Grandstream GWN7660ELR Outdoor Wi-Fi 6 Access Point, IP68, SFP, 300 m

Overview

The Grandstream GWN7660ELR brings Wi-Fi 6 outdoors, for campuses, factory yards, resorts, parks, car parks and building perimeters. It is an outdoor long-range (LR) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) access point in an IP68 weatherproof housing, with 2×2 radios on both bands, 160 MHz support on 5 GHz, up to 300 m coverage, Bluetooth Low Energy and a 2.5 Gigabit SFP (small form-factor pluggable) port so it can be fed over fibre where a copper run would be too long.

Is it right for you?

• Suits open outdoor areas where one unit must cover up to 300 m with Wi-Fi 6.
• Choose it when the unit is far from the switch and fibre is the practical link; the SFP port carries data while PoE on the RJ45 port supplies power.
• For higher capacity outdoors, the GWN7664ELR has 4×4 radios.
• It works from -30 to 60 °C.

Key features

• IP68 weatherproof rating, so it withstands rain and dust outdoors.
• Up to 300 m coverage with five internal antennas: two 5.5 dBi for 2.4 GHz, two 6 dBi for 5 GHz and one for Bluetooth.
• 2×2:2 radios on both bands with OFDMA, about 3 Gbps combined, 256 concurrent devices.
• 1 Gigabit RJ45 port with Power over Ethernet (PoE) input and 1 x 2.5G SFP port for fibre.
• Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 radio.
• 32 network names (SSIDs), 16 per radio.
• Body of 270 x 230 x 57 mm, 1 kg including brackets.

What else you need

• An 802.3af or 802.3at PoE switch or injector on the RJ45 port; it draws up to 13 W and no power adapter is in the box. A fibre-fed location still needs a PoE source or injector nearby.
• If you use the fibre port, an SFP module, which is not included.
• Outdoor-rated cable, and a wall or pole to mount it on.

Installation

Mount it on a wall or pole with the kit in the box. The bracket adjusts and rotates by 60 degrees so coverage can be aimed. A network installer should fit it and handle the outdoor cabling.

Software and licences

Set it up from its own web interface, which also works as a controller for up to 50 GWN access points on the same network. For several buildings or remote management, use GDMS Networking (Grandstream Device Management System, a cloud service) or GWN Manager (software you run on your own server). Grandstream offers both at no charge, and no licence is needed.

Before you buy

• The SFP module is not included.
• Power comes over the RJ45 port via 802.3af/at PoE, 13 W maximum, so a fibre-fed site still needs a PoE source or injector nearby.
• No power adapter is in the box.