Cisco Cisco Aironet 3500p Access Point Guia De Informação
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Q. What about the power consumption of the Cisco Aironet 3500 compared to that of the Cisco Aironet 1250?
A. Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Access Points with dual band and CleanAir technology enabled all operate under
13W, and can be powered by standard 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE).
Q. Are bundles available with the Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller and many access points?
A. There are no plans to introduce a bundle with the Cisco 5500 WLC and the Cisco Aironet 3500 Access Point.
Q. I already have numerous Cisco Aironet 1142 Access Points to cover my whole enterprise. Should I buy Cisco
Aironet 3500 Access Points and have a mix in the same Cisco WLC?
A. Yes, you can mix Cisco Aironet 3500 and older access points on the same Cisco WLC. General guidance is
to put the Cisco Aironet 3500 Access Points in the “same area” for spectrum coverage, and then deploy Cisco
Aironet 3500 Access Points in monitor mode for already-deployed areas for full CleanAir monitoring. For
local-mode deployments where you want data-serving clients along with CleanAir, it is best to deploy Cisco
Aironet 3500 Series Access Points pervasively.
Q. Is it correct to have a mixed system with Cisco Aironet 1131 and Cisco Aironet 3500 Access Points?
A. You can use them on the same controller, but our recommendation is to deploy Cisco Aironet 3500s in
monitor mode to provide spectrum analysis over existing Cisco Aironet 1130 deployments. Generally it is poor
network design to mix data-serving 11n and non-11n access points in the same coverage area.
Q. Is there a trade-in program for Cisco Aironet 1131 Series Access Points where CleanAir technology is
supported in all platforms of a WLC? For example, with the Cisco Aironet 2100 Series?
A. There is a good Trade-In, Trade-To program upgrade to the Cisco Aironet 3500s. Cisco CleanAir technology
is supported on all current WLC platforms. For more information, please visit:
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Cisco CleanAir Technology with Cisco MSE
Q. Does this work with the locations device?
A. Cisco CleanAir technology works with the Cisco MSE. It does not work with the older Cisco 2700 Series
Wireless Location Appliances. With Cisco MSE, you can locate interference sources along with clients, tags,
and rogue access point or clients.
Q. What are the prerequisites on the Cisco MSE to add these endpoint tracking licenses?
A. The customer must have the Context Aware software running on the Cisco MSE. As long as the customer has
the software on the Cisco MSE and has reached a maximum from the license perspective and tracking clients
and tags, the incremental licenses will apply automatically as the system detects the new Cisco Aironet 3500
Series on the network.
Additionally, the Cisco MSE automatically detects when a Cisco Aironet 3500 Series comes onto its network
and automatically provides five endpoint (interferer) tracking licenses at no cost, with a total of 100 maximum
across the network. For additional tracking requirements, the customer would then buy additional licenses.
Q. If I have only a Cisco WCS, can I try to detect one noise or interferer at a time? Is it necessary to have a
Cisco MSE?
A. No, you need the Cisco MSE to provide interference-location capabilities, history, and cross-controller
interference correlation (that is, One microwave heard by six access points = One microwave in the system).