topic Re: Wireless Lan Controller License in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/wireless-lan-controller-license/m-p/1643922#M79733 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Jean,</P><P></P><P>Welcome to CSC.</P><P></P><P>The new 5508 controller is LICENSE based. By this I mean you purchase the 5508 and then purchase the appropiate size license. You can add to these licenses as needed up to 500 access points.</P><P></P><P>As for the current 2100 and 4400 series controller they are HW based, which means you can not upgrade with liceses. If you wanted to go from say 25 access points to 100 you would be requried to purchase a new controller.</P><P></P><P>I hope this helps ...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:59:21 GMT George Stefanick 2011-03-09T22:59:21Z Wireless Lan Controller License https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/wireless-lan-controller-license/m-p/1643921#M79732 <P>Hi all,</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Just wondering whether the license for the wireless are hardware base of IOS base? For instance, if i buy a controller that can support up to 6 APs, later on can i upgrade the OS of the box to support update to 12 APs or do i absolutement have to buy hardware for up to 12 APs?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Eddy</P> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 02:56:10 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/wireless-lan-controller-license/m-p/1643921#M79732 Jean Paul Enerst 2021-07-04T02:56:10Z Re: Wireless Lan Controller License https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/wireless-lan-controller-license/m-p/1643922#M79733 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Jean,</P><P></P><P>Welcome to CSC.</P><P></P><P>The new 5508 controller is LICENSE based. By this I mean you purchase the 5508 and then purchase the appropiate size license. You can add to these licenses as needed up to 500 access points.</P><P></P><P>As for the current 2100 and 4400 series controller they are HW based, which means you can not upgrade with liceses. If you wanted to go from say 25 access points to 100 you would be requried to purchase a new controller.</P><P></P><P>I hope this helps ...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:59:21 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/wireless-lan-controller-license/m-p/1643922#M79733 George Stefanick 2011-03-09T22:59:21Z