Cisco 9117 & 9115 (What's the difference?)

[Jay233]

Guys.

What's the difference between Cisco's marketing of compatible (9117) and certifiable (9115/9120), I know the 9115 and 9120 have been Wi-Fi 6 certified but where does that leave the 9117?

Are the 9117 and 9115 recommended to be deployed together? So both AP's support AX clients?

Cheers,

[Jay233]

All,

Found this on the web:

Note: there is one Catalyst access point missing from the list of Cisco certified access points. The Catalyst 9117 Access Point is an early-stage Wi-Fi 6 product and is the one Wi-Fi 6 AP that is not certified due to a known chipset hardware limitation.

What does this mean? What is the hardware limitation mentioned?

So does this mean that mixed 9117 and 9115 deployments wont work as an 802.11AX deployment?