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DG-AP880E-AX7800 WiFi 6E Triple-Radio Access Point

WiFi 6E triple-radio access point with dedicated 6 GHz band and up to 7780 Mbps throughput. Designed for high-density environments such as campuses, events, libraries, and tech venues.

DG-AP880E-AX7800
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DG-AP880E-AX7800 WiFi 6E Triple-Radio Access Point – Unleash the Full Power of the 6 GHz Band

The DG-AP880E-AX7800 is the first WiFi 6E access point from Data General, engineered to deliver next-generation wireless performance in high-density, technology-driven environments. Featuring a triple-radio, triple-band architecture, this access point combines a 2.4 GHz 2×2 dual-stream radio, a 5 GHz 2×2 dual-stream radio, and a powerful 6 GHz 4×4 quad-stream radio, achieving an impressive aggregate wireless speed of up to 7780 Mbps.

By leveraging the newly available 6 GHz spectrum, the DG-AP880E-AX7800 unlocks the true potential of WiFi 6E: wider channels, reduced interference, and significantly lower latency compared to legacy bands. This makes it the ideal solution for environments where performance, capacity, and reliability are critical, especially when many modern devices are connected simultaneously.

Designed for high-density deployments, this access point excels in locations such as university campuses, libraries, gaming and e-sports events, technology conferences, innovation hubs, and advanced corporate spaces. The dedicated 6 GHz band ensures smooth operation for bandwidth-intensive applications, while the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios maintain compatibility and coverage for a wide range of client devices.

With its advanced radio design and WiFi 6E capabilities, the DG-AP880E-AX7800 delivers fast, stable, and future-proof wireless connectivity, making it an excellent choice for system integrators, IT professionals, and organizations looking to deploy cutting-edge wireless networks ready for the next generation of devices.

  • Protocols: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi 6E.
  • Triple radio WiFi 6E: 2.4 GHz (2×2), 5 GHz (2×2), 6 GHz (4×4).
  • Aggregate WiFi 6E speed of 7780 Mbps.
  • 1 RJ45 5 Gbps port, 1 SFP 5 Gbps combo port and 1 RJ45 gigabit port.
  • Quality of Service (QoS) management.
  • Up to 1536 STAs (devices) and 45 virtual APs.
  • Power over PoE (802.3at) or external power supply (54v. 1.1 A).
  • Individual management via Web (FAT), via WIS Cloud (FIT) or via local AC controller (FIT).

 


