06-18-2015 09:28 AM - edited 07-05-2021 03:25 AM
We currently have a 5508 WLC with lightweight APs for wireless access including guests.
Now I have users that want wired guest access. These are laptop users who want the option to have both wireless and wired access on the corporate infrastructure so is they hit a bad signal they can connect their laptops to the corporate LAN and carry on working but also normal corporate users can access LAN on same switch port ?
Is it possible and what is required ?
06-18-2015 08:29 PM
Wired Guest access is possible, but those wired ports you have to configure for particular vlan and trunk that vlan to your foreign controller.
Anchor controller will be on a DMZ where wired users get IP from. Here is a doc to show how you configure wired guest access
It is not dynamic nature where guest user can use any wired ports of your network.
HTH
Rasika
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06-20-2015 01:14 PM
Hello Rasika,
I thought the converged mobilty solution would help resolve this. We have 3850 switches and wondered if that can help. We have 2 Data Center sites with 5508 WLCs setup as primary and backup and with roughly 40 APs but this will grow. The users a located in another building with 9 floors , each floor is split into 2 departments with 3 x 3850 switches in a stacked configuration per department.
This is my first time configuring WLC on 3850 , I found your article on configuring WLC 3850 switch very helpful. I was hoping for the dynamic access option on the switch for users wanting both wired and wireless access. I guess this is not the case ?
Is there any limitations with having a WLC configured on 3850 and performance issues ?
Do you have any more documents on configuring 3850 for WLC i.e Mobility groups, guest banner , simple QOS requirements etc. ?
I guess since we only have 40 APs we can make our controller redundant ?
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