Xirrus XR-520 Wireless Access Point
The Xirrus XR-520 Wireless Access Point is a a new class of low cost, cloud provisioned and manageable Access Point. The XR-520 provides superior price/performance in a zero touch Wi-Fi AP that delivers uncompromised performance to ensure applications always work.
The Xirrus XR-520 is the only Access Point where it is possible to dynamically switch between both 2.4 & 5Ghz bands, and a full 5Ghz network. The XR-520 is the ideal solution for providing robust wireless connectivity in areas of low-to-medium user density. Example use cases include hotel rooms, dormitories, hospital rooms, health clinics, office spaces, and retail areas.
Xirrus XR-520 Wireless Access Point Key Features
- Zero touch provisioning with online activation
- Integrated controller with same functionality as chassis-based XR solutions
- Application Control to ensure application performance
- 5GHz optimized with dual 5GHz operation for future proof migration
- 2.4GHz optimized for supporting high densities of 2.4GHz clients
- Manageable via XMS on-premise or cloud deployment options
The 2 radio, 802.11n XR-520 AP supports an onboard controller with a dual core network processor to deliver the performance needed to operate advanced services directly at the network edge. The Xirrus XR-520 supports complete application-level recognition and policy enforcement, an industry first in a wireless AP.
The XR-520 is part of the complete line of performance-scaled XR wireless products ranging from 2 to 16 radios and running the advanced ArrayOS operating system. Management is provided with the Xirrus Management System (XMS), including cloud and on-premise deployment options.

Xirrus XR-520 Wireless Access Point - Technical SpecificationsConfiguration
- Size (Diameter): 7.7"
- Radios: One 300Mbps Software Programmable (2.4GHz or 5GHz), and one 5GHz
- Maximum Wi-Fi Bandwidth: 600Mbps
- Threat Sensor: Dedicated or Time Sliced
- MIMO: 2x2
- Integrated Antennas (Omni): 4
- Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports: 1
- Maximum Associated Users: 240 (120 per radio)
- Maximum Power Consumption: 12.5W
Technical
- CPU 300MHz Cavium CN5020 Processor with 2 MIPS-64 Cores
- Installed Memory 512MB
- RF Management In-band per radio Spectrum Analysis
Dynamic channel configuration
Dynamic cell size configuration
Wired and wireless packet captures (including 802.11 headers)
Radio assurance for radio self test and healing
RF monitor
2.4 & 5.0GHz Honeypot Control – Increase available 2.4 and 5GHz wireless device
density through management of spurious
2.4 & 5.0GHz association traffic
Ultra Low Power Mode – Maximize wireless channel re-use and increase wireless device
density through tight power controls - Wireless Protocols IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11g, 802.11h,
802.11i, 802.11j, 802.11n - Wired Protocols IEEE 802.3 10-BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T,
IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
IEEE 802.1q – VLAN Tagging
IEEE 802.1d – Spanning Tree
IEEE 802.1p – Layer 2 Traffic Prioritization
IPv6 Control – Increase wireless device density through control of unnecessary
IPv6 traffic on IPv4-only networks - Carrier Applications Passpoint Certification
- RFC Support RFC 768 UDP
RFC 791 IP
RFC 2460 IPV6 (Bridging only)
RFC 792 ICMP
RFC 793 TCP
RFC 826 ARP
RFC 1122 Requirements for internet hosts –
communication layers
RFC 1542 BOOTP
RFC 2131 DHCP - Security WPA
IEEE 802.11i WPA2, RSN
RFC 1321 MD5 Message-digest algorithm
RFC 2246 TLS protocol version 1.0
RFC 3280 Internet X.509 PKI certificate and CRL profile
RFC 4347 Datagram transport layer security
RFC 4346 TLS protocol version 1.1 - Encryption Types Open, WEP, TKIP-MIC: RC4 40, 104 and 128-bit SSL v3.0 and
TLS v1.0: RC4 128-bit and RDA 1024 and 2048-bit - Authentication
IEEE 802.1x
RFC 2548 Microsoft vendor-specific RADIUS attributes
RFC 2716 PPP EAP-TLS
RFC 2865 RADIUS Authentication
RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting
RFC 2867 Tunnel Accounting
RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions
RFC 3576 Dynamic Authorizations extensions to RADIUS
RFC 3579 RADIUS Support for EAP
RFC 3748 EAP-PEAP
5216 EAP-TLS
RFC 5281 EAP-TTLS
RFC 2284 EAP-GTC
RFC 4186 EAP-SIM
RFC 4187 EAP-AKA
RFC 3748 Leap Pass through
RFC 3748 Extensible Authentication Protocol
Web Page Authentication
• WPR, Landing Page, Redirect
• Support for Internal WPR, Landing Page and Authentication
• Support for External WPR, Landing Page and Authentication - Regulatory Compliance CE Mark
Safety:
UL 60950-1:2003
EN 60950:2000
EMI and susceptibility (Class A)
U.S.: FCC Part 15.107 and 15.109 w
Canada: ICES-003
Europe: EN 55022, EN 55024 - Physical Specifications Dimensions (WxDxH): 1.96 x 7.70 x 7.70 Weight: 1.1lbs
- Environmental Specifications Operating Temperature: 0-40C, 0-90% humidity,
non-condensing, altitude 0–2000m
Non-Operating Temperature: 0-60C, 0-95% humidity, non-condensing - Channel Support 2.4GHz
(Exact channels available will be based
on country code selected)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - Channel Support 5GHz
(Exact channels available will be based
on country code selected)
UNI I – Non-DFS Channels
36 40 44 48
UNI III – Non-DFS Channels
149 153 157 161 165 - Management Interfaces Command Line Interface (CLI)
Web Interface (HTTP and HTTPS)
Xirrus Management System (XMS) - Management Protocols and Standards
SNMP v1
SNMPv2c as per RFCs 1901, 2580
SNMPv3 as per RFC 3410-3415
RFC 854 Telnet
RFC 1155 Management Information for TCP/IP Based
Internets
RFC 1156 MIB
RFC 1157 SNMP
RFC 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
RFC 1213 SNMP MIB II
RFC 1215 A Convention for Defining Traps for use with
the SNMP
RFC 1350 TFTP
RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB
RFC 2030 Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP
RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information
Version 2 (SMIv2)
RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
RFC 2616 HTTP 1.1
RFC 2665 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet Like Interface Types
RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges
with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN
Extensions
RFC 2819 Remote Network Monitoring Management
Information Base
RFC 2863 The Interface Group MIB
RFC 3164 BSD Syslog Protocol
RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
RFC 3416 Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 3417 Transport Mappings for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 3418 Management Information Base (MIB) for the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 3636 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE Xirrus
Private MIBs
Integration with Splunk for accurate search and analysis of
intra-organizational IT events
Netflow Export v9 and IPFIX compatibility allows for IP
traffic statistics collection