5/26/05 Single-Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Deployments
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As described in About the Cisco Wireless LAN Solution, a standalone Cisco Wireless LAN Controller can
support Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points across multiple floors and buildings simultaneously,
and supports the following features:
•Autodetecting and autoconfiguring Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points as they are
added to the network, as described in Radio Resource Management (RRM).
•Full control of Cisco 1000 Series Lightweight Access Points.
•Full control of up to 16 Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access point WLAN (SSID) policies, as
described in Cisco WLAN Solution WLANs.
•Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points connect to Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers through
the network. The network equipment may or may not provide Power Over Ethernet to the Cisco
1000 Series lightweight access points.
Note that some Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers use redundant GigE connections to bypass single
network failures. At any given time one of the redundant GigE connections is active and the other is
passive. Upon a network failure, the active connection becomes passive, and the passive connection
becomes active.
Figure - Typical Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Deployed
Note: Some Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers can connect through multiple physical
ports to multiple subnets in the network. This can be helpful, for instance, when
Cisco WLAN Solution operators want to confine multiple VLANs to separate subnets.