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Catalyst 9800 CL WLC Maximum APs per site 100

guy.whitehouse@ft.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:52:00 GMT

The documentation on the Catalyst 9800 CL says maximum APs per site is 100

Is this correct ?

Does this mean i can only have 100 Ap's in a single office this seems small what would i do with an office of 200 AP's ?

Thank you

Re: Catalyst 9800 CL WLC Maximum APs per site 100

Mark Elsen — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:35:05 GMT

- Look at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/guide-c07-743627.html#Designingwithsitetagsinmind , (check text in bold) , so that is not an absolute restriction ,

Re: Catalyst 9800 CL WLC Maximum APs per site 100

jagan.chowdam — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:35:40 GMT

Small Cisco 9800-CL supports 1000 APs and 10,000 Clients.

I think you are referring to Cisco 9800-L hardware appliance, which supports

Maximum number of access points	250, 500 (with Performance license)
Maximum number of clients	5000, 10,000 (with Performance license)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/datasheet-c78-742434.html

If you are referring to Maximum APs per Site Tag

orm	Maximum number of APs per site tag^*
C9800-80, C9800-CL (medium and large)	1600
C9800-40	800
Any other C9800 platform	Equal to the maximum number of APs supported

Refer Cisco 9800 Best Practices Guide: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/guide-c07-743627.html

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Re: Catalyst 9800 CL WLC Maximum APs per site 100

guy.whitehouse@ft.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:58:38 GMT

Thanks

Re: Catalyst 9800 CL WLC Maximum APs per site 100

Arshad Safrulla — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:21:03 GMT

Hi I assume that you are referring to maximum number of FlexConnect APs per site, Below from Cisco document @Mark Elsen shared "For FlexConnect APs and related remote site tags, if seamless roaming is required, the limit is still 100 APs per site tag "

However, it must be noted that starting from 17.8.1 code in 9800s the scale has been increased and that now stands at 300. Below from 17.8.1 release notes

"From this release, the flex site site capacity has been scaled up to accommodate 300 APs and 3000 802.1x clients."

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/17-8/release-notes/rn-17-8-9800.html#:~:text=of%20current%20BSSID.-,FlexConnect,-High%20Scale%20Mode

Re: Catalyst 9800 CL WLC Maximum APs per site 100

guy.whitehouse@ft.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:11:01 GMT

Thank you