The Breakdown of the WIFI standards and the Frequency Band

Here’s a breakdown of which standards use Which frequency bands: Standards Operating on 2.4 GHz Only Standards Operating on 5 GHz Only Standards Operating on Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz(Dual-band) Standards Operating on 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz (Tri-Band)

BSS coloring & OBSS PD on C9800

The new 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard addresses both Co-channel interference (CCI) and Overlapping Basic Service Set (OBSS) BSS Coloring is a method used to differentiate between the BSS of access points and their clients on the same RF channel. Wi-Fi 6 enables each AP radio to assign a value (from 1 to 63), known as…

C9800 ISSU Upgrade

ISSU is an upgrade from one image to another while the traffic flow. ISSU was released on version 17.1.X as beta and in production from version 17.3. Issu Eliminates network Downtime during the controller upgrade. Automate the process of upgrade without manual interventions. Prerequisites of ISSU upgrade ISSU Process Rolling AP upgrade its a new…

Upgrading Embedded WLC

In a Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller network, there are four ways in which the software image can be downloaded from the embedded wireless controller. These methods are based on the location from where the controller transfers the software image to the subordinate AP: From an external TFTP server From an external SFTP server From the…

Embedded WLC

I was working on Cisco’s 9115AXi-E Embedded WLC this morning. Its an amazing product. In less than 5 mins i was able to setup my Wireless network. We can configure WLC using Option 1:- CLI Option 2:- WebGui Option 3:- Mobile APP. I did my deployment using Mobile APP and i share the details of…