Product overview
Cisco Catalyst 9105AXI (C9105AXI-B) delivers Wi-Fi 6 on enterprise levels to small area classrooms, clinics, small office offices, and retail areas. Its internal-antenna design ensures clean installs, and efficiencies of 802.11ax, such as OFDMA, MU-MIMO, BSS Coloring, and Target Wake Time provide faster, fairer airtime to a larger number of clients simultaneously. The outcome is faster web applications, better calls and more consistent access to the clouds even at peak times.
The 9105AXI, based on the Catalyst wireless architecture, is designed to work with Catalyst 9800 controllers and policy automation to ensure the security and simplicity of operations on a large scale. The multiradio design with dedicated scanning, integrated BLE to support location/IoT applications, and PoE power simplifies the process of deploying, managing, and scaling multiradios - without having to add clutter to ceilings with external antennas or additional cabling.
Key features
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OFDMA and MU-MIMO, BSS Coloring, and TWT of Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) to make airtime efficient.
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2X2:2 dual band radios fitted with internal antennas to fit ceiling/walls discreetly.
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Combination of BLE radio to beacons, wayfinding, and IoT sensors.
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Simple cabling 1G uplink 802.3af/at, PoE-powered.
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A consistent policy, segmentation and upgrades on catalyst 9800.
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Enterprise protection such as WPA3, 802.1X and secure boot/image signing.
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Smart RF capabilities: band steering, client load balancing, DFS awareness, and dynamic channel/power.
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Small form factor that is installer friendly and has standard mounting options.
Technical specifications
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Category |
Details |
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Model |
C9105AXI-B (Catalyst 9105AX, internal antennas) |
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Wireless standard |
IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6); backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
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Radio chains |
2×2:2 on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (concurrent) |
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Peak data rate (aggregate) |
Up to ~1.5 Gbps class (environment/client dependent) |
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Features |
OFDMA, MU-MIMO, BSS Coloring, Target Wake Time, band steering, load balancing |
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Security |
WPA3/WPA2-Enterprise, 802.1X, secure boot, signed images, rogue detection |
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IoT |
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) integrated |
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Uplink |
1 × 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) with PoE 802.3af/at |
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Power |
PoE input; low power draw suitable for 802.3af class operation |
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Antennas |
Internal omnidirectional (ceiling/wall mount) |
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Mounting |
Ceiling or wall; standard bracket set |
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Management |
Catalyst 9800 controllers, policy automation, telemetry/analytics capable |
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Environmental |
Indoor enterprise environments (office, education, healthcare, retail) |
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Form factor |
Compact, low-profile access point |
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Typical use cases |
High-density client access, voice/video collaboration, guest/IoT segmentation |