Hardware Specifications
802.11n Four spatial streams
●  Radio 1 – 2.4 GHz: 2×2 MIMO, two spatial streams
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 2×2 MIMO, two spatial streams
Channels:
●  Radio 1 – 2.4 GHz: 20 MHz and 40 MHz
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 20 MHz and 40 MHz
Combined peak data rate: 600 Mbps
●  Radio 1 – 2.4 GHz: 6.5 Mbps to 300 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS15 )
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 6.5 Mbps to 300 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS15)
Radio technologies: Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
Modulation types: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM
Packet aggregation:
●  Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU)
●  Aggregate MAC Service Data Unit (A-MSDU)
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD)
Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC)
Space-Time Block Coding (STBC)
Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC)
Transmit beam-forming (TxBF)
802.11ac Two spatial streams
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 2×2 MIMO, two spatial streams
Channels:
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, and 160 MHz
Combined peak data rate: 1.733 Gbps
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 6.5 Mbps to 1.733 Gbps (MCS0 to MCS9)
Radio technologies: Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
Modulation types: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM
Packet aggregation:
●  Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU)
●  Aggregate MAC Service Data Unit (A-MSDU)
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD)
Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC)
Space-Time Block Coding (STBC)
Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC)
Transmit beam-forming (TxBF)
802.11ax Eight spatial streams
●  Radio 1 – 2.4 GHz: 2×2 uplink/downlink MU-MIMO, two spatial streams
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 2×2 uplink/downlink MU-MIMO, two spatial streams
●  Radio 3 – 6 GHz: 4×4 uplink/downlink MU-MIMO, four spatial streams
Channels:
●  Radio 1 – 2.4 GHz: 20 MHz and 40 MHz
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, and 160 MHz
●  Radio 3 – 6 GHz: 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, and 160 MHz
Combined peak data rate: 7.780 Gbps:
●  Radio 1 – 2.4 GHz: 8.6 Mbps to 0.574 Gbps (MCS0 to MCS11)
●  Radio 2 – 5 GHz: 8.6 Mbps to 2.402 Gbps (MCS0 to MCS11)
●  Radio 3 – 6 GHz: 8.6 Mbps to 4.804 Gbps (MCS0 to MCS11)
Radio technologies: uplink/downlink Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
Modulation types: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM
Packet aggregation:
●  Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU)
●  Aggregate MAC Service Data Unit (A-MSDU)
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD)
Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC)
Space-Time Block Coding (STBC)
Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC)
Transmit beam-forming (TxBF)
WPA3
Antenna Wi-Fi
●  2.4 GHz: two built-in omnidirectional antennas, the max. antenna gain is 5.4 dBi.
●  5 GHz: two built-in omnidirectional antennas, the max. antenna gain is 5.2 dBi.
●  6 GHz: four built-in omnidirectional antennas, the max. antenna gain is 5.4 dBi.
Bluetooth
●  One integrated vertically polarized omnidirectional antenna, the max. antenna gain is 4.6 dBi.
Port 1 x 100/1000/2500/5000Base-T RJ45 Ethernet port with auto-negotiation
1 x 5GE combo port (SFP port/electrical port), compatibility with 1GE and 2.5GE SFP
1 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 Ethernet port with auto-negotiation
1 x RJ45 console port (serial console port)
1 x USB 3.0 (Type-A connector)
1 x Bluetooth 5.1
Status LED 1 x multi-color system status LED
●  AP power-on status
●  Software initialization status and upgrade status
●  Uplink service interface status
●  Wireless user online status
●  CAPWAP tunnel timeout
●  Specific AP locating
Button 1 x Reset button
●  Press the button for shorter than 2 seconds. Then the device restarts.
●  Press the button for longer than 5 seconds. Then the device restores to factory settings.
Dimensions (W x D x H) Main unit: 230 mm x 230 mm x 51 mm (9.06 in. x 9.06 in. x 2.01 in.)
Shipping: 284 mm x 262 mm x 124 mm (11.2 in. x 10.4 in. x 4.9 in.)
Weight Main unit: 1.0 kg (2.20 lbs)
Mounting bracket: 0.1 kg (0.22 lbs)
Shipping: 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs)
Mounting Wall/Ceiling-mount (a mounting bracket is delivered with the main unit)
Lock option Kensington lock and securing latch
Input power supply The AP supports the following two power supply modes:
●  54 V DC/1.1 A power input over DC connector: The DC connector accepts 2.1 mm/5.5 mm center-positive circular plug. A DC power supply needs to be purchased independently.
●  PoE input over LAN 1: The power source equipment (PSE) complies with IEEE 802.3af/at/bt standard (PoE/PoE+/PoE++).
Note: If both DC power and PoE are available, DC power is preferred.
Power consumption Maximum power consumption: 40 W
●  DC power: 40 W, 2.4 GHz radio 2×2, 5 GHz radio 2×2, 6 GHz radio 4×4, LAN 2 for PoE supply, and USB port enabled
●  802.3bt (PoE++): 40 W, 2.4 GHz radio 2×2, 5 GHz radio 2×2, 6 GHz radio 4×4, LAN 2 for PoE supply, and USB port enabled
●  802.3at (PoE+): 23 W, 2.4 GHz radio 2×2, 5 GHz radio 2×2, 6 GHz radio 4×4, LAN 2 and USB port that fail to provide power for external devices (PoE out disabled of LAN 2 and USB port disabled)
●  802.3af (PoE): 12.95 W, 2.4 GHz radio 1×1, 5 GHz radio 1×1, 6 GHz radio 1×1, LAN 2 and USB port that fail to provide power for external devices (PoE out disabled of LAN 2 and USB port disabled)
●  Idle mode: 10.3 W
External power supply When powered by 802.3bt (PoE++), the AP can supply power to an external device.
●  The USB port can source 1 A/5 W power to an attached device.
●  The LAN 2 port can source 48 V/12.95 W power to an IoT unit.
Environment Storage temperature: –40°C to +70°C (–40°F to +158°F)
Storage humidity: 5% RH to 95% RH (non-condensing)

