Arista C-230 Wi-Fi 6 Access Point

The Arista C-230 is a Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) indoor access point designed for mid-density enterprise environments: open-plan offices, classrooms, retail floor areas, and hotel common areas where client density per AP is in the dozens rather than hundreds. Its 5GHz radio runs a 4×4:4 MIMO configuration capable of serving 4 simultaneous spatial streams to up to 8 MU-MIMO clients per transmission interval, and its 2.4GHz radio runs a 2×2:2 MIMO configuration providing backward-compatible coverage for IoT devices, Bluetooth peripherals, and Wi-Fi 5 and older clients. An integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio supports proximity-based wayfinding, asset location services, and BLE-based IoT sensor aggregation, functions that previously required a separate BLE infrastructure deployed alongside the Wi-Fi network.

Processing is handled by a Qualcomm IPQ8071A quad-core ARM processor running at 1 GHz with 1 GB of RAM and 512 MB of flash storage, providing sufficient compute for Arista CV-CUE management, local QoS enforcement, and captive portal operation without requiring a centralised controller for common wireless service functions. The uplink configuration is notable: a 5 GbE primary port and a separate 1 GbE port allow the AP to connect to two physical switch ports simultaneously, the 5 GbE port for primary high-throughput traffic and the 1 GbE port for management traffic isolation or link redundancy. Both ports are PoE compatible, with the 5 GbE port accepting 802.3bt PoE++ at up to 30.8W and a 12V DC input available as an alternative power source in installations where PoE infrastructure is not present.