Item | Specification |
Supported wireless LAN controllers | - Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers - Cisco 3500, 5520, and 8540 Series Wireless Controllers and Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller - Cisco Mobility Express |
802.11n version 2.0 (and related) capabilities | - 4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams - Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) - 802.11n and 802.11a/g beamforming - 20- and 40-MHz channels - PHY data rates up to 890 Mbps (40 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz) - Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive) - 802.11 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) - Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support |
802.11ac | - 4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams - MRC - 802.11ac beamforming - 20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels - PHY data rates up to 3.47 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz) - Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive) - 802.11 DFS - CSD support |
802.11ax | - 4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams - Uplink/downlink OFDMA - TWT - BSS coloring - MRC - 802.11ax beamforming - 20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels - PHY data rates up to 5.38 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz) - Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive) - 802.11 DFS - CSD support |
Integrated antenna | - 2.4 GHz, peak gain 3 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth - 5 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth |
External antenna (sold separately) | - Cisco Catalyst 9115E Access Points are certified for use with antenna gains up to 6 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) - Cisco offers the industry's broadest selection of antennas, delivering optimal coverage for a variety of deployment scenarios |
Interfaces | - 1x 100, 1000, 2500 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) – IEEE 802.3bz - Management console port (RJ-45) - USB 2.0 (enabled via future software) |
Indicators | - Status LED indicates boot loader status, association status, operating status, boot loader warnings, and boot loader errors |
Dimensions (W x L x H) | - Access point (without mounting brackets): C9115I: 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.5 in., C9115E: 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.7 in. |
Weight | 1.98 lb (0.9 kg) |
Input power requirements | - 802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), Cisco Universal PoE (Cisco UPOE®) - Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ6= - 802.3af PoE - Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ5= (Note: This injector supports only 802.3af) Note: When 802.3af PoE is the source of power, both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios will be reduced to 2x2 and Ethernet downgraded to 1 Gigabit Ethernet. In addition, the USB port will be off. |
Power draw | 802.3at full feature -Power source: 802.3at -Power type: PoE -2.4 GHz radio: 4x4 -5 GHz radion: 4x4 -Link speed: 2.5G -USB: Y -LLDP: 20.4W -Cisco Discovery Protocol: 20.4W 802.3af reduced feature -Power source: 802.3af -Power type: PoE -2.4 GHz radio: 2x2 -5 GHz radion: 2x2 -Link speed: 1G -USB: Y -LLDP: 15.4W -Cisco Discovery Protocol: 15.4W |
Environmental | - Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C) - Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25˚C, 15,000 ft. - Operating temperature: 32° to 122°F (0° to 50°C) - Operating humidity: 10% to 90% (noncondensing) - Operating altitude test: 40˚C, 9843 ft. Note: When the ambient operating temperature exceeds 40°C, the access point will shift from 4x4 to 2x2 on both the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios, uplink Ethernet will downgrade to 1 Gigabit Ethernet, and the USB interface will be disabled. |
System memory | - 2048 MB DRAM - 1024 MB flash |
Warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty |