Cisco WILAN Controller Replacement

[okoroji80]

Hello Community members.,

kindly  educate me on the current happenings on Cisco wireless mobility.

I learn that Cisco is replacing the traditional  WILAN  controller  how true is this ?

For the deployment of Light-Weight AP like: AIR-AP1815i-E-k9  aside the use of controller for the integration what else can we used ?

[Ric Beeching]

Cisco have announced the end of their AireOS line of WLCs which have been going for like 15-20 years. Their successors are the IOS-XE WLCs which can also support pretty much any AP made in the past 6 years or so including the 1815i-E-K9. The compatibility matrix is good for checking these things:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/compatibility/matrix/compatibility-matrix.html#wp99531

So if you would like to order a WLC then look at the 9800 series which also has the vWLC replacement called the 9800-CL.

Cheers,

Ric

[okoroji80]

Thank for the clarification.

How can i get a typical installation guide line for the installation using Cisco WS-C2960X-24PS-L and  AIR-AP1815i-E-K9

[joyaljp]

Hi,

If you are not planning to get a controller and have limited AP's to manage go for the mobility express solution. You can find the guide below.

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/enterprise-networks/mobility-express/mobility-express-getting-started.pdf