Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points
The next generation APs perfect for small to medium-sized deployments
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The Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points (AP)
It allows you to choose between on-premises and cloud management. These next generation APs are perfect for small to medium-sized deployments and support the new 6-GHz band for Wi-Fi. They are resilient, secure, and intelligent.
With the flexibility to choose between cloud and on-premises management, the Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points help protect your network investment and unlock the power of hybrid work. The Wi-Fi 6E-compliant access points take advantage of the 6-GHz band expansion to produce a network that is more reliable and secure, with higher throughput, more capacity, and less device interference. They come with three 2x2 radios and provide a host of cutting-edge features.
The Catalyst 9162 Series joins the industry’s leading network architecture (Catalyst) with the industry’s leading cloud IT platform (Meraki), for an unparalleled network experience. Organizations that need solutions to power hybrid work and allow their people to work anywhere at any time with elevated, secure, and connected experiences will find that the 9162 Series is the best choice.
With the Catalyst 9162 Series, you can change your network management whenever you want. For example, you can start with an on-premises deployment and later change to cloud-based management without the need to purchase and redistribute additional hardware.
Key features:
- Industry-leading Wi-Fi 6E for small-sized deployments
- Operational flexibility: on-premises or cloud
- Four radios: (2x2, 2x2, 2x2, IoT radio), scanning radio with CleanAir Pro
Features and Benefits:
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| Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | The IEEE 802.11ax standard, also known as High-Efficiency Wireless (HEW) or Wi-Fi 6, builds on 802.11ac. It delivers a better experience in typical environments with more predictable performance for advanced applications such as 4K or 8K video; high-density, high-definition collaboration apps; all-wireless offices; and the Internet of Things (IoT). Wi-Fi 6E is Wi-Fi 6 “extended” into the 6-GHz frequency band. |
| AP power optimizations (AP Power Save Mode) | AP power optimizations (AP Power Save mode) allow the access point to reduce its power consumption by, for example, shutting off radios during off-hours and weekends, while being smart enough to reengage all features should they be needed. This both saves power and reduces the carbon footprint of running a wireless network. |
| Cisco CleanAir Pro | CleanAir Pro extends Cisco’s industry-leading RF Interference detection and classification into the 6-GHz band. |
| Band steering | Band steering helps clients that are 6-GHz capable leave the 5-GHz radio and connect to the 6-GHz one. Wi-Fi 6E clients are automatically directed to connect to the 6-GHz radio to take advantage of the benefits that it offers and free up the 2.4- and 5-GHz radios for legacy clients. |
| Uplink/downlink OFDMA | Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)-based scheduling splits the bandwidth into smaller frequency allocations called Resource Units (RUs), which can be assigned to individual clients in both the downlink and uplink directions to reduce overhead and latency. |
| Uplink/downlink MU‑MIMO technology | Supporting six spatial streams, multiuser multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) enables the access points to split spatial streams between client devices to maximize throughput. |
| BSS coloring | Spatial reuse (also known as Basic Service Set [BSS] coloring) allows the access points and their clients to differentiate between BSSs, thus permitting more simultaneous transmissions. |
| Target Wake Time | Target Wake Time (TWT) allows the client to stay asleep and to wake up only at prescheduled (target) times to exchange data with the access point. This offers significant energy savings for battery-operated devices, up to three to four times the savings achieved by 802.11n and 802.11ac. |
| Intelligent Capture | Intelligent Capture probes the network and provides Cisco DNA Center with deep analysis. It can track more than 240 anomalies and instantaneously review all packets on demand, emulating the onsite network administrator. This feature allows for more informed decision making on your wireless network. |
| Application Hosting | Application hosting helps simplify IoT deployments and ready them for the future by eliminating the need to install and manage overlay networks. Using the USB interface, containerized applications and hardware modules can be deployed to reduce cost and complexity. Adding Cisco DNA Center provides workflows and deployment-wide application lifecycle management. |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | The integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.1 radio enables location-based use cases such as asset tracking, wayfinding, and analytics. |
| Container support for applications | Container support enables edge computing capabilities for IoT applications on the host access point. |
| Choice of management mode | The Catalyst 9162 Series can be managed either on-premises with Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers or cloud-managed through the Meraki Dashboard. It gives you the flexibility to deploy the access points in one management mode and shift to a different management mode in the future. |
Secure infrastructure
Trustworthy systems built with Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies provide a highly secure foundation for Cisco products. With the Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points, these technologies enable assurance of hardware and software authenticity for supply chain trust and strong defense against man-in-the-middle attacks that compromise software and firmware. Trust Anchor capabilities include:
- Image signing
- Secure Boot
- Cisco Trust Anchor module
Cisco Meraki Cloud Management
Pairing the Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points with the Meraki cloud platform gives organizations a unified IT experience for network monitoring and management. The Meraki Dashboard provides an intuitive and interactive web interface connecting your network to the industry’s leading cloud IT platform.
Through the dashboard, Meraki provides sophisticated and scalable tools to automate network optimization, deploy policy and segmentation configurations across thousands of sites and devices, and manage a full-stack network from SD-WAN to access to IoT technologies. The platform supports over 3.5 million active networks around the world.
Working together, the Catalyst 9162 Series and Cisco Meraki offer such features as:
- Cisco DNA Spaces
- Cisco Identity Services Engine
- Meraki Health intelligent optimization and assurance
- Meraki Vision, smart cameras, and sensors for network closet monitoring
Cisco DNA and Catalyst 9800 controller support
Pairing the Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points with Cisco DNA allows for a total network transformation. Cisco DNA allows you to truly understand your network with real-time analytics, quickly detect and contain security threats, and easily provide networkwide consistency through automation and virtualization. The 9162 Series supports Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), Cisco’s leading enterprise architecture.
Working together, the Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series and Cisco DNA offer such features as:
- Cisco DNA Spaces
- Cisco Identity Services Engine
- Cisco DNA Analytics and Assurance along with Intelligence Capture (iCAP)
The result your network stays relevant, becomes digital ready, and is the lifeblood of your organization.
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Licensing and Software Packaging:
Warranty information
The Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series Access Points come with a limited lifetime warranty that provides full warranty coverage of the hardware for as long as the original end user continues to own or use the product. The warranty includes 5-day advance hardware replacement and helps ensure that software media are defect-free for 90 days.
Cisco environmental sustainability
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Cisco does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that it is complete, accurate, or up to date. This information is subject to change without notice.
Cisco Services
With Cisco Services, you can achieve infrastructure excellence faster with less risk. From an initial WLAN readiness assessment to implementation, full solution support, and in-depth training, our services for the Cisco Catalyst 9162 Series provide expert guidance to help you successfully plan, deploy, manage, and support your new access points. With unmatched networking expertise, best practices, and innovative tools, Cisco Services can help you reduce overall upgrade, refresh, and migration costs as you introduce new hardware, software, and protocols into the network. With a comprehensive lifecycle of services, Cisco experts will help you minimize disruption and improve operational efficiency to extract maximum value from your Cisco DNA-ready infrastructure.
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Documentation:
Download the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series Access Points Data Sheet (PDF).
Pricing Notes:
- All Prices are Inclusive of GST
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.