3850 AP pass-through
According to the Q&A for the 3850
I'm fine with accepting that to use the 3850 as a wireless agent or controller that I must be directly connected. However, if I'm attempting at rolling out an upgrade and can't immediately connect all AP's directly to the 3850, can they still pass through the 3850 and connect back to a controller?
So currently I have a mixture of AP's... some of which are supported by the 3850, and some of which aren't. In the end, everything will be upgraded and compatible and directly connected to the 3850's, but the network infrastructure will be replaced before I can have the AP's replaced. I have two sets of controllers... older 4400's and new 5760's. During the time that the 3850's exist but the old controllers and AP's still exist, I need to make sure that my old AP's can still connect to the 4400's until everything else is upgraded. The above Q&A make it sound like once you have the switch in place (or at least the mobility agent turned on) all CAPWAP encapsulated traffic *must* terminate on the 3850 and non can pass-through. To me this means that once I put in the 3850 all unsupported AP's are immediately toast.
Am I understanding this correctly? Is there a way to make it so that ports 1-10 terminate on the 3850 but let the rest pass through directly to the old controller because only 10 AP's have been upgraded?
Q. Does the Cisco Catalyst 3850 support indirectly connected access points?
A. No. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch will always terminate the CAPWAP tunnel locally. Pass-through mode or indirectly connected access point is not supported at this time.
I'm fine with accepting that to use the 3850 as a wireless agent or controller that I must be directly connected. However, if I'm attempting at rolling out an upgrade and can't immediately connect all AP's directly to the 3850, can they still pass through the 3850 and connect back to a controller?
So currently I have a mixture of AP's... some of which are supported by the 3850, and some of which aren't. In the end, everything will be upgraded and compatible and directly connected to the 3850's, but the network infrastructure will be replaced before I can have the AP's replaced. I have two sets of controllers... older 4400's and new 5760's. During the time that the 3850's exist but the old controllers and AP's still exist, I need to make sure that my old AP's can still connect to the 4400's until everything else is upgraded. The above Q&A make it sound like once you have the switch in place (or at least the mobility agent turned on) all CAPWAP encapsulated traffic *must* terminate on the 3850 and non can pass-through. To me this means that once I put in the 3850 all unsupported AP's are immediately toast.
Am I understanding this correctly? Is there a way to make it so that ports 1-10 terminate on the 3850 but let the rest pass through directly to the old controller because only 10 AP's have been upgraded?
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