Cisco 3850 supported latest access points

[Kolapalliavinash@gmail.com]

Hi All,

We are proposing WS-3850-24T-L to our client with WLC features. As per cisco datasheet, supported access points 3600, 2600, 1100 series, But these AP's are end of sale. Present, which latest AP's are supporting? please suggest

As per latest IOS fuji 16.9.x, there is no information regarding supported AP's.

Thanks in advance.

[Leo Laohoo]

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Kolapalliavinash@gmail.com wrote:

We are proposing WS-3850-24T-L to our client with WLC features.

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Bad move.  No one is using the 3650/3850 as a WLC anymore.  Jerome Henry has openly admitted in 2017 that the 3650/3850/Sup8 was a "failure".  

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Kolapalliavinash@gmail.com wrote:

As per latest IOS fuji 16.9.x, there is no information regarding supported AP's.

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And there won't be.  Converged Wireless Access (CA) is not supported after 16.3.X.  

It is also stated in every Release Notes (including 16.9.X) that:

Converged Access (CA) is not supported beyond Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.x.

• On the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches, CA is supported in the Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.x software release, which has extended support for 40 months.

[balaji.bandi]

If this is new requirement, rather 3850 look at the models of Cat 9300 (similar to 3850)

here is the matrix that support for 3850

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3850/software/release/16-3/release_notes/ol-16-3-3850.html#pgfId-511253

before buying 3850 contact local SE or Partner who can help you with latest models for longer run and investment protection.

[Mikey Boy]

Do not use converged access anywhere if you can help it. We have a couple of large customers who invested heavily in it a few years ago. It has been nothing but trouble.

There is a reason Cisco are no longer pushing it and seem to be trying to sweep it under the carpet!

[Leo Laohoo]

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@Mikey Boy wrote:

There is a reason Cisco are no longer pushing it

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Converged Access 2.0 using the Catalyst 9K and, maybe, 17.1.1-Amsterdam.

[Mikey Boy]

Interesting, every Cisco conference I have been to seem pretty keen to say the new stuff is not converged access?

The embedded 9300 stuff is SD-Access only? Or is this something different you know of?

[Aldo.zavala@gmail.com]

Hi, many people mention the big trouble with converged access and how bad it was. But can please give me a real example of the actual problems with it? 

Is there a published document from cisco explaining that?

thanks!

[balaji.bandi]

converged access 

what is your defination of this ?

check what cisco mean of converged access  (old one but still helpful ? is this what you looking ?)

https://content.cisco.com/chapter.sjs?uri=/searchable/chapter/content/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3850/software/release/16-1/converged_access_deployement_guide/m_conAccess_deploy_guide/converged_access_solution_overview.html.xml

[Aldo.zavala@gmail.com]

 I will move my question to a new thread guys