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There is no current software limitation on how many MAPs per RAP you can configure. However, 
it is suggested that you limit this to 20 MAPs per RAP.

Number of controllers

The number of controllers per mobility group is limited to 72.

Number of mesh access points supported per controller. For more information, see the 

 section.

The following items affect the number of controllers required in a mesh network:

Mesh access points (RAPs and MAPs) in the network.

The wired network that connects the RAP and controllers can affect the total number of access 
points supported in the network. If this network allows the controllers to be equally available to all 
access points without any impact on WLAN performance, the access points can be evenly 
distributed across all controllers for maximum efficiency. If this is not the case, and controllers are 
grouped into various clusters or PoPs, the overall number of access points and coverage are reduced.

For example, you can have 72 Cisco 4400 Series Controllers in a mobility group, and each Cisco 
4400 Series Controller supports 100 local access points. This gives a total number of 7200 possible 
access points per mobility group.

Number of mesh access points (RAPs and MAPs) supported per controller. See 

For clarity, nonmesh access points are referred to as local access points in this document.

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2

500

500

1

499

500

100

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500

150

350

500

200

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500

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100

150

1

149

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50

100

150

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50

125

100

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100

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6

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10

11

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8

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6

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4

4

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