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How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

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  • 1.  How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 05:10 AM

    Here's the scenario: We have a small remote office that has a RAP-5WN which terminates to a 650 controller in the branch office. We have just added an extra room in the remote office and the RAP-5's wireless range is not sufficient to cover the new area.

     

    Is it possible to terminate an AP to the RAP? If so, any ideas of how to do this will be most welcome.



  • 2.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 05:39 AM

    A. Consider Deploy LAN - 1. buy another RAP unit (maybe RAP3 will be enough for the new room) 2.set one of the ports in the RAP3-WN as TUNNEL and u will be able to terminate an AP.

    B. Consider using MESH (with 5.0Ghz) buy another Aruba AP with dual radio.



  • 3.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 05:48 AM

    In your first suggestion, would the AP be terminating back to the 650 controller? This would mean creating a GRE tunnel inside a GRE tunnel, which would generate a lot of overhead.



  • 4.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 05:52 AM
    today, your RAP5 unit is configured with GRE tunnel or IPSEC (REMOTE) tunnel?


  • 5.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 06:01 AM

    IPSEC



  • 6.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 06:04 AM
    What wan connectivity u got between the A650 to your RAP5 unit?

    i advise u to try it
    configure on of the ports as tunnel - and connect to it a GRE tunnel (CAP) AP.


  • 7.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 06:06 AM

    20MB Metro Ethernet.

     

    OK, I'll test it.

     

    Thanks for your help.



  • 8.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:18 AM

    It is not recommended to put an AP behind a RAP.



  • 9.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:19 AM

    Yep..it's not recommnded - but if it's is only option...so he might try it.

    I prefer mesh..or another RAP unit with lan cable (not the the first RAP unit)



  • 10.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:30 AM

    Following my current research, it looks like the best solution would be to setup an Aruba Instant network in the remote office using a RAP-155 and an IAP-105 and creating an IPSEC tunnel from the VC to the 650 in the branch office.


    #RAP155


  • 11.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:32 AM

    IAP-VPN is the new best practice.



  • 12.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:33 AM
    Also good idea. It's dosent have to be IAP in order to be RAP in front of a controller (it can also be normal AP105 ,just configure it as a RAP)


  • 13.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:35 AM

    if your controller is 650 with AOS 6.3 , than u cant IAP vpn to it.... as far as this table saying:

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  • 14.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:37 AM

    Well spotted. Thanks for that.



  • 15.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Jan 30, 2014 07:41 AM
    we are here also for that :)


  • 16.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Feb 21, 2014 03:42 PM

    We too have a similar situation except we have a 3600 controller, can we do the same thing?

     

    How would the traffic in an IPSEC situation reach local resources?  Would it go to the controller first?

     

     



  • 17.  RE: How can I extend the wireless range in a small office?

    Posted Feb 24, 2014 03:45 AM
    John,

    As Cappali suggested, IAP-VPN is the new best practice if we you have 3400 controller