Aruba 203R Series Indoor Wi-Fi 5 Access Points
The highly secure and reliable 203R Series ensures corporate applications work remotely without disruption. Compact and cost-effective, they’re the perfect access point for home and small branch offices.
Multifunctional connectivity for home and small branch offices
The multifunctional 203R Series remote APs support both wall-box and desk-mount deployments, delivering secure and fast 802.11ac wireless and wired network access to corporate resources.
Easy to set up, easy to use
With no IT support required, the 203R Series APs deliver remote access point (RAP) benefits from the convenience of a small office or home.
Policy-based access control
Dynamic Segmentation enforces real-time, device-level access policies on Aruba wired and wireless networks.
Built-in Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) radio
Provides location-based services with BLE-enabled mobile devices receiving signals from multiple Aruba beacons at the same time.
Top-located USB port for support of USB cellular modem
The 203R Series access point enables the use of cellular modems to provide either backup or primary internet connectivity for remote access point (RAP) support and for client WLAN access, via a USB port located on the top of the access point for maximum flexibility.
Flexible radio architecture
The 203R Series APs flexible software configuration allows it to seamlessly switch between modes where the radio resources are either combined in a single 2x2 radio or separated into two 1x1 radios.
Details and Specifications for the Aruba 203R Series APs
Specifications
RAP-203R Series Specifications - Unified flexible radio 802.11ac remote AP with internal antennas.
- Supports wall-box and desk mount deployments
Wi-Fi Antennas - Two integrated dual-band omni-directional antennas for 2x2 MIMO with maximum individual antenna gain of 0.7dBi in 2.4GHz and 1.0dBi in 5GHz. Built-in antennas are optimized for vertical orientation of the AP.
- Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the MIMO radios, the peak gain of the effective per-antenna pattern is -0.4dBi in 2.4GHz and 0.5dBi in 5GHz.
Other Interfaces - Uplink: 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45, back)
- Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX
- 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- Local: Two 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45, back)
- Auto-sensing link speed and MDI/MDX
- 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- One port (E2): PoE-PSE (output): 48 Vdc (nominal) 802.3af PoE (AP-203RP models)
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio
- Up to 4dBm transmit power (class 2) and -93dBm receive sensitivity
- Integrated antenna with moderately directional pattern and peak gain of 1dBi
- USB 2.0 host interface (Type A connector, top)
- 3G/4G cellular modems
- Device battery charging port
- Capable of supplying up to 1A/5 watts of power to an attached device
- AC power interface, 2 prong IEC 60320-1 C8 receptacle (back)
- Visual indicators (LEDs, front):
- Power/system status
- Radio status
- Local network port status (2x)
- Includes PoE-PSE status (AP-203RP models)
- Reset/LED control button (“paperclip access”, bottom)
- Factory reset (when activated during device power up)
- LED control: toggle off/normal
- Serial console interface (custom, uUSB physical jack, bottom)
Encrypted Throughput - Maximum IPsec encrypted wired throughput: 20Mbps
Power Sources And Consumption - The AP supports direct AC power: 90V – 265V, 47Hz – 63Hz.
- Note that the unit does not include an AC power cord (IEC C7 plug). A compatible region-specific cord should be selected and added when ordering the AP.
- Maximum (worst-case) power consumption: 7.5W.
- Excludes power consumed by external USB and/or PoE-PD device (and internal losses); this could add up to 6W for a 5W/1A USB device and up to 18W for a max load (15.4W) 802.3af PoE-PD device
- Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in idle mode: 4.6W.
Mounting - The AP supports desk mount without additional accessories. A cover ships with the AP to hide connectors, cables and product labels.
- The cover can be used to support wall mounted deployments as well.
Mechanical - Dimensions/weight (unit, with cable cover):
- 155mm (W) x 50mm (D) x 95mm (H)
- 320g (AP-203R), 340g (AP-203RP)
- Dimensions/weight (shipping):
- 224mm (W) x 159mm (D) x 78mm (H)
- 510g (AP-203R), 590g (AP-203RP)
Environmental - Operating:
- Temperature: 0° C to +40° C (+32° F to +104° F)
- Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing
- Storage and transportation:
- Temperature: -40° C to +70° C (-40° F to +158° F)
Regulatory - FCC/Industry of Canada
- CE Marked
- R&TTE Directive 1995/5/EC
- Low Voltage Directive 72/23/EEC
- EN 300 328
- EN 301 489
- EN 301 893
- UL/IEC/EN 60950
- EN 60601-1-1 and EN 60601-1-2
For more country-specific regulatory information and approvals, please see your Aruba representative.
Reliability - MTBF at +25C° operating temperature:
- AP-203R: 324,000 hours (37 years)
- AP-203RP: 308,000 hours (35 years)
Regulatory Model Number - AP-203R-xx (all variants): APINR203
- AP-203RP-xx (all variants): APINP203
Certifications - CB Scheme Safety, cTUVus
- Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) certified 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Warranty Aruba limited lifetime warranty Minimum Software Version - ArubaOS™ 6.5.2.0/8.2.0.0
- Aruba InstantOS™ 6.5.2.0/8.2.0.0
HPE (Aruba) is again named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and WLAN Infrastructure
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