Hello Leo,
Need help with configuration of Access points.
Following is the way my network is. I have one Juniper Srx 210 configured by ISP for internet on fiber. two ports are configured for Staff and students as Vlans. I have further attached one POE switch with Student Vlan (this is a managed switch, but I havent done anything on it yet, just connected to Juniper). 4 Access points are attached to this POE switch. The access points i have are Cisco Access Points 1602i AIR-SAP1602I-Z-K9 . I have 100 Mbps bandwidth speed but these access points are providing the speed between 17 to 25 Mbps. Can you please tell me where I am gone wrong. I am using 2 access points per floor and almost 100 people will access internet same time.
Second, I was thinking of managing access points using Wlan Controller. (Cisco Air CT2504 Wireless 4 x RJ45 LAN Controller). When I asked my supplier then he asked me to do the following:
First he told me that: I believe the access points may need an additional license to work with the LAN controller.
Then later he told me that: You just need to convert the Access points to autonomous mode.
I found on internet that :
a cisco autonomous access point basically runs on its own while a lightweight access point uses a centralized device called a wireless lan controller to get its configuration. autonomous access points are managed individually, while the lightweight access points can be managed centrally. also, the switchport configurations to support both types of access points will differ.
Now I am confuse here. Should I go for Wlan controller. As per above statement, if in autonomous mode, access points will work individually then I am using those access points in same way (individually) without Wlan controller.
OR, is it that Wlan controller web page or software will show these access points individually and will enable user to managed them Graphically.
I dont know how it is.
Please advice what should I do.
I shall be thankful to you.
