Thank you everyone. The bundle includes both 3850s and 5508. For now, we will only use the 3850 licenses on at our remote site. In four years, we will revisit the wireless design and go with either the IOS or AireOS products. Hopefully, Cisco will have a clearer plan by then.
On 05/16/2014 10:09 AM, McClintic, Thomas wrote: > You must also upgrade to 7.5 or later to enable 'New mobility'. If you can't > do this yet, avoid mixed environments to prevent mobility issues. > > http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/7-5/config_guide/b_cg75/b_cg75_chapter_010010101.html > > TJ McClintic > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 9:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 5508 or 3850 > > Until the 5760s can be fully managed by PI and achieve feature parity with > the 5508s, I'd stay away. They still feel half-baked to me... > > Lee H. Badman > Network Architect/Wireless TME > ITS, Syracuse University > 315.443.3003 > > ________________________________________ > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected]> on behalf of Christina Klam > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 9:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 5508 or 3850 > > All, > > I am trying to put together a large purchase. Cisco has some nice bundles > but we are trying to determine if they are right for us. A big issue is the > divergent paths Cisco is taking on wireless. Should we invest in a pair of > 5508 which may be good for a 3-4 years? Or, should we jump into the > Converged world of 3850s and 5760s? What will I be losing by moving off of > the 5508/WiSM2s? > > I have read that clients cannot seamlessly roam between APs on different > platforms. Is that still true? We have a layer 2 design so clients will be > keeping their IP addresses. But, what happens to the 802.1X authentication? > If clients have to re-authenticate as they move from AP-converged to > AP-AireOS, that can be a problem for the areas where the two overlap. > > Thank you for your help, > > -- Christina > Christina Klam > Network Engineer > Institute for Advanced Study > Email: [email protected] > > Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 > Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418 > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.educause.edu/groups/&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=eHsexY0U6WY24UhDK4eLQbvXOPzMySRoCq87DX3WV5M%3D%0A&m=sG3uQ9Qp45lo%2FR8nM0N4tnD9m03Xb%2Bo8e7rwBOFG4zc%3D%0A&s=9fc99574c67b2247e2f2d9497b0af5c821ab1997917ea17dfb76c6670b7f166c. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.educause.edu/groups/&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=eHsexY0U6WY24UhDK4eLQbvXOPzMySRoCq87DX3WV5M%3D%0A&m=sG3uQ9Qp45lo%2FR8nM0N4tnD9m03Xb%2Bo8e7rwBOFG4zc%3D%0A&s=9fc99574c67b2247e2f2d9497b0af5c821ab1997917ea17dfb76c6670b7f166c. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > -- Christina Klam Network Engineer Institute for Advanced Study Email: [email protected] Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
