What is OpenWiFi?

Seperating Access Point Hardware from Software

OpenWiFi is a community-developed, open-source Wi-Fi software system that features a disaggregated structure. This system comprises a cloud controller SDK and enterprise-grade Access Point (AP) firmware, which have been meticulously designed and validated to function harmoniously together.

To learn more about the features, benefits and applications of OpenWiFi, listen to our podcast "OpenWiFi: The Future of Seamless & Scalable Enterprise Connectivity" where we interviewed Jack RaynorSenior Technology Consultant at Meta, and Co-Chair of the TIP OpenWiFi Project and Andrew Westerman, Vice President, International Sales, IO by HFCL on this topic.

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Use Cases

ISPs

Service Providers

MDUs

MDUs

Hospitality

Hospitality

Enterprises

Enterprises

WiFi for Venues

Venues/Arenas

WiFi for Education

Education

Wi-Fi 7 & Wi-Fi 6 Access Points

ion12xi

ion12xi
Wi-Fi 7 Tri Radio 4x4:4 Indoor Access Point

  • World’s First Open source Wi-Fi 7 Access Point
  • Concurrent Tri-Radio Offering Data Rate up to 10.75 Gbps
  • 5 dBi Integrated Omnidirectional antenna optimized for maximum coverage and range
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EAP101

EAP101
Wi-Fi 6 Indoor Access Point

  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 2×2:2 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE/ Zigbee
  • 1 x 2.5GbE PoE WAN
  • 2 x 1GbE LAN

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EAP102

EAP102
Wi-Fi 6 Indoor Access Point

  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 4×4:4 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE
  • 1 x 2.5GbE PoE WAN
  • 1 x 1GbE LAN

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EAP104

EAP104
Wi-Fi 6 Indoor Access Point

  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 2×2:2 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE/Zigbee
  • 1 x 1GbE PoE WAN
  • 4 x 1GbE with 1 x PoE Out LAN

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EAP104 Lite

EAP104 Lite
Wi-Fi 6 Indoor Access Point

  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 2×2:2 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE/Zigbee
  • 4 x 1GbE
  • Support ecCLOUD

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ion4xi

ion4xi
Wi-Fi 6 Dual Band 2x2:2 Indoor Access Point

  • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ac Wave2/ax
  • 1.78 Gbps aggregate throughput
  • 2X2:2 MU-MIMO
  • Up to 26 dBm transmit power, combined with high gain integrated omnidirectional antennas
  • 1024 concurrent client support
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ion4x

ion4x
Wi-Fi 6 Dual Band 2x2:2 Outdoor Access Point

  • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ac Wave2/ax
  • 1.78 Gbps aggregate throughput
  • 2X2:2 MU-MIMO
  • Integrated directional antennas with an option for 8 or 14 dBi gain
  • IP67 Certified
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Wi-Fi 5 Access Points

ECW5211-L

ECW5211-L
Wi-Fi 5 Indoor Access Point

  • 802.11ac Wave2
  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 2×2:2 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE
  • 1 x GbE PoE WAN
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ECW5410-L

ECW5410-L
Wi-Fi 5 Indoor Access Point

  • 802.11ac Wave2
  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 4×4:4 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE
  • 1 x GbE PoE WAN
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OAP100

OAP100
Wi-Fi 5 Outdoor Access Point

  • 802.11ac Wave2
  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 2×2:2 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE
  • Support LTE (optional)
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OAP100e

OAP100e
Wi-Fi 5 Outdoor Access Point

  • 802.11ac Wave2
  • Concurrent Dual-Band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
  • 2×2:2 UL MU-MIMO
  • Support BLE
  • 1 x GbE PoE WAN
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The OpenWiFi software tech stack incorporates advanced Enterprise and Carrier-grade features, including open, standardized APIs and data models (AP & Controller); scalable mobility & Wi-Fi meshing; extensible Radio Resource Management (RRM); Passpoint (802.11u) and OpenRoaming; configuration, telemetry & analytics, and much more.
 

The community oversees and ensures OpenWiFi based products are compliant with the software tech stack.

Compliance testing includes:

  • Each access point hardware SKU passes software capability testing
  • Cloud solutions can interwork with any OpenWiFi compliant access point
  • Software products properly implement the OpenWiFi cloud controller SDK northbound API
  • Multi-vendor OpenWiFi networks interoperate as expected. (meshing, RRM, etc.)

OpenWiFi is an open sourced, community-developed, disaggregated Wi-Fi software system. The system includes a cloud controller SDK and an Enterprise-grade Access Point (AP) firmware, designed and validated to work seamlessly together.

Videos

Unboxing Edgecore's OpenWiFi Access Points

Unboxing OpenWiFi

Podcasts

Open Wi-Fi interview with Meta, TIP, and IO by HFCL

Podcast on OpenWiFi

How Tos

Getting Started
with OpenWiFi

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