Thanks for the feedback Matt. I actually want the wireless to be on a different subnet so I’m ok with that.
The Fortigate's support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capwap Although of the existing AP's this customer has there is only one that I wanted to support Capwap and it doesn't so I'll be looking at new AP's anyway. I'm stuck with FortiOS 4 at this site due to the removed features in 5. As the customer already has a Fortigate it would save some dollars to use it as a central wifi controller if it is up to the task. James. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013 2:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fortigate as a WIFI Controller > Has anyone used a Fortigate to manage WAP's? We received a free FAP-221A with our Fortigate 300C. It was part of their promotion, trying to sell us their APs. Using the FortiOS 4.x software, the APs were forced to be on a different subnet than our normal networks, and this was not what we wanted to do with our wireless network. Thus, we did not get much use out of our free AP. Also, our existing Ruckus wireless network was working very well, so we didn't need the additional coverage. I understand that the 5.x version of FortiOS will allow the APs to work on the same network as the rest of your LAN. I have not played with this. > > I'm interested to hear how well they perform. Particularly when not > using Fortinet Access Points. I didn't know the Fortigate could manage 3rd party APs. Where are you getting such information? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:08:55 -0800 Subject: Fortigate as a WIFI Controller > Has anyone used a Fortigate to manage WAP's? > > > > I'm interested to hear how well they perform. Particularly when not > using Fortinet Access Points. > > > > James. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
