Cisco AP "Bridge"

[Heinz]

Good Day,

Have a Mikrotik Bridge (AP) connected to the client's WLC. (Static Bridge IP & PSK Configured On Mikrotik)

Printer connects via Ethernet to Bridge (Static IP on Printer)

Looking to replace the Mikrotik's with Cisco equivalent(s)

Asking for Cisco AP "bridge" recommendations

Thanks & Regards   

[Leo Laohoo]

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@Heinz wrote:

Asking for Cisco AP "bridge" recommendations

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Depends on what the bridge is going to be do/doing.

[Heinz]

Good Day,
This bridge needs to connect to a pre-configured PSK SSID configured on the WLC, and then a printer needs to connect to the Cisco bridge in order for the users to print.

[Leo Laohoo]

What is the distance between the two?

Is there a line of sight?

Are there any obstruction in the way?

[Heinz]

By distance between printer and bridge - standard ether fly lead length 3meters & bridge and existing Access Point - this is indoors so 5 to 15 meters max?
No obstructions

[Thomas Obbekaer Thomsen · Accepted solution]

It sounds like what you want is a Work Group Bridge (WGB).

That was fairly easy to do with the IOS APs, with COS APs it got (in my opinion) a little more problematic, but they do support it.

Here is a Cisco guide for the WGB's : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/config-guide/b_wl_16_10_cg/workgroup-bridges.html

So regarding recommendation, well it really depends on your needs, because you are using normal APs for it, you could use APs with external antennas, and attach antennas according to your needs and RF enviroment.

But mostly, I see customers and sites use the 1800 series with internal antennas for this purpose.

I have no idea if it is supported on 9100 APs yet, but that sweet little 9105 would fit in a lot of deployments like this

Only problem in these scenarios (that I have experienced) is "passive clients" behind the WGB, that can be a bit troublesome

[Leo Laohoo]

WGB for an indoor distance of 15 metres?  Wow.  That is going to be wild.