Cisco recognizes the importance of innovating for both cloud-based and on-premises customers. To support their on-premises customers, Cisco is introducing a new family of next-generation wireless controllers. The Cisco Catalyst CW9800M, CW9800H1 and CW9800H2 bring significant performance and efficiency gains over the previous generation of wireless controllers, while also reducing the form factor in the
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Cisco Catalyst CW916x Access Points – The Choice is Yours
The Cisco Catalyst CW9166, CW9164 and CW9162 Wi-Fi 6E Access Points feature the ability to be managed either in the Meraki cloud, or with a Catalyst 9800 Wireless LAN Controller. Many of us have wanted this feature for a decade! Each of the ”CW” access-points are convertible between the two modes, which allows you to
Aruba’s Self-Locating AP Technology is Truly Remarkable
At Aruba Atmosphere 22, Aruba announced their new Self-Locating AP technology. Using an integrated GPS receiver on the 6xx series Access Points, the APs can locate themselves and and automatically be positioned on a floor plan. I was very skeptical when I first heard about this technology. I thought, how is a GPS going to
The Cisco Catalyst 9136 Access Point
The Catalyst 9136 is Cisco’s latest addition to the Catalyst 9100 AP line up, and is their first AP with Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) capability. This is the big brother to the 9130, in pretty much every way. The Cisco Champions program allowed me to test the 9136, and I was pleasantly surprised when I first
NetAlly EtherScope nXG Review
I was recently able to get my hands on a netAlly EtherScope nXG for evaluation. I’ve been wanting to check out one of them since I saw its release at #MFD4. I’d like to share my impressions of it from the perspective of a wireless guy with an old school background in wired infrastructure and
Introducing the Cisco Catalyst 9105 Access Point #MFD5
Cisco Presented at Mobility Field Day 5, where they broke the news about the Catalyst 9105 Access Point. This might just be the “cutest” Access Point I’ve ever seen, and certainly one of the smallest and lightest Access Points Cisco has produced in a very long time. It fits into the low-end of the Catalyst
Viewing Network Telemetry from the Catalyst 9800 with Grafana
In this guide, I’m going to cover the process of creating a Linux server to visualize a lot of the network telemetry (statistics) that the Cisco Catalyst 9800 offers. Network telemetry can include client statistics, access-point statistics, network statistics and controller statistics. All of these tools are open source, and free for personal use. The
Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller on Catalyst Access Points
Overview You may have noticed when the Catalyst 9100 Access Points were initially released, they didn’t support Mobility Express (AP as a controller) functionality. That’s because Cisco has been cooking up something much better. The Catalyst 9100 Access Points now support what Cisco is calling “Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller on Catalyst Access Points.” The name
Introducing the Cisco Catalyst 9130 Access Point
Cisco’s latest addition to the Catalyst 9100 Series Access Point Platform is one of their most flexible APs in the last few years. The Catalyst 9130 Wi-Fi 6 Access Point features a Tri-Radio setup, which allows you to run dual-5GHz radios while also having 2.4GHz enabled. I see this as being very helpful in environments
Building a Catalyst 9800-CL Lab with an Intel NUC
This guide is intended to walk you through the process of installing VMware ESXi on an Intel NUC, so that you can install multiple Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Virtual Machines for Lab/Training/Testing use. The Intel NUC is a fantastic platform to install the Catalyst 9800-CL because of the very small form factor, silent operation, multiple connectivity