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Why are the Cisco Aironet 1000 Series APs called LAPs?

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Why are the Cisco Aironet 1000 Series APs called LAPs?

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A. APs are “lightweight”, which means that they cannot act independently of a wireless LAN controller (WLC). The WLC manages the AP configurations and firmware. The APs are “zero touch” deployed, and no individual configuration of APs is necessary. The APs are also lightweight in the sense that they handle only real-time MAC functionality. The APs leave all the nonreal-time MAC functionality to be processed by the WLC. This architecture is referred to as the “split MAC” architecture.