Fortinet FAP-U43 F Series Quick reference guide

Fortinet FAP-U43xF
Deployment Guide
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Table of Contents i
About FAP-U43xF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Default Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Supported Controller Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Deployment Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
802.11ax Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
WLAN Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Clients per AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Signal Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SNR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Switch and PoE Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
FAP-U43xF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mounting FAP-U43xF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Antenna Radiation Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Table of Contentsii
Wall/Ceiling Mounting FAP-U43xF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Planning AP Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sitesurvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enabling Sitesurvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Disabling Sitesurvey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting Country Code and Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting Inactivity Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring SSID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Enable or Disable Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configure Sitesurvey Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting the Tx Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Save Sitesurvey Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Viewing Sitesurvey Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About AP Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
AP Placement Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
One-for-One AP Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
AP Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
AP Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.4 GHz vs. 5 GHz Signal Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Migrating to FAP-U43xF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
General Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Migrating from 11a/b/g/n/ac MCA/SCA Networks to 11ax MCA Networks 25
Validating Coverage Post-Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Network Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Migrating in FortiWLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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1About FAP-U43xF
The FortiAP-U431F and FortiAP-U433F indoor access points are 802.11ax, 4x4 MIMO, tri-
radio, dual band (2.4GHz/5GHz) access points and are compliant with the IEEE 802.3at PoE
specifications. These access points are delivered with dual redundant PoE Ethernet ports and
ten internal and external antennas respectively.
Note: FAP-U43xF access points are NOT compliant with IEEE 802.3af PoE specifications. If
the FAP-U detects an 802.3af power source, the radios will be disabled.
FortiAP-U43xF supports configuring two radio interfaces in the 5GHz band. This option is sup-
ported for FAP-U43xF ONLY and is disabled by default;
The FAP supports MCA (Multi-Channel architecture) deployment options, such as MCA with
ARRP (Auto Radio Resource Provisioning). The APs are designed to meet the requirements
for even the most challenging deployment scenarios, ) providing greater bandwidths in high
density networks and enhancing user experience in data, voice, and video applications in
enterprise class deployments.
The FAP-U43xF is compatible with FortiWLC enterprise wireless LAN controllers, integrated
FortiGate enterprise firewall LAN controllers, and FortiAPCloud management platform.
Note: ARRP is disabled by default.

Default Radio Settings2
The FAP-U43xF radios include the following capabilities:
•Supports Universal Access
•Management from on-premise to cloud management
•IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax compliant, 20/40/80/160 MHz channels DL and UL OFDMA.
•802.11ax technology with data rates of up to 4.8 Gbps (4809.3Mbps MCS11 4x4 160Mhz).
•4x4 MU-MIMO (up to 4 streams) technology improves client throughput and range
•Modulation up to 1024 QAM
•Integrated with Fortinet Security Fabric
Default Radio Settings
•Interface 1 defaults to 2.4 GHz 11ax (channel 6, 20 MHz width)
•Interface 2 defaults to 5 GHz 11ax (channel 36, 80 MHz width)
•Interface 3 defaults to dual band scanning
Ethernet Ports
•Supports two Gig-E ports, labeled LAN1 and LAN2
•Auto-negotiation supported
•LAN1 2.5G & LAN2 1GEthernet Port (RJ-45) Gigabit Ethernet port with Power over Ethernet
(PoE)
AP Model Wireless Wired Antenna
FAP-U431F Tri-Radio: 802.11ax/ac/abgn
4x4:4
1 interface: 10/100/
1000/2500 Mbps
1 interfaces: 10/100/
1000 Mbps
Internal
FAP-U433F Tri-Radio: 802.11ax/ac/abgn
4x4:4
1 interface: 10/100/
1000/2500 Mbps
1 interfaces: 10/100/
1000 Mbps
External

Power 3
•Console Port (RJ-45) - Optional management computer connection. Provides access to the
Command-Line Interface (CLI)
•LACP supported (static Link aggregation not supported).
Power
•802.3at (25 Watts)
•External power supply: 12V/3A DC
•Power consumption: 23.6 Watts
Supported Controller Types
FAP-U433F and FAP-U431F are compatible with FortiWLC enterprise wireless LAN control-
lers, integrated FortiGate enterprise firewall LAN controllers, and FortiAPCloud management
platform.
•If FortiWLC controller is discovered, the unit continues booting up with the default FortiWLC
image.
•If the FortiGate controller or the FortiAPCloud management platform is discovered, the unit
reboots with the FortiAP image.

Supported Controller Types4