Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

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The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller is the key part of the Cisco Unified Wireless LAN solution and provides the central intelligence for configuration and management. (For Cisco Access Points)

The Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers are:

2100 WLC Series

The Cisco 2100 WLAN Controller (WLC) is the ideal controller for small deployments where Access Point and client density is not high and high bandwidth Wireless LAN applications are not used.

It has all the WLC functionality to allow for a deployment of 802.11b/g 802.11a and next generation 802.11n Access Points.

It has an integrated Fast Ethernet switch which can provide PoE on some ports.

It is available in 6, 12 or 25 AP licence models.

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5500 WLC Series

The Cisco 5500 WLC is the next generation controller designed to allow for larger Wireless LAN deployments and designed specifically to cope with next generation Wireless LAN networks.

It is optimised to cope with the high performance demands of deploying an 802.11n Wireless LAN and also allow for extending Wireless LAN to remote locations.

It has increased performance and functionality coupled with new eco friendly measures to reduce power consumption.

It is available in 12, 25, 50, 100 or 250 AP licence models.

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End of Life Controllers

4400 WLC Series

The Cisco 4400 WLC is a very commonly deployed controller for business Wireless LAN deployments as it has the performance and backbone ports to service a large amount of client devices.

It supports 802.11b/g, 802.11a and 802.11n

It has a number of Gigabit backbone ports which accept either a copper or fibre optic GBICs providing 1Gbit/sec (or more) backbone connectivity whilst having resilient features built in.

It is available in 12, 25, 50 or 100 AP licence models currently but goes End of Sale in July 2011

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