Mix Access Points of different families in the same environment

[geredmpsc]

Hi,

I'm procuring access points to add to our existing environment.

Currently we have 3502i and 3602i.

There is any downsides of mixing 3502i and 3602i with 2802i or 3802i in the same area, building or floor?

Please note that we use a centralized 5508 controller to all of our locations and we have nearly 500 access points and 5000 wireless clients.

[Rasika Nayanajith]

I do not see any major drawbacks of doing that.

Since 2800/3800 are new AP model, current software codes have more issues with those compare to older AP models. Refer release notes for more details. I would go with 8.2.160.0 considering stability

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/wireless/wireless-lan-controller-software/products-release-notes-list.html

HTH

Rasika

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