Cisco 1142 WAP Connection Help

[Thermopylae]

We have a Cisco 1142 WAP connected to a Cisco Wireless Controller in a remote office area.  For meetings we wanted to have more hard wired connections in addition to Wifi access for attendee's / presentors etc..My question is if we purchased a Cisco 8 port POE mini switch and put that in the middle between the WAP and Controller would that work?  Or is there another business grade solution for a mix of Ethernet ports and Wifi?

[Stephen Rodriguez · Accepted solution]

to make sure I understand, you want to put the 8 port switch, into the port the AP is connected to, then plug the AP into the 8 port.  is that correct?

If so, that would work.  Might be the better solution for adding some ports into a conference room, than pulling more cable.

HTH,

Steve

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[Thermopylae]

Thanks Steve, yes that's correct..Much appreciated.

Mike

[Leo Laohoo]

Yes, sir.  This will work.  The only "problem" I see is your 8 port PoE switch.  Let me explain:

The good part about Cisco's 8-port PoE switches, the WS-C3560-8PC, is that it is FANLESS.  So even if you stick the switch right inside this conference or meeting room, no one will notice it's there (unless of course, one steps on the hot surface or gives the appliance a good kick).

This model has a 1Gig SFP or RJ45 port uplink.

Now the downside is not really that significant, unless you want to be pedantic about it.  The access ports are all 10/100BaseTX only.  

By the way, I have no way of testing the "compact" series of the 2960C and the 3560C.  The Data Sheet itself is a bit "grey" so I won't make a comment about these two models.