01-11-2019 02:56 PM
Hi all,
Let's say i have 2 Cisco 3560 CX L3 switches connected via their sfp ports, and each switch has 2 cisco 3802i access points on them. With just these products and not buying anything else (no router) can i set up 7 VLAN networks, with 2 of the VLAN networks having cisco 3802i access points from both switches, and every cisco 3802i access point being in atmost 4 VLAN networks (atmost 4 for 2.4 Ghz and atmost 4 for 5 Ghz)? Is it ok that one of the 2 VLAN networks that has 3802i access points from both switches is the guest network?
Steve
01-11-2019 03:54 PM
@Steve32 wrote:
Let's say i have 2 Cisco 3560 CX L3 switches connected via their sfp ports, and each switch has 2 cisco 3802i access points on them. With just these products and not buying anything else (no router) can i set up 7 VLAN networks, with 2 of the VLAN networks having cisco 3802i access points from both switches, and every cisco 3802i access point being in atmost 4 VLAN networks (atmost 4 for 2.4 Ghz and atmost 4 for 5 Ghz)? Is it ok that one of the 2 VLAN networks that has 3802i access points from both switches is the guest network?
The one (or both) of the APs can be loaded with Cisco Mobility Express firmware and turning the AP into a WLC (with limited functionality).
For obvious reasons, the AP that is the WLC will be connected to a Trunk port.
01-12-2019 02:26 AM
01-12-2019 02:29 AM
01-12-2019 03:05 AM
@Steve32 wrote:
My idea is to have the entire system be four 3802i APs, one 3560 CX-8XPD-S switch, and one Catalyst 9200L-24P-4G-A switch (each switch would have 2 APs connected to it). The 2 switches will be about 500 feet apart, connected via single mode fiber optic cables.
500 feet = 152.4 meters.
This kind of distance will work with multi-mode fibre. Single-mode fibre is expensive. Single-mode optical module is double the price of a multi-mode optic.
@Steve32 wrote:
1) Can I connect the 2 switches by getting 2 SFP SM modules and plugging in the SM fiber into the SFP ports of both switches? Since they are both SFP uplinks, do I have to flip the order of the 2 LC connectors on the second switch?
Yes, this will work.
@Steve32 wrote:
3) The internet from the ISP comes via a cat6 cable. Do I plug this into the 1st RJ-45 port of the 3560 CX switch?
Any port will do. Enable spanning-tree portfast.
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