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AP5020

Flexible, Cloud-Managed, Premium-Tier Wi-Fi 7 Access Point

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The AP5020 is a premium-tier Wi-Fi 7 access point (AP) that delivers enhanced wireless experiences, faster speeds, and a range of use cases. This AP is built on Extreme Universal Platform technology, enabling deployment flexibility, and it leverages ExtremeCloud IQ AIOps management to provide improved user experiences.

The AP5020 Wi-Fi 7 AP, with three 4x4:4 radios, provides high-efficiency, high- performance 802.11be aggregate data rates of up to 20 Gbps in the 6 GHz, 5 GHz, and 2.4 GHz bands. Designed for high density environments, such as schools, warehouses, healthcare facilities, and stadiums, the AP5020 is powerful and intelligent enough to provide the highest level of client services without compromising security. Despite advanced capabilities, the AP5020 can operate with fully featured performance capabilities using 802.3bt PoE, simplifying power capacity planning.

With more users, more devices, more applications, and more threats straining the infrastructure, the AP5020 was engineered to meet those challenges. The AP5020 combines powerful 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 technology, advanced security, and AIOps management capabilities together as an enterprise-class solution that allows you to deploy high speed, highly secure Wi-Fi into high-density environments.

Unlike other APs that scan only part time, the AP5020 features a dedicated 2x2 tri-frequency sensor that monitors for rogue devices full time, eliminating the risk of vulnerability and attacks. This tri-radio AP is capable of multiple operational modes, optimizing for maximum performance and security, and features additional dual IoT radios, removing complexity by supporting multiple simultaneous IoT use cases.

Benefits

The AP5020 can be flexibly managed by Extreme Platform ONE or ExtremeCloud IQ from the cloud or on-premises.

Extreme Platform ONE™ is an enterprise connectivity platform that integrates networking and security with AI into one powerful and radically simplified experience and licensing model. It supports NetOps, SecOps, and business teams with built in automation and enables organizations to regain control, unlock innovation, and boost productivity through:

One integrated experience that is easy to use.
Automation through built-in AI that boosts productivity, reducing cycle time for many tasks from hours to minutes.
Simplified licensing that makes the solution as easy to buy as it is to use.
AI driven workflows for configuration, deployment, and management.
Inventory management simplifies budgeting, planning and compliance.

Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) introduces benefits across the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands with reduced latency and jitter for time-sensitive networking applications. Wi-Fi 7 capabilities such as 320 MHz channels, 4K-QAM, and Multi-Link Operation (MLO) helps enable superior speeds and high-density performance. The 6 GHz band enables improved quality of service (QoS) in dense environments, new applications and use cases, and an improved user experience.

* Country dependent

The AP5020 features the industry's first software-defined Wi-Fi 7 AP that supports not only dual 5 GHz and dual 6 GHz capabilities, but also multiple additional software programmable modes to optimally manage radios to provide the highest level of client performance. The AP5020 is a tri-radio AP that can transmit with multiple combinations of three data radios across the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands in addition toa dedicated tri-frequency sensor. The AP5020 intelligently monitors the software-configurable radios, enabling network managers to configure network RF technology based on the user environment and to configure the APs in different modes as required. The AP5020 features superior tri-frequency radio performance with a multiband filter that reduces interference and enables 5 GHz and 6 GHz operation across all available channels without restrictions

The AP5020 features dual IoT radios enabling multiple concurrent IoT use cases and eliminates the need for an overlay infrastructure with improved performance and reduced complexity of multiple wireless networks. To support both IoT and guest engagement services, the AP5020 integrates Bluetooth® to connect with IoT devices wirelessly and to engage loyal customers with Apple iBeacon. Enterprises can use API-driven applications to send advertisements directly to shoppers, guests, and conference attendees. This makes it ideal for businesses to advertise their app, download pages, captive portals, or site-specific information.

The AP5020 is built with Extreme's Universal Hardware technology that allows multiple deployment use cases through a simple change of the software or feature set. This technology allows the user to choose between operating systems tailored to work with cloud- or controller- based management. The desired persona can be selected at startup or changed later. Universal hardware platforms increase flexibility and reduce obsolescence by allowing customers to gradually adopt new technologies without the need for a rip and replace approach to their hardware.

Offered with a Universal World SKU AP, the AP5020 allows customers, partners, and distributors to order one model for any region where Extreme Networks products are sold, replacing the age-old problem of country- specific models.

The AP5020 delivers the highest level of security services, beginning with support for the latest Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3 security certifications. Also it acts as an enforcement point for ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA – the industry's most complete network access security solution. Universal ZTNA provides automated security policy enforcement and manages SSIDs to enforce policies on the AP5020. Extreme Fabric adds additional security by automating provisioning and deployment by connecting to a Fabricenabled switch. Additionally, the AP supports a stateful L2-L7 DPI firewall for context-based access security, tri-frequency security, a location analytics sensor, and much more. The AP5020 also includes a unique dedicated security sensor for rich insights and threat detection when paired with AirDefense Essentials which is part of an Extreme Platform ONE Standard or ExtremeCloud IQ Pilot license.