Storage altitude: < 5,000 m (16,404.20 ft.) at 25°C (77°F)
Operating temperature: –10°C to +50°C (14°F to 122°F)
Operating humidity: 5% RH to 95% RH (non-condensing)

Operating altitude: < 3,000 m (9,842.52 ft.) at 40°C (104°F)
At an altitude between 3,000 m (9,842.52 ft.) and 5,000 m (16,404.20 ft.), every time the altitude increases by 166 m (546 ft.), the maximum temperature decreases by 1°C (1.8°F).
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) 200,000 hours (22 years) at the operating temperature of 25°C (77°F)
System memory 512 MB DRAM, 256 MB flash
Transmit power 2.4 GHz
●  Max. transmit power: 27 dBm (500 mW)
●  Min. transmit power: 7 dBm (5.01 mW)
5 GHz
●  Max. transmit power: 30 dBm (1000 mW)
●  Min. transmit power: 6 dBm (3.98 mW)
6 GHz
●  Max. transmit power: 26 dBm (398 mW)
●  Min. transmit power: 9 dBm (7.94 mW)
Note: The transmit power adjusted in percentage. The transmit power is limited by local regulatory requirements.

Software Specifications

Basic Function
Applicable software version DGOS11.9(6)W3B4 or later

WLAN
Max. number of associated STAs 1,536 (up to 512 STAs per radio)
Max. number of BSSIDs 45 (up to 15 BSSIDs per radio)
Max. number of WLAN IDs 15
STA management SSID hiding
Each SSID can be configured with the authentication mode, encryption mechanism, and VLAN attributes independently.
Remote Intelligent Perception Technology (RIPT)
Intelligent STA identification technology
Intelligent load balancing based on the STA quantity or traffic
STA limiting SSID-based STA limiting
Radio-based STA limiting
Bandwidth limiting STA/SSID/AP-based rate limiting
CAPWAP IPv4/IPv6 CAPWAP
Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology between an AP and an AC
An AP can automatically discover the accessible AC.
An AP can be automatically upgraded through the AC.
An AP can automatically download the configuration file from the AC.
CAPWAP through NAT
Data forwarding Centralized and local forwarding
Wireless roaming Layer 2 and Layer 3 roaming
Wireless locating MU and TAG device locating

Security and Authentication
Authentication and encryption Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
PSK and web authentication
QR code-based guest authentication, SMS authentication, and MAC address bypass (MAB) authentication
Data encryption: WEP (64/128 bits), WPA (TKIP), WPA-PSK, WPA2 (AES), WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Individual
Data frame filtering Allowlist, static blocklist, and dynamic blocklist
WIDS Wireless Intrusion Detection System(WIDS)
User isolation
Rogue AP detection and containment
ACL IP standard ACL, MAC extended ACL, IP extended ACL, and expert-level ACL
IPv6 ACL
Time range-based ACL
ACL based on a Layer 2 interface
ACL based on a Layer 3 interface
Ingress ACL based on a wireless interface
Dynamic ACL assignment based on 802.1X authentication (used with the AC)
CPP CPU Protect Policy (CPP)
NFPP Network Foundation Protection Policy (NFPP)

Routing and Switching
MAC Static and filtered MAC addresses
MAC address table size: 2,048
Max. number of static MAC addresses: 2,048
Max. number of filtered MAC addresses: 2,048
Ethernet Jumbo frame length: 1,518
Full-duplex and half-duplex modes of interfaces
IEEE802.1p and IEEE802.1Q
Optical module information display, alarms about faults, and diagnosis parameter measurement (QSFP+/SFP+/SFP)
VLAN Interface-based VLAN assignment
Max. number of SVIs: 200
Max. number of VLANs: 4,094
VLAN ID range: 1–4,094
ARP ARP entry aging, gratuitous ARP learning, and proxy ARP
Identification of IP address conflict among downlink users
Max. number of ARP entries: 2,048
ARP check
IPv4 services Static and DHCP-assigned IPv4 addresses
NAT, FTP ALG and DNS ALG
IPv6 services IPv6 addressing, Neighbor Discovery (ND), ICMPv6, IPv6 ping
IPv6 DHCP client
DNSv6 client
TFTPv6 client
IP routing IPv4/IPv6 static route
Max. number of static IPv4 routes: 1,024
Max. number of static IPv6 routes: 1,000
Multicast Multicast-to-unicast conversion
VPN PPPoE client
IPsec VPN

