Seperate WLC for guest and corporate network for one AP

[adeebtaqui]

Can one access point associate with 2 seperate wlc's.

For example, can AP-a be associated with corporate network WLC for access to corporate network and a dedicated guest WLC for only guest access.

Customer wants a seperate wlc deicated for guest access. Is this a possible ? If yes then is it not better to have only wlc that can provide guest and corporate access simultaneously

[Sathiyanarayanan Ravindran]

Hi @adeebtaqui ,

Single AP can't associate with Multiple controllers at a time. For your requirement you have use the mobility anchor concept.

Please refer this Cisco Unified Wireless Network Guest Access Services for the same.

HTH

[Leo Laohoo]

You can with Anchor Controller.

[balaji.bandi]

You can have any old 55XX  controllers add them as Anchor, deployed many sites like this rather using new hardware. like WLC 85XX or new Cat 98XX

[adeebtaqui]

Can you please elaborate more about this? Is there any document that I can refer to for understanding?

As per your experience and knowledge, which is better, to have a separate dedicated wlc for guest or to just use one wireless controller for corporate and guest.

Can you please share about how to add to cisco wlc , sms notification for  Guest access with login credentials  

[balaji.bandi]

It all depends in Environment, what you have backend, you have ISE for the self registration portal

some people use Local authentication with Prime for pre-defined user created and supplied on demand basis to use with expiry date.

If you looking to send SMS, that means self provisioning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g_smhZKF14

If you have ISE in place, here is the good place to start

https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-documents/ise-community-resources/ta-p/3621621#Resources