The real short answer is that it does not matter what the IP address of the AP is, as long as it has good stable communications with the controller.
What I personally try to do is what you are proposing, put the APs for each building/floor it's own subnet. Good luck Mike On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Entwistle, Bruce < [email protected]> wrote: > We will soon be migrating our wireless network from Cisco autonomous 1231 > APs to a combination of Cisco 3502i along with some of the existing 1231 APs > converted to lightweight. As we prepare for this we are looking at how to > best architect the new network. The new network will cover the entire > campus which consists of approx 50 buildings, with each building having its’ > own VLAN. > > > > The initial idea was to install the APs so the IP address of the AP would > be a part of the local building VLAN. This is the IP the AP would use to > talk back to the controller. For user connections there would be two VLANs > created which would be accessed through a single SSID. The users would then > be dynamically assigned to one of the two VLANs based on their logon > credentials. Currently all users are placed on the same VLAN after > authentication, as our current installation is not capable of dynamic VLAN > assignment. There is currently only a single SSID in place. > > > > I would be interested to know what other have done and how successful it > was. > > > > > > Thank you > > Bruce Entwistle > > Network Manager > > University of Redlands > > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