Network Management and Monitoring
 

 

 

 

Network management NTP server and NTP client
SNTP client
SNMPv1/v2c/v3
Fault detection and alarm
Information statistics and logging
Network management platform Web management (Eweb)
User access management Console, Telnet, SSH, FTP client, FTP server, and TFTP client
Switchover among Fat, Fit, and cloud modes When the AP works in Fit mode, it can be switched to Fat mode through an AC.
When the AP works in Fat mode, it can be switched to Fit mode through the console port or Telnet mode.
When the AP works in cloud mode, it can be managed through Data General Cloud.
The following value-added software functions can be achieved with the WIS solution (used with DG-iData-WIS and wireless controller).

Value-added Software

Intelligent O&M
Experience Network operation analysis, such as device stability and signal coverage
Measuring users’ network experience based on indicators such as the latency, packet loss, signal strength, and channel utilization, and visualizing results of the network experience
Statistics on the number of online and offline failures of STAs associated with different APs, average signal strength, and other parameters
VIP monitoring and alarm, and custom alarm thresholds
STA global experience map and experience coverage evaluation based on the time range
STA access protocol replay and fine-grained STA fault diagnosis
Note: To support the preceding functions, ensure that the AP works in Fit mode.
Network optimization Network performance optimization, including one-click network optimization and scenario-based optimization
Client steering to cope with roaming stickiness, and experience indicator comparison
Client steering to cope with remote association, and experience indicator comparison
One-click diagnosis – analyzing problems and providing suggestions
Big data Baseline analysis – recording the configuration, version, and other changes, and tracking network KPI changes
Time capsule – analyzing the device version and configuration change history
Regional analysis Batch generation of building floor information – uploading floor plans, and dragging and dropping AP positions
One-click report One-click health report – generating a report on the overall operation of a network
Security radar Unauthorized Wi-Fi signal location, presentation by category, and containment

Cloud Management
Management and maintenance Uniformly connecting, managing, and maintaining APs, ACs, and other devices, batch device configuration and upgrade, and other functions
Deployment through Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) – creating configuration templates and automatically applying configured templates
One-click discovery of the wired and wireless network topology and topology generation

Cloud Authentication
Authentication mode SMS authentication, fixed account authentication, one-click authentication, Facebook authentication, Instagram authentication, voucher authentication, and other authentication modes
Authentication implemented in the cloud, without the need to deploy the local authentication server
Customized portal Customized Portal authentication page for mobile phones and PCs
SMS gateway Interconnection with SMS gateways of GUODULINK and Alibaba Cloud

Platform Capabilities
Big data capabilities Mainstream persistence solutions based on Hadoop, MongoDB, and MySQL, providing distributed storage capabilities
Spark-based big data computing capabilities
Data warehouse building based on Hive, and data model conversion, integration, and other functions
Hierarchy and decentralization Authorizing different applications for different users to meet service needs of different departments
Granting operation permissions to administrators in different scenarios
System management Account operation, authorization configuration, email configuration, configuration backup, exception alarms, and other system management functions
Note: For details, refer to the latest hybrid cloud management solution.

Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory compliance EN 55032, EN 55035, EN 61000-3-3, EN IEC 61000-3-2, EN 301 489-1, EN 301 489-3, EN 301 489-17, EN 300 328, EN 301 893, EN 300 440, FCC Part 15, ETSI EN 303 687, EN IEC 62311, IEC 62368-1, and EN 62368-1
* For more country-specific regulatory information and approvals, contact your local sales agency.