Arista C-460 Wi-Fi 7 Access Point

The Arista C-460 is the highest-specification Wi-Fi 7 indoor access point in the Cognitive Wi-Fi portfolio, combining three concurrent 4×4:4 MIMO access radios on 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz with a peak aggregate physical data rate of 11.5 Gbps, the highest wireless throughput available in the AP product line. A dedicated multi-function radio (MFR) handles WIPS monitoring and client connectivity testing; an integrated IoT radio supports IoT device aggregation independently from the three access radios; and an onboard GNSS receiver provides location data to CloudVision and to GPS-enabled devices connected through the AP. With 1280 simultaneous client association capacity distributed across all bands, the C-460 targets the highest-density enterprise environments: trading floors, large lecture theatres, convention centre exhibition halls, and stadium-tier venues where both the client count and per-client bandwidth demand simultaneously reach the limits of lower-specification APs.

Power draw is 41.8W, requiring 802.3bt PoE++ Class 6 at the upstream switch port, a requirement that also applies to the Arista 720XP series switches that carry built-in PoE++ at the campus access layer. Two 10 GbE uplink ports provide the wired connectivity headroom for 11.5 Gbps aggregate wireless capacity, with both ports PoE++ capable, and both usable for traffic distribution or link failover. Memory resources are 3 GB LPDDR4 RAM and 8 GB eMMC, matching the C-430 specification rather than the C-360's 2×1 GB DDR4 configuration, reflecting the higher memory bandwidth demands of 4×4:4 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 radio scheduling combined with on-AP CV-CUE management, IoT radio aggregation, and GNSS data processing running simultaneously. The operating temperature range of 0°C to 45°C covers commercial indoor environments, and the 5.75 dBi integrated antennas provide a wide coverage radius without requiring supplemental AP density at room edges.