Wireless For Beginners: Wireless Technology Fundamentals by HOFFMAN HUGO & HOFFMAN HUGO

Author:HOFFMAN, HUGO & HOFFMAN, HUGO [HOFFMAN, HUGO]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21 Wireless LAN Controllers

Your access points will connect to a Wireless LAN Controller if they're operating in a lightweight mode. Lightweight means is that the central processing is done on the controller, so things like the configuration and the management of those access points done centrally on the controller and then those configurations are pushed down to the access point as opposed to being individually programmed.

In that environment you must have a Wireless LAN Controller. Wireless LAN Controllers come in different formats. You can get smaller ones, which are very small and can just sit in a secure IT area. Other times, people will put them into an equipment closet, and they might rack them in communication rooms or data centres.

You can run your Wireless LAN Controller as a separate appliance or you can run it as a software, which then you install on another device.

There are some flexibility in terms of where and how Wireless LAN Controllers are deployed, but still you need the capability of doing some form of central control.

Typically if you get above 10 access points and you have a changing environment, you're better off going to a Wireless LAN Controller environment and centrally managing your access points.

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