Aruba 500H Series Hospitality Access Point
High performance and cost-effective Wi-Fi 6 for hospitality, branch, and remote access.

• 5GHz: radio:
  • Two spatial stream (SU/MU) MIMO for up to 1.2Gbps wireless data rate (HE80)
• 2.4GHz radio:
  • Two spatial stream (SU/MU) MIMO for up to 287Mbps wireless data rate (HE20)
  • Note: HE40 operation is supported in 2.4GHz, but uncommon and not recommended for enterprise deployments

• High-end dual radio Wi-Fi 6 Hospitality AP with 1+4 Ethernet ports

• Up to 256 associated client devices per radio

• 16 BSSIDs per radio

• 2.400 to 2.500GHz (ISM) channels 1-13
• 5.150 to 5.250GHz (U-NII-1) channels 36, 40, 44, 48
• 5.250 to 5.350GHz (U-NII-2A) channels 52, 56, 60, 64
• 5.470 to 5.725GHz (U-NII-2C) channels 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144
• 5.725 to 5.850GHz (U-NII-3) channels 149, 153, 157, 161, 165

• 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
• 802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
• 802.11ax: Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) with up to 8 resource units

• 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
• 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM (proprietary extension)
• 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)
• 802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM

• HT20/40

• VHT20/40/80

• 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
• 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
• 802.11n: 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15, HT20 to HT40), 400 with 256-QAM
• 802.11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2, VHT20 to VHT80), 1,083 with 1024-QAM
• 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 574 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE40)
• 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 1,201 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE80)

• A-MPDU, A-MSDU

• Configurable in increments of 0.5 dBm

• 2.4 GHz band: +20 dBm (17 dBm per chain)
• 5 GHz band: +21 dBm (18 dBm per chain)
• Note: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add antenna gain

• 0 dBm (conducted, per chain)

• Minimizes the impact of interference from cellular networks

• Allows concurrent operation of multiple radios in the 2.4GHz band

• For improved receiver performance

• For improved downlink RF performance

• For increased range and improved reception

• For high-efficiency error correction and increased throughput

• For increased signal reliability and range

• To support low-power client devices

• 500Mbps or better

• Built-in antennas are optimized for vertical wall or desk mounted orientation of the AP.
• Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the MIMO radios, the peak gain of the combined, average pattern is 3.3dBi in 2.4GHz and 2.4dBi in 5GHz.

• Auto-sensing link speed (100/1000/2500BASE-T) and MDI/MDX
• 2.5Gbps speed complies with NBase-T and 802.3bz specifications
• 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
• PoE-PD: 802.3af/at/bt POE (class 3, 4 or 6)

• Auto-sensing link speed (10/100/1000BASE-T) and MDI/MDX
• 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
• E1 & E2: PoE-PSE: 802.3af/at PoE output; dual 802.3af (both ports) or single 802.3at (E1 only)

• 48Vdc (nominal, +/- 5%), accepts 1.35mm/3.5mm center-positive circular plug with 9.5mm length

• Cellular modems
• IOT or other plug-in accessories
• Device battery charging port
• Capable of sourcing up to 1A / 5W to an attached device

• BLE: up to 7dBm transmit power (class 1) and -100dBm receive sensitivity (125kbps)
• Zigbee: up to 7dBm transmit power and -97dBm receive sensitivity (250kbps)
• Integrated semi-directional antenna with peak gain of 1.2dBi

• Power/System status
• Radio status
• Local network port status (4x)
• PoE-PSE status (2x)

• Factory reset, LED mode control (normal/off)

• Proprietary, micro-B USB physical jack

• The AP supports direct DC power and Power over Ethernet
• When both DC and PoE power sources are available, DC power takes priority over PoE
• Power sources are sold separately; see the 500H Series Ordering Guide for details
• When powered by DC or 802.3bt (class 6) PoE, the AP will operate without restrictions.
• When powered by 802.3at (class 4) PoE with the IPM feature disabled, the AP will disable the USB port (only) if PoE-PSE is enabled, and support (802.3af) PoE-PSE power on E1 only (no PSE on E2).
• When powered by 802.3af (class 3) PoE with the IPM feature disabled, the AP will disable the USB port and PoE-PSE capability as well as ports E3 and E4.
• With IPM enabled, the AP will start up without restrictions, but may dynamically apply restrictions depending on the PoE budget and actual power consumption. The specific restrictions and order in which they are applied can be configured.

• DC powered: 14W / 50W
• PoE powered (802.3bt): 14W / 51W
• PoE powered (802.3at): 14W / 25.5W
• PoE powered (802.3af): 13.5W / 13.5W

• 6.2W

• 3.5W

• 86mm (W) x 47mm (D) x 150mm (H)
• Weight: 360g

• 111mm (W) x 54mm (D) x 167mm (H)
• Weight: 450g

• Temperature: 0°C to +40°C / 32°F to +104°F
• Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing
• ETS 300 019 class 3.2 environments

• Temperature: -40°C to +70°C / -40°F to +158°F
• Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing
• ETS 300 019 classes 1.2 and 2.3 environments

• 780khrs (88 Years) at +25C operating temperature.

• APINH505

• FCC/ISED
• CE Marked
• RED Directive 2014/53/EU
• EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
• Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
• IEC/EN 60950
• EN 60601-1-1, EN60601-1-2
• IEC/EN 62368-1

For more and country-specific regulatory information and approvals, please see your Aruba representative.

• Wi-Fi Alliance:
  • Wi-Fi CERTIFIED a, b, g, n, ac
  • Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 (ax)
  • WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 - Enterprise with CNSA option, Personal (SAE), Enhanced Open (OWE)
  • WMM, WMM-PS, Wi-Fi Vantage, Wi-Fi Agile Multiband
  • Passpoint (release 2)
• Bluetooth SIG
• Ethernet Alliance (PoE, PD device, class 6)