topic Wifi Extender in Wireless

Wifi Extender

moosas001 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:15:28 GMT

Hi,

I have the below controller and AP'S

AIR-CT5760 controller (03.06.05E RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)) and ap AIR-CAP3702I-E-K9 .Some places I cannot pull cables . Shall i put extender ? .

If yes what can I convert existing AP'S as extender or else do we need to buy new AP's

Thanks

Re: Wifi Extender

balaji.bandi — Mon, 03 May 2021 08:26:44 GMT

WGB is the normal deployment to extend Wifi

use below guide :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/aironet-1200-series/68472-configure-wgb-00.html

Re: Wifi Extender

moosas001 — Mon, 03 May 2021 08:38:53 GMT

Hi,

As I understand the wgb is recommended for devices like printer which does not have wireless nic . It can connect to a switch and switch and switch will be connected to an AP which is configured as bridge .

In my cases I want t o connect wireless clients not wired clients

Thanks

Re: Wifi Extender

saravlak — Mon, 03 May 2021 08:42:23 GMT

3700s can work as Mesh.

Re: Wifi Extender

moosas001 — Mon, 03 May 2021 09:06:17 GMT

Hi,

Do i need to disconnect the AP from the controller and convert to standalone to make it rootap ?

Thanks

Re: Wifi Extender

saravlak — Mon, 03 May 2021 09:20:41 GMT

yes, it needs to be converted to RootAP and MeshAP depends on the design.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/8-5/config-guide/b_cg85/connecting-mesh-aps.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/mesh/8-0/design/guide/mesh80/Connecting_the_Cisco_1500_Series_Mesh_Access_Points_to_the_Network.html

search url - https://www.google.com/search?q=configure+cisco+mesh+ap&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS931US931&oq=configure+cisco+mesh&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i22i30.6674j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Re: Wifi Extender

Scott Fella — Mon, 03 May 2021 16:18:44 GMT

Keep in mind that the root AP and the mesh AP needs to have a good connection to work well. You can't just place the MAP far away with obstruction between the two as that will not work. So look at where you can place the RAP and the MAP to see if you might need to have more than one hop to cover the area. Now, I have never used Converged Access, so I can't tell you how well that will work with MESH and if that will even work. CA has been abandoned in favor of IOS-XE. Maybe the 9800-CL which is a free software download that you can test out on ESXi or Hyper-V. Don't really know your situation, but something to look into.