Cisco Meraki CW9163E

Category 

Specifications

Radios

• 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n/ax client access radio 

• 5 GHz 802.11a/n/ac/ax client access radio 

• 6 GHz 802.11ax client access radio 

• 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz tri-band Air Marshal WIDS/WIPS, spectrum analysis, & location analytics radio 

• 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio with Beacon and BLE scanning support Concurrent operation of all five radios 

Antennas

CW-ANT-O1-NS-00 Omnidirectional Dipole Self-Identifying Antenna with N-Type Connector

• 2.4GHz: Peak gain 4 dBi, omnidirectional in azimuth
• 5GHz: Peak gain 8 dBi, omnidirectional in azimuth
• 6GHz: Peak gain 8 dBi, omnidirectional in azimuth
• One antenna per pack.  Four antennas required to fully populate all antenna ports.

802.11 ax compatible, 802.11ac Wave 2 and 802.11n Capabilities

• UL/DL-OFDMA

• Target Wait Time (TWT)

• BSS coloring*

• MU-MIMO 

• Maximal ratio combining (MRC)

• 802.11ax beamforming 

• 20 and 40 MHz* channels (802.11n)

• 20, 40*, 80 MHz channels (802.11ac Wave 2)

• 20, 40*, 80 and 160MHz channels (802.11ax) 

• Up to 1024-QAM on 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands 

• Packet aggregation – A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

Power

• Power over Ethernet: 42.5 – 57 V (PoE+ and UPoE compliant)

• DC Power Adapter (54V)

• Power requirement: Up to 25W (PoE+)

• Power over Ethernet injector and DC adapter sold separately

Actual power consumption may vary depending on the AP usage

Interfaces

• CW9163E Series: 1x 100M/1000M/2.5G Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
• Management console port (RJ-45)
• 4x N-Type Wi-Fi Antenna Connectors
• RP-SMA Active GPS/GNSS Antenna Connector

Mounting

• Wall and pole (2” to 3.9” diameter) mount capable

• Compatible with MA-MNT-MR-16 (included) and AIR-MNT-VERT1

Security

• Integrated Layer 7 firewall with mobile device policy management 

• Real-time WIDS/WIPS with alerting and automatic rogue AP containment with Air Marshal 

• Flexible guest access with device isolation 

• VLAN tagging (802.1q) and tunneling with IPsec VPN 

• PCI compliance reporting 

• WPA2-PSK, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA3 – Personal, WPA3 – Enterprise, WPA3 – Enhanced Open (OWE)

• EAP Local authentication – EAP-TTLS/PAP, PEAP-GTC, EAP-TLS

•  Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

• Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) & Mobile Device Management (MDM) integration 

• Cisco ISE integration for Guest access and BYOD Posturing

Quality of Service

• Advanced Power Save (U-APSD) 

• WMM Access Categories with DSCP and 802.1p support 

• Layer 7 application traffic identification and shaping

Mobility

• PMK, OKC, & 802.11r for fast Layer 2 roaming 

• Distributed or centralized layer 3 roaming

Analytics

• Embedded location analytics reporting and device tracking 

• Global L7 traffic analytics reporting per network, per device, & per application

LED Indicators

• One power/booting/firmware upgrade status

•  468,413 hrs at 77°F (25°C) operating temperature
•  128,631 hrs at 149°F (65°C) operating temperature

Dimensions (W x L x H)

• Access point (without mounting brackets):
• CW9163E: 9.64 x 9.64 x 2.5 in. (245 x 245 x 63.5 mm)

Weight

• 3.3 lb (1.50 kg)  

Input power requirements

• 802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Power Source

2.4GHz radio

5GHz radio

6GHz radio 

Link speed

Max PoE Power Consumption

802.3at (PoE+)

2×2

2×2

2×2

2.5 Gbps

25.5 W

802.3af (PoE)

1×1

1×1

off

1Gbps

14.0 W

Note: Actual power consumption may vary depending on AP usage. It is recommended that you ensure that LLDP/CDP is enabled to allow proper power negotiation.

Environmental

•   Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C)

• Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25°C (77°F) at 15,000 ft (4600 m)

•  Operating temperature: -40° to 149°F (-40° to 65°C) without solar derating

• Operating temperature: -40° to 131°F (-40° to 55°C) with solar derating  

• Operating humidity: 5% to 95% (noncondensing)

• Operating altitude test: 40°C (104°F) at 9843 ft (3000 m)

• Ingress Protection: IP67

System memory

• 2048 MB DRAM

• 1024 MB flash

Warranty

• Outdoor access point
• 1 year hardware warranty with advanced replacement included

Available transmit power settings

2.4GHz

• 23 dBm (200 mW)

• -4 dBm (0.39 mW)

5GHz

•  23 dBm (200 mW)

• -4 dBm (0.39 mW)

6GHz

• 23 dBm (200 mW)

• -4 dBm (0.39 mW)

Note: In countries where use of the 6 GHz band is not allowed or authorized or if there is no current software support, the 6 GHz radio will be disabled. The 6 GHz radio may be enabled with future software, once the product is certified to operate at 6GHz for that country.