topic Re: WIFI planning in Wireless

WIFI planning

ZakmanZ — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:17:55 GMT

I've worked with the AiroNet 1830's and 50's for a little while now, but they've all been on a single LAN, I would like to use the same AP's to offer both public and private access. I assume I'd need a layer 3 switch to do this? If so, how complicated is the configuration and would I need any other equipment?

Re: WIFI planning

Leo Laohoo — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:21:34 GMT

You will need a Layer 3 appliance (router or a layer 3 switch) to start.
Complexity will depend on the design and the requirement.

Re: WIFI planning

ZakmanZ — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:16:05 GMT

Thanks! I'm trying to keep this as simple as possible. If we're only doing public and private (no special groups), can I get away with creating two VLAN's and route two different IP schemes? Again, we are trying to use all of our 1832i's that are currently a private WIFI and setup public access using the same. Are you saying that this would work or are we going to need anything else?

Re: WIFI planning

Scott Fella — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 04:14:55 GMT

Like Leo mentioned you will need a L3 device. Is your private wireless on the same subnet as the wired? If not, then you already have L3 and you will just need to add the new subnet.

Re: WIFI planning

ZakmanZ — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 05:22:26 GMT

The private Wi-Fi is on the local subnet. That’s why I figured I would need to do something Vlanning. I just haven’t tried this before. It’s for a nonprofit and a e were able to get the Cisco AP’s pretty cheap, but the switch might get expensive. I know this is a Cisco forum, but could anybody me recommend a low cost product that can also do POE? We would probably need about 6 ports.

Re: WIFI planning

Scott Fella — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:15:26 GMT

Don’t really know what’s out there. You can try eBay and or I know some vendors like Cisco has provided olde equipment to non-profits. Don’t know what the process is however.

Re: WIFI planning

ZakmanZ — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:25:09 GMT

Thank you all! I've found a few devices out there, but their all weird brand names. Tech Soup is where we were getting most of the products, but the Cisco switches are pricy compared to some third party devices. I guess I'm just looking for confirmation that the layer 3 switch is enough to make this scenario work.

Re: WIFI planning

patoberli — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:24:21 GMT

Check some of the Ubiquiti routers, but make sure that they would have POE+ or alternatively get a switch that supports POE+ and a cheap ER-X router. It has combined throughput of ~1 Gbps, be aware of that. That's what I have at home atm.

Re: WIFI planning

ZakmanZ — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:46:09 GMT

Thank you! Thank you all for your suggestions!