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Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

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  • 1.  Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    Posted Nov 11, 2020 03:22 AM
    Hello.
    Were about to change to the new model 505 and 515 AP from previously using 303 and 315 models.
    I'm wondering if there are any reason we shouldn't mix the different models in AP groups and locations?

    /Lee

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    Lee Armano
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  • 2.  RE: Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    MVP GURU
    Posted Nov 11, 2020 08:02 AM
    You can have them in the same groups and same locations. You just have to take a look at your capacity requirements, and the capabilities of the APs. I wouldn't place them in the same room, but you could have them in the same building.


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    Dustin Burns
    ACCX, ACMX, ACSP, ACEP, ACDA
    Worldcom Exchange, Inc.
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  • 3.  RE: Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    Posted Nov 11, 2020 10:37 AM
    Hi Dustin.
    Having them in same builing is sufficient enought for me to start with.

    Thank you for fast reply!

    /Lee

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  • 4.  RE: Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 12, 2020 01:27 AM
    I can't think of a reason... group them together!
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  • 5.  RE: Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    Posted Nov 12, 2020 02:26 AM
    Single point of management

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    Ratchapas Shatsa-Nga
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  • 6.  RE: Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 12, 2020 04:27 AM
    Why you wouldn't deploy them together:  You could introduce roaming issues between access points that have different capabilities.  It is best to deploy APs with the same capabilities uniformly to avoid that.

    Like was said before: try to avoid using different access point models in the same room.

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    Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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  • 7.  RE: Mixing AP315 / 505 in Controller environment

    Posted Nov 13, 2020 08:19 AM
    I agree with not mixing them.  I tell my sites you can have one model per floor.   This is based on my experience with my lab on the floor where I am having always the latest model and with older models on the floor but even though the lab is walled off and 50 feet from the users in my area,  half of the floor gets redirected to my newer AP in the lab.​  Even if they are directly sitting under one of the older model APs.

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    Alan Scott
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