You’d be surprised what Cisco will do (any vendor really). I’ve seen scenarios where, for example, one were to purchase a bunch of 802.11ac AP’s to replace older units, and a free controller wound up in the mix. If you are really invested with them, say where you actively participate (in a positive way) in moving the product forward e.g. Participate in their advisory groups, then they tend to return the favor.
Jeff From: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Andrew Conley <andrew.con...@sduhsd.org<mailto:andrew.con...@sduhsd.org>> Reply-To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 10:35 AM To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice Eddie, Thanks for the advice! I don't think that Cisco will "give" us a controller - but nice try... Best, Andrew Conley Director of Information Technology San Diego Unified High School District E: andrew.con...@sduhsd.org<mailto:andrew.con...@sduhsd.org> W: 760.363.5008 x 1009 ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Klaczko, Edwin <eklac...@sd54.org<mailto:eklac...@sd54.org>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:54 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice I concur with Thomas. Per this doc http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-3750-series-switches/end_of_life_notice_c51-634665.html End-of-life was 12/13/2010 End-of-SW maintenance was 6/12/2014 End-of-Service Contract Renewal Date was 9/8/2015 With the size of your district maybe you have a spare 5500 or newer lying around if you don’t want to invest the money right now. Pick which APs you want to use first since this will be a good bulk of your costs, then have Cisco “give” you the controller for them. ;) Eddie Klaczko From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of McClintic, Thomas Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:27 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice To future proof your deployment it may be best to upgrade your WLC to a 5520. I suggest deploying the x700 series LWAP to support 802.11ac as we have seen a large increase in clients supporting it. Here is a comparison chart for the various ac enabled LWAPs. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/wireless/buyers-guide.html#~indoorac Cisco has nice bundling options so we have opted to use the 3702 after taking advantage of the bundling discounts. We use the 2702 in smaller office bundles as well, but large buildings with higher density we choose the latter. Hope this helps! From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jake Snyder Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 9:07 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice So the only AP still sold new that is supported on a 4404 is the 3502i. Not much in the way for options on that old platform, but that is what you can still buy. Might be time to look at upgrading that old girl. Thanks Jake Snyder jsny...@compunet.biz<mailto:jsny...@compunet.biz> 208-286-3015 Sent from my iPhone On Dec 9, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Andrew Conley <andrew.con...@sduhsd.org<mailto:andrew.con...@sduhsd.org>> wrote: Hi all, I'm new to the EduCause community (even though I'm a HS District IT Director and Educause is for Higher-Ed..). We're a 135,000 student and 6,000 staff district (very large). I am doing a AP deploy for a new high school building (I have a Cisco WLC4402-100-K9 installed in the building already) with approximately 500 clients connected and wanted to know what Cisco LWAPs everyone was using or would recommend for this deploy. Thanks in advance for your assistance! 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