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After the discovery process of a lightweight access point; it should of built a list of live wireless LAN controllers that it can communicate with. The lightweight access point begins a separate process of selecting a single wireless LAN controller and sending a CAPWAP Join Request to it. The access point will wait until the…

Once the lightweight Cisco access point starts up, it operates in a number of different states before it becomes a functional basic service set (BSS). Each of these possible states are defined as part of the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) specification in a process called a state machine. Access Point Boots…

For a Cisco Lightweight Access Point to function, it must connect to a Cisco Wireless LAN controller. The access point must discover the wireless LAN controller and bind itself to it in order to function. A Cisco lightweight access point is designed to be ‘touch-free’; meaning it can be unboxed and connected to the wired…

In lightweight mode, a Cisco access point can’t provide a working BSS for wireless users. In order for a Cisco wireless access point in lightweight mode to become functional, it must join a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller to become active. This dependency on a Cisco WLC is known as a split-MAC architecture: The access point…

An autonomous access point is self contained offering a fully functional basic service set (BSS). They are a natural extension to a switched network and can offer wireless service set identifiers (SSID) to connect to wired virtual local area networks (VLANs) at the access layer. The autonomous access point provides a short and simple path…

Cisco Wireless Access Points can operate in two modes, autonomous or lighweight. The mode that a Cisco Wireless Access Point operates in depends on the software image that has been installed onto the device. Autonomous access points are self-sufficient and standalone, but lightweight access points rely on a controller device to operate sufficiently.

The basic RF signal is known as a carrier signal, it is used to carry useful information. In terms of wireless, a wireless LAN signal carries data. To add this data to the wireless carrier signal, the frequency of the original carrier signal must be preserved but some altering occurring to signify a 1 or…

With a wired link, a electrical signal is applied at one end and carried to the other end. This is simple for the wire as it’s continuous and conductive. There is no wire for a wireless link, so it is not as continuous or conductive. A wireless link send signals in a steady up and…