HP AP-565 Aruba 802.11ax Outdoor Wireless Access Point

The HP Aruba AP-565 is an 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) outdoor wireless access point rated for 1.73 Gbps combined wireless throughput. That 1.73 Gbps figure represents the aggregate across the AP's radio chains under optimal RF conditions — what it means operationally is that the AP-565 can service a large number of simultaneous Wi-Fi 6 clients with significantly lower latency and better per-client throughput than an 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) predecessor. The multi-gigabit wired uplink — specified at up to 10x standard Ethernet — ensures the backhaul infrastructure keeps pace with the wireless capacity, a critical design consideration when deploying Wi-Fi 6 APs that can genuinely saturate a 1 Gbps uplink in dense environments. Data encryption is built in, and the weatherproof, temperature-hardened enclosure is engineered for permanent exterior mounting where indoor-rated hardware would fail within a season.

The AP-565 is purpose-built for enterprise outdoor deployments: stadium concourses, university campuses, corporate courtyards, warehouses with exterior coverage requirements, and hospitality properties where outdoor guest Wi-Fi is a service expectation. It is wall-mountable and PoE-compatible, meaning a single Cat6A run from a PoE switch handles both power and data — a major simplification for installations where running 120V to a mounting point is cost-prohibitive. This is not a consumer or prosumer device. Deployment requires Aruba controller infrastructure or an Aruba Central cloud management subscription, and configuration belongs in the hands of a network administrator familiar with the Aruba ecosystem. For organizations already running Aruba managed wireless, the AP-565 is a direct fit. For everyone else, the management overhead is a real barrier to entry.