Fortinet AP series Access Points (APs) provide a high-performance, premise-managed WiFi network with a broad range of 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 APs that ease deployment and scaling and offer a number of compelling quality-of-experience advantages. They also provide a complete portfolio of security services that offer additional means of protection to combat the ever-evolving threat landscape. Fortinet also offers an RF technology that uniquely manages the spectrum utilization, allowing it to dramatically simplify deployment vs competing solutions.
Provides administrators with Application Visibility to prioritize applications to improve the user experience by guaranteeing more capacity to select groups, such as mission-critical applications or mobile point-of-sale (mPoS) devices.
Provides sophisticated air traffic control mechanisms to govern station airtime so every client gets a fair turn on-air, which prevents the slowest, or the fastest, devices from hogging resources.
Unique technology that manages spectrum utilization to overcome the interference-related deployment barriers commonly encountered in high density environments.
The AP822 catalyzes the migration to Gigabit WiFi by bringing the power of enterprise-wide, full channel 802.11ac to more customers. The AP822 is a cost-effective solution designed to meet the mid-range performance requirements of offices, schools, universities, hospitals, hotels, and retail stores, and it supports up to an aggregate 1.17 Gbps data rate for the most demanding business applications such as video and voice.
The AP822 is positioned to accelerate the adoption of 802.11ac into more cost-sensitive market segments. For schools, this provides a very cost-effective solution which can be deployed to meet the growing throughput demand from on-campus wireless devices. Hotels can more easily offer a richer WiFi experience where availability of high-quality wireless services is often the primary criterion — above other amenities — for making reservations. Providing high-speed, high-capacity wireless LAN services for the small and medium business is now more attainable with the AP822.
The AP822 access point allows administrators to prioritize applications to improve the user experience based on Fortinet’s unique ability to associate specific applications with deployed channel layers. For schools, this means Learning Management System applications can be assigned to one dedicated channel layer, while online classroom video feeds can be dedicated to another channel layer. For healthcare, life-critical applications such as patient monitoring can be assigned to one channel layer, doctor and nursing applications can be assigned to a second layer, and patient applications can be placed on a third channel layer.
Fortinet’s single-channel option uniquely allows the AP822 to support wide WiFi channels in real-world deployments, effectively doubling the data rate over 802.11n and dramatically increasing throughput for Fortinet customers. The AP822 also provides unique roaming support. Fortinet’s patented Air Traffic Control® technology enables the network to control client roams, resulting in the industry’s lowest roaming latency figures — a true zero-handoff.
| OPERATING MODES |
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| Centralized deployment mode |
| Distributed deployment mode |
| MESH mode |
| Bridge mode |
| Remote VPN tunnel mode |
| SECURITY |
| WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-TKIP, WPA2-AES, 802.11i, 802.1X (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAP, LEAP, EAP-FAST, EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA, and EAP-MD5) |
| 802.1X and captive portal authentication against local database on the controller, RADIUS, and Active Directory |
| RADIUS-assisted per-user and per-ESSID access control via MAC filtering |
| MANAGEMENT |
| Centrally managed by any Fortinet controller running System Director 6.1 or later |
| Automatically discovers controllers and downloads configuration settings for plug-and-play deployment |
| Upgrades and management using System Director/E(z)RF® Network Manager |
| Support for SNMP |
| Concurrent Clients Per Radio (Maximum / Recommended) — 128 / 40 |
| WIRELESS SPECIFICATIONS |
| Model Introduction |
| AP822i dual-radio, single-band IEEE Std 802.11b/g/n for 2.4 GHz band and IEEE Std 802.11a/n/ac for 5.x GHz band access point with four internal omnidirectional antennas |
| AP822e dual-radio, single-band IEEE Std 802.11b/g/n for 2.4 GHz band and IEEE Std 802.11a/n/ac for 5.x GHz band access point with four RP-SMA connectors and four external omnidirectional antennas |
| Supported radio technologies |
| Dual-radio access point for indoor environment |
| 2×2:2SS (two spatial streams) |
| Supported 2.4 GHz and 5.x GHz for single-band, dual-radio operation; data rate up to 1167 Mbps |
| Supported transmit beam-forming (TxBF) |
| IEEE Std 802.11n/a/g/ac with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) |
