on site. Therefore, it is especially suitable for small-sized office environments like hotels, apartments, healthcare facilities, and educational settings.

Product Features

High Reliability and High-Speed Port Design
RG-AP180P-L is designed with one 2.5 Gbps uplink port, which solves the uplink data bottleneck problem and supports PoE for PDs. It is also designed with four 1000M downlink ports. The LAN1 port allows the PSE to power external devices and can connect to IP phones, IoT modules, and other modules to enrich the application scenarios.

High-Speed Wireless Access, Higher Energy Efficiency, and Higher Reliability

• 1024-QAM High-Speed Access

RG-AP180P-L complies with the next-generation Wi-Fi standard 802.11ax. The AP can provide a maximum wireless access rate of 2.975 Gbps, bringing high-speed access experience.

• OFDMA High-Density User Access

The Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) feature in 802.11ax enables RG-AP180P-L to divide a WLAN channel into a plurality of narrower subchannels, with each user occupying one or more subchannels. The AP can conduct scheduling to allow multiple users to receive and send packets concurrently, reducing user competition and backoff, shortening the network delay, and improving network efficiency.
In a high-density deployment and access environment, the average rate per STA can be raised to four times that in 802.11ac mode.

• Environment Protection and Lower Power Consumption

RG-AP180P-L incorporates various new energy saving technologies, including the single-antenna standby technology, dynamic MIMO power saving technology, enhanced automatic power saving transmission technology, and packet-based power control technology. With these technologies as well as high-performance power design, RG-AP180P-L is energy-efficient while providing high-speed wireless access service.

• Intelligent Local Forwarding

RG-AP180P-L integrates the intelligent local forwarding technology of Ruijie Networks and breaks through the bottleneck in the traffic of ACs. Ruijie AC can be used to pre-configure the data forwarding mode for RG-AP180P-L. Then, this AP determines whether data needs to be forwarded by the AC based on the SSID name or user VLAN, or be sent to a wired network for data exchange.
The local forwarding technology forwards data that is sensitive to delay and requires real-time high-performance transmission through a wired network. This greatly reduces the traffic pressure of ACs for better adaption to heavy-traffic transmission of IEEE 802.11ax networks.

• Abundant QoS Policies

RG-AP180P-L provides abundant QoS policies. It supports WLAN/AP/STA-based bandwidth limitation as well as Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) that defines priorities for different service data. Therefore, the AP authentically implements timely and quantitative transmission of audio and video, and guarantees smooth application of multimedia services.
The multicast-to-unicast technology supported by RG-AP180P-L solves the video lagging problem caused by packet loss or long delay in Video on Demand (VoD) and other multicast applications on wireless networks, and enhances the experience in the use of multicast video services on wireless networks.
Security Protection and Ease of Use

• Secure User Access

RG-AP180P-L supports various authentication modes, such as Web authentication, 802.1x authentication, PPSK authentication, credential/access token authentication, user account authentication, and social media authentication. Complying with the standard network access control standard, the AP strictly defines a set of network access control policies in terms of user access, authorization, host compliance check, network behavior monitoring, and network attack prevention. These control measures guarantee high network security for authenticated users.

• Multiple Easy-to-Use Authentication Modes

When used together with Ruijie's authentication system or multi-service ACs, the AP supports multiple efficient and convenient authentication modes such as MAB authentication, SM-based authentication, and QR code-based visitor authentication.
Users need to enter their usernames and passwords only for the first time when accessing a network by using STAs via MAB authentication. They can directly access the network with no need to enter the usernames and passwords again in their future access.
When visitors access a wireless network via SM-based authentication, an authentication page pops up, on which visitors can register accounts by using their mobile numbers and access the Internet by using the usernames and passwords in their received SMs.
QR code-based authentication is another convenient way for visitors to access the Internet. After accessing a wireless network, visitors can receive a QR code prompt. They can access the network after being authorized by the visited employees. Visitor behaviors are directly linked with the visited employees, providing better security.

• Flexible Virtual AP Technology

With the virtual AP technology, RG-AP180P-L supports up to 32 virtual APs, with each radio card supporting a maximum of 16 virtual APs. Network administrators can separately encrypt and isolate subnets or VLANs with the same SSID, and configure separate authentication mode and encryption mechanism for each SSID.

• Wireless Security Protection

Working with Ruijie cloud network management system RG-WIS and RG-WS series ACs, RG-AP180P-L is capable of offering a wide range of wireless security protection features, including the Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS), radio interference tracking, rogue AP containment, anti-ARP spoofing, and DHCP protection. With these features, an authentically secure and reliable wireless network can be built for users.

Flexible Device Management Modes

• Flexible Switching Between Fit Mode and Fat Mode

RG-AP180P-L can switch between the fat mode and fit mode flexibly. Zero configuration can be achieved under the fit mode, and complete remote management also enhances the O&M management efficiency of wireless network substantially.

• Web GUI-based Management

RG-AP180P-L provides the AC and AP Web management GUI, on which O&M personnel can complete wireless configuration easily and manage the wireless network in an all-round manner. On the AC Web GUI, O&M personnel can manage the AP as well as STAs connected to the AP, and restrict the rates and network access behaviors of the STAs. With the GUI, O&M personnel can plan, manage, and maintain wireless networks conveniently.

• Correlation with the Network Management Software

RG-AP180P-L can be correlated with RG-WIS, which can manage all ACs and APs throughout the network, including device configuration backup and device status query. RG-WIS shows the usage experience of wireless APs in the actual environment based on STA analysis.