Can Cisco fat WAPs be used with multiple broadcast SSIDs and dynamic VLANs?
There is a known problem with Cisco ‘fat’ WAPs with regard to multiple BSSIDs and dynamic VLAN assignment (RADIUS-assigned VLANs) which unfortunately affects a lot of institutions. The problem was that Cisco ‘fat’ IOS driven APs until recently only supported a single primary (guest) SSID broadcast in the beacons (the BSSID). Furthermore, it was not possible to achieve assignment of VLANs via RADIUS. This limitation does not apply to Cisco’s ‘thin’ architecture, so the problem could hitherto only be circumvented by adopting this technology. This issue only affected the autonomous Cisco APs. There never was any difficulty with lightweight APs (including upgraded autonomous ones) in supporting RADIUS-assigned VLANs and multiple broadcast SSIDs. (Certainly 1131 and 1232 APs in non-autonomous LWAPP thin client mode with WiSM controllers have always worked fine). With release 12.3.8-JEC(GD) of the Cisco IOS firmware, this issue has been resolved – certainly multiple BSSIDs with RADIUS assign
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