Indirectly Connected Access points

[harmeet.sian]

Hi all, i'm just after a little clarification.

According to the Cisco 3850 QA sheet, (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps12686/qa_c67-722110.html), this unit does not support indirectly connected AP's.

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Q.

Does the Cisco Catalyst 3850 support indirectly connected access points?

A. No. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch will always terminate the CAPWAP tunnel locally. Pass-through mode or indirectly connected access point is not supported at this time.

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What doesnt make sense to me is that i can buy 50 AP licenses per switch/wlc so i don't understand how i am going to attach these AP's to the 3850.

In our current setup we have a 5508 connected to a Cat4506 with all the AP's connected to an "AP vlan" on the Cat4506 - fairly typical setup i imagine.

We couldnt have each AP connected directly to the 3850 do to cabling and multiple buildings.

Any clarification would be appreciated,

Cheers,

[Stephen Rodriguez · Accepted solution]

the asnwer to that is a bit farther down.

Q.

How is the access point count license managed across a Cisco Catalyst 3850 stack?

A. The total access point count license of a Cisco Catalyst 3850 stack is equal to the sum of all the individual member access point count licenses, up to a maximum of 50 access points. When new members are added to the stack, the total access point count license of the stack is automatically recalculated. When members are removed from the stack, the access point count license does not decrement until a reload of the stack.

teh 3850 is designed to have AP's terminate in the closets vs coming all the way back to the core.

HTH,
Steve

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[harmeet.sian]

Thanks Steve,

Are you saying then that i should be putting the 3850's in the closet? (Currently have 3560G's)

Problem is i have about 20 closets where AP's terminate and i'd rather not go and buy 20 new 3850's to replace the 3560's.

Just to make sure i understand your post - you are saying that if i need 50 AP's talking to the 3850 stack, the minimum i am looking at is a 48 port and a 24 port 3850 in a stack?

Cheers,

[Stephen Rodriguez]

Correct, the 3850 will go to the closets that have AP.  And yes, if you need more than 50 AP in a particular closet, you would need to stack so that you have one logical switch.

HTH,
Steve

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[harmeet.sian]

Thanks,

I had high hopes with the 20GB uplink - just a shame we wont get approval to 20 of these switches - i think a single 5760 wold work out cheaper.

Thanks for your very quick response.

Cheers