Chapter 4. Design WLAN Infrastructure for Mobility

IUWMS goes beyond the basic configurations and features explained at CCNA Wireless level. You need to understand recommended practices and know how to fine-tune your controllers and access points (APs) to optimize your wireless network.

Designing the Network for High Availability

When an Lightweight AP Protocol / Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points protocol (LWAPP/CAPWAP) AP boots, it tries to discover as many controllers as it possibly can, and then joins the best controller. To discover controllers, the AP can use Layer 2 broadcasts if the AP is LWAPP (CAPWAP uses only Layer 3 discovery) and supports Layer 2 discovery (Aironet 1000 series only). Otherwise, the AP uses Layer ...

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