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 […]
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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 […]
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series: 802.11ax APs to be excited about
The Catalyst 9100 platform is Cisco’s entry into the 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 Access Point realm. The platform currently includes 3 Access Point models of varying capabilities, which I will discuss below. The Elephant in the Room Catalyst? Why Catalyst? What happened to Aironet? In a word, marketing. However, the more I hear the reasoning behind the […]
Wireless Assurance with Cisco DNA Center
Introduction to Wireless Assurance with Cisco DNA Center If you haven’t worked with Cisco DNA Center before, you may be wondering about its capabilities when it comes to wireless networks and wireless clients. Cisco is still at the early stages of integrating wireless features into DNA Center, but some of the work they have done […]
Rolling AP Upgrades with Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.3
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.3 was released on November 22, 2017, and this new version brings a few notable feature improvements. The feature I’m most excited about is called “Rolling AP Upgrade.” Rolling AP Upgrade allows you to select groups of access points to upgrade in succession, while leaving other access points online, to serve clients […]
Cisco Identity PSK – What is it, and how is it configured?
With WLC Code v8.5, Cisco has introduced a new feature called Identity PSK, also referred to as iPSK. This post is intended to explain the purpose and benefits of iPSK, as well as show you how to configure the WLC, and ISE for iPSK functionality. What is Identity PSK? Traditionally, on a WLAN that is […]