Re: OT- Cisco Wireless Control system(WCS)

Wireless Control system and Wireless Controller are two different products
:)
read question posted by prashant .
I think he is asking for Wireless Control system not Wireless Controller .
Please correct me prashant If I am wrong ..

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:58 PM, john matijevic <john.matijevic_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
> I have deployed wireless worldwide with Controller and lightweight
> AP's, I would recommend staying with one vendor to keep it simple, and
> avoid problems.
> Sincerely,
> John
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:38 AM, ccievoice1<ccievoice1_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > But, who is supporting CAPWAP on their wireless AP now?
> >
> > Just for reference, Aruba released a technical brief document here:
> >
> https://airheads.arubanetworks.com/vBulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=25&d
> > =1245859157
> >
> > And an extract from the document:
> >
> > "It is the opinion of Aruba Networks that at the time of this writing in
> > March 2009, no wireless LAN vendor has implemented CAPWAP as defined in
> > RFC5415. Any vendor who claims to support CAPWAP is using proprietary
> > extensions to the protocol that make it non-interoperable with any other
> > vendor claiming to support CAPWAP. It is also Aruba s opinion that any
> > vendor who did support RFC5415 and only RFC5415 as its control and
> > management protocol would not be competitive in the market due to lack of
> > functionality"
> >
> > Perhaps we need to see CAPWAP to evolve significantly before seeing
> > interoperability of wireless controller and AP between vendors.
> > Cheers
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Tony Schaffran (GS) <
> > groupstudy_at_cconlinelabs.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The new WLC version 5.2 and newer support the industry standard CAPWAP.
> >>
> >> If this is not to support other vendor AP's, then why change to an
> industry
> >> standard?
> >>
> >> I have not seen any documentation that specifically states third party
> AP's
> >> are supported, but based on the change to CAPWAP, I would think it is
> >> coming.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tony Schaffran
> >> Sr. Network Consultant
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> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> >> jockey wearer
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:01 PM
> >> To: GS CCIE-Lab
> >> Subject: OT- Cisco Wireless Control system(WCS)
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> did Cisco Wireless control system supports third party access point ?
> >> Can anybody suggest me which Wireless management system used to manage
> >> third
> >> party access point ?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Prashant
> >>
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