| IEEE Std 802.11b with 22 MHz channels and Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) |
| IEEE Std 802.11ac WAVE1 with 20/40/80 MHz (HT20/HT40/VHT80) channel width |
| IEEE Std 802.11n with 40 MHz (HT40) channel width |
| IEEE Std 802.11a/g with 20 MHz channel |
| Supported Modulation |
| IEEE Std 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, and 256-QAM |
| IEEE Std 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, and 64-QAM |
| IEEE Std 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK |
| Supported MCS Index |
| Supported MCS0 to MCS9 for IEEE Std 802.11ac (NSS=1 to 2) |
| Supported MCS0 to MCS15 for IEEE Std 802.11n |
| Supported Frequency Bands |
| 2.400 to 2.4835 GHz (ISM) |
| 5.150 to 5.250 GHz (UNII-1) |
| 5.250 to 5.350 GHz (UNII-2, DFS) |
| 5.470 to 5.725 GHz (UNII-2 Extends, DFS) |
| 5.725–5.825 GHz (UNII-3) |
| Country-specific restrictions apply; adjusted by controller upon approval |
| Data Rates Supported (Mbps) |
| IEEE Std 802.11ac two streams: 13.0–866.7 Mbps (MCS0-HT20 @ 800 nS to MCS9-VHT80 @ 400 nS) |
| IEEE Std 802.11ac per stream: 6.5–433.3 Mbps (MCS0-HT20 @ 800 nS to MCS9-VHT80 @ 400 nS) |
| IEEE Std 802.11n Two streams: 13.0–300.0 Mbps (MCS8-HT20@800nS to MCS15-HT40@400nS) |
| IEEE Std 802.11n per stream: 6.5–150.0 Mbps (MCS0-HT20 @ 800nS to MCS7-HT40@400nS) |
| IEEE Std 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps |
| IEEE Std 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps |
| TRANSMIT POWER (TX) AND RECEIVE SENSITIVITY (RX) PER STREAM |
| Antennas |
| Four integrated and external single-band omnidirectional antennas for 2×2 MIMO with maximum antenna gain of 3.3 dBi in 2.4 GHz and 6 dBi in 5 GHz. Internal antennas on the 822i are optimized for vertical wall-mounted orientation of the AP. |
| CONFIGURATION | MAXIMUM CONDUCTIVE POINT TRANSMIT POWER PER STREAM (DBM) | MAXIMUM EIRP PER STREAM (DBM), EXTERNAL ANTENNA SKU | MAXIMUM EIRP PER STREAM (DBM), INTERNAL ANTENNA SKU | RX (DBM) |
| 802.11b | 20.0 | 24.0 | 23.0 | -91 |
| 802.11g | 19.0 | 23.0 | 22.0 | -77 |
| 802.11n, 2.4 GHz HT20 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | -73 |
| 802.11n, 2.4 GHz HT40 | 18.0 | 21.3 | 21.0 | -71 |
| 802.11a | 18.0 | 24.0 | 22.0 | -77 |
| 802.11n, 5 GHz, HT20 | 17.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | -73 |
| 802.11n, 5 GHz, HT40 | 17.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | -70 |
| 802.11ac, 5 GHz, HT20 | 17.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | -71 |
| 802.11ac, 5 GHz, HT40 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | -65 |
| 802.11ac, 5 GHz, VHT80 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | -63 |
| PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS |
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| Power |
| Operated at IEEE Std 802.3af power, powered by IEEE Std 802.3af or 802.3 at PoE (Power over Ethernet) injector or switch |
| 12V external power adapter (sold separately) |
| Other Interfaces |
| Networks: One 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 uplink (G1), one 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 (G2) (disabled when powered with 802.3af), auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX |
| Four RPSMA RF connectors (For AP822e, external antenna SKU) |
| One RJ45 port (G1) support IEEE Std 802.3af or 802.3 at PoE |
| One USB 2.0 port (Type-A) (disabled when powered with 802.3af) |
| One console port |
| One reset button |
| One Kensington security slot |
| LED Indicators |
| One tri-color LED for AP status |
| Additional LEDs for Ethernet activity over two RJ45 ports (G1 & G2) |
| Mounting |
| Wall mount: junction box wall mount bracket included |
| Three mounting kits included with access point: |
| 650-00232, 15/16” T-bar & wall-mount combo adapter |
| 650-00233, 9/16” T-bar adapter |
| Flat-surface wall-mount bracket (used with 650-00232) |
| 840-00126, Wall Mount Hardware Kit (including to 669-00004 space, 665-00085 M3x10 screws, & 665-00102-M3x30 screws) |
| Option (ordered separately) |
| One RJ45 Console |
| CBL-RJ45-ADAPT-X5, GbE extension adapter |
| MNT-FEET-SET-X5, rubber feet for desktop staging |
| Installation in the Air-Handling Space |
| AP822e metal enclosure only by removing plastic façade |
| Dimensions |
| AP822i or AP822e (with mounting bracket): 7.1 x 7.1 x 2.7 inches (18.0 x 18.0 x 6.8 cm) |
| AP822e without plastic façade: 6.3 x 6.3 x 2.1 inches (16.1 x 16.0 x 5.2 cm) |
| Weight |
| AP822i (with mounting bracket): 2.3 lbs (1.1 kg) |
| AP822e (with mounting bracket): 1.9 lbs (0.9 kg) |
| AP822e without façade and mounting bracket: 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg) |
| Environmental |
| Operating temperature: 32–104°F (0–40°C) |
| Operating humidity: 5–95% non-condensing |
| Storage temperature: -40–158°F (-40–70°C) ambient |
| Storage humidity: 5–95% non-condensing |
* Frequency selection and power may be restricted to abide by regional regulatory compliance laws.
