topic Re: Incompatible WLC and APs in Wireless

Incompatible WLC and APs

navydivervet — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:39:26 GMT

Need to build a temporary Wireless solution, until newly-ordered hardware arrives. From stock, I have Cisco 4400 WLCs, and Cisco 3802 APs. What's my best deployment method with what I have available? I only need this solution for a few weeks.

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

Flavio Miranda — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:48:49 GMT

Unfortunatelly you can´t. The first release for this AP is 8.2 and 4400 stops ni 7.0

3800 Series	AIR-AP3802E-x-K9	8.2.110.0	—	Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1	—
	AIR-AP3802I-x-K9		—		—
	AIR-AP3802P-x-K9		—		—

Cisco Controller Platform	First Support	Last Support
2100	4.2.x	7.x
2504	7.0.x	8.5
3504	8.5	—
4400	4.2.x	7.x

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

balaji.bandi — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:51:12 GMT

If you cat 9300 switch, you can use that switch as WLC controller, or build temporary VM which support your AP for stop gap.

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

navydivervet — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:54:51 GMT

Yes, I was weighing this option, but was curious if the APs could be used as standalone somehow

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

navydivervet — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:58:40 GMT

I was aware and was hoping for some type of workaround. I do have 9300 switches, so have considered that. Is there any solution where I could run the APs without a wlc? Mobility express possibly?

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

Leo Laohoo — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:14:46 GMT

Turn the 3800 into a controller using Mobility Express firmware.

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

Flavio Miranda — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:27:41 GMT

Yes, you can run ME. You can also run a temporary virtual WLC, if possible for you. You can also run a Embedded WLC on the 9300 switch.

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

alirafaleiro — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:31:49 GMT

The wireless access point (AP) has lost the intelligent characteristic, while the wireless access controller turns into the new brain for WLAN. In the case of the Wireless LAN network, also known as WLAN, you can use the WLC or Wireless LAN Controller, whose purpose is to centralize the control of Access Points (APs).

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/compatibility/matrix/compatibility-matrix.html

Re: Incompatible WLC and APs

Arshad Safrulla — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:38:18 GMT

Does all your AP's have DNA/Network licenses? Can you see these licenses in your smart account? If yes you can download the 9800-CL and deploy it on a supported hypervisor. Obviously you will have to run your WLC without support, but still this is better than running ME or EWC in switches as this will give you ease of migration to the new Catalyst (I assume pending WLC is catalyst as other's are EOS) WLC arrives.