Comparison of features in Wireless LAN Controller 2500 and 4400 series??
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07-28-2011 11:44 AM - edited 07-03-2021 08:29 PM
Hi All.
Can somebody give me the run down on the features removed from the 4400 series in the 2500 series? Obviously 4400 is now EOL, and so i cannot purchase new. Therefore I was looking at the 2500 for my implementation to save costs also.
I would like to have two SSID's, running seperate VLAN's, one voice, one guest, trunk the link to the AP's, which will be 1131AG or newer, N possibly. Voice needs to be encrypted with WPA or WPA2, guest needs to be open using the guest access feature. Here's a sample but with EAP:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a008070ba8f.shtml
Is this supported to have WPA on one SSID and Guest access on the other? i did spot a paragraph in the 4400 manual stating that certain restrictions apply regarding one SSID having encryption and the other being guest mode?
I notice also in the WCS documentation, it doesn't explicitly state it supports the 2500 series under the managed devices section?
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08-26-2011 07:58 AM
Hi Mberrington,
Here are some data sheets and product brochures which help you to find the comparisions between 44xx and 2500 wlc .
Now you should be able to perfom or configure guest and other ssid with eap authentication.
I am not sure what restrictions you are talking about , could you provided the paragraph or elaborate in detail the context of what you read.
4404 data sheet
2500 Data sheet
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps6302/ps8322/ps11630/data_sheet_c78-645111.html
Cisco Wireless Controllers
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps2706/at_a_glance_c45-652653.pdf
Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers
Release notes of wcs version 7.0.172.0 states clearly that it will recognise 2500 wlc
Look for the following lines.
The following components are part of the Cisco UWN Solution and are compatible in this release:
•Operating system (Wireless LAN Controller and Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point)
•Cisco Wireless Control System (Cisco WCS)
•Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/wcs/release/notes/WCS_RN7_0_172.html
Hope this is helpful to you.
Thanks,
Sri
