Contec has developed eight new wireless LAN units certified for wireless use in various countries around the world (embedded card-type FXE5000 models and resin case-type FXA5020 and FXS5000 models). These new models will be shipped as FLEXLAN FX5000 Series products starting in April 2025.

The FLEXLAN FX5000 Series of wireless LAN access point devices are compliant with the new Wi-Fi 6E (IEEE 802.11ax) wireless LAN standard, and the adoption of new OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO), and Spatial Reuse technologies allow for 1.2 times faster communication speeds compared with previous Wi-Fi 5 (IEEE 802.11ac) products. Throughput degradation and delays common when using numerous slave stations at once have also been significantly reduced. Moreover, in addition to the existing 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, these new products can also be used in the 6 GHz(*1) band for reduced radio interference, creating a faster and more stable communication environment.

When exporting or manufacturing and selling devices with wireless LAN overseas, companies must obtain and display wireless certification as necessary for the target country, and selecting, verifying operation, and managing the procurement of wireless LAN units for each export destination can be incredibly costly. FLEXLAN FX5000 Series products, however, are already certified for wireless use in many countries around the world. Introducing wireless LAN units into the FLEXLAN FX5000 Series leads to major reductions in development and operation costs.

Main Features

• High-speed, low-latency Wi-Fi 6E (IEEE 802.11ax) communication

  With data transmission and reception speeds reaching over 1 Gbps, effective throughput is significantly faster than Wi-Fi 5’s 800 Mbps (1.2 times faster). Adoption of new technologies such as OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) and MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO) have also helped significantly reduce throughput degradation and delays common when using numerous slave stations at once. Moreover, in addition to the existing 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, these new products can also be used in the 6 GHz(*1) band for reduced radio interference, creating a faster and more stable communication environment.

• Usable as stations (slave stations), access points (master stations), or repeaters (relay stations)

  By switching the operation mode, these products can be used as not only stations (slave stations) but also as access points (master stations) or repeaters (relay stations). The dual station function also allows for simultaneous use through 5 GHz/6 GHz (*1)and 2.4 GHz interfaces.

• Featuring WSL proprietary encryption technology usable in combination with WPA3, WPA2, WPA, and WEP

  In addition to certifications for advanced WPA3/WPA2/WPA and IEEE802.1X security standards, these products are also equipped with Contec’s proprietary “WSL” encryption technology, which can be used at the same time. MAC address filtering and ESSID hiding are also supported.

• Wide variety of functions, including VLAN and virtual AP

  These products are equipped with VLAN functionality (*2) for constructing virtual networks, and virtual AP functionality for operating one AP as multiple virtual APs with different security settings. Saving of large-capacity event logs is also possible.

• *1
  The FXA5020 series overseas cannot be used the 6GHz band. Only Japan model are supported.
• *2
  VLAN functionality will be supported in a future firmware version upgrade.

Product Information Pages

• FXA5020
• FXS5000
• FXE5000

Related Links

• FLEXLAN IoT Industrial IoT Networks
• FLEXLAN Wireless LAN

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