topic Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points in Wireless

About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

M Tech — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:06:09 GMT

Hello Experts,

We are a small org with mix of fifty Aironet 3702s and 3802s access points managed by 5508 dual controller in HA setup.

This summer we are planning to upgrade it with Embedded Wireless Controller (EWC) running on Catalyst 9130AX access point.

Question 1: EWC datasheet says that it supports all 802.11c Wave1 and Wave2 Aironets, but doesn't list AP series. We would like to confirm that it supports Aironet 3702s and 3802s.

Question 2: Also, would like to confirm that active+standby HA controller configuration can be setup with two Catalyst 9130AX access points

Thanks you so much!

Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

balaji.bandi — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:30:12 GMT

Question 1: EWC datasheet says that it supports all 802.11c Wave1 and Wave2 Aironets, but doesn't list AP series. We would like to confirm that it supports Aironet 3702s and 3802s.

I believe they support, i do not have in hand document one of the Cisco Live presentation have mentioned they support:

3700 wave 1 and 3800 support wave 2

Question 2: Also, would like to confirm that active+standby  HA controller configuration can be setup with two Catalyst 9130AX access points

check below guide :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/embedded-wireless-controller-catalyst-access-points/white-paper-c11-743398.html

Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

Flavio Miranda — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:47:13 GMT

Find below supported APs.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/embedded-wireless-controller-on-catalyst-access-points/215303-embedded-wireless-controller-conversion.html

Table below lists all the images and corresponding AP models:

AP Model	Image File Name
AP1815, AP154x	ap1g5
AP180x, AP183x, AP185x	ap1g4
C9115, C9120	ap1g7
C9117	ap1g6
C9130	ap1g6a
AP380x, AP280x, AP156x	ap3g3

Note: Only Cisco Catalyst 9000 series APs are capable of running EWC code. All other APs in the table above are capable of only joining EWC.

Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

M Tech — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:09:00 GMT

Thank you very much for your reply.

Sorry, if I didn't make my question clear. I would like to confirm if I can join Aironet 3702s and 3802s to EWC running on Catalyst 9130AX access point which is functioning in controller mode.

Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

Mark Elsen — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:32:40 GMT

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

Look at Table 5 . seems like 3702s won't work.

Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

M Tech — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:41:23 GMT

Big thanks Mr. Marce! It is much appreciated.

This is exactly what I was looking for.

Re: About APs supported on EWC on Catalyst Access Points

michael Helmbo — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:31:42 GMT

This doesn't seem correct as 17.3.6 and lower does seem to include 3700 AP's

It seems like "something" happened between 17.3.6 and 17.4.1 and since then 3700 lost support, maybe someone can elaborate on this