Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller vs Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller

• It supports the latest Wifi-Gen6 specifications, which include improved bandwidth.
• The setup is easy and support from Cisco is great.
• Exceptional support for more than a thousand access points at great data throughput.
• Chromecast support service is another big plus with this wireless controller.

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• They seem solid and well built, hardly ever fail
• Once you get a hand of the setup they're easy to add/remove
• Automatic failover is seamless and super helpful

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• The help information is sometimes not very clear. An item may have a reference number next to it, at the bottom of the page it will have an explanation, but sometimes they are too brief to make sense.
• If they can somehow add debugging on the page instead of requiring us to go through the CLI to collect the debug ut put, that would be great.

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• Some bugs in the interface.
• Issues with licensing and Cisco DNA integration.
• Frequent software patches needed,

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• Positive impact: Time savings for staff setting up new access points
• Positive impact: Not having to worry about devices just going down for no reason
• Negative impact: If you're budget is small you're going to have a tough sell on these

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• Intelligent configuring cuts out much time required to deploy access points
• Mobile app has given us more (and faster) control over each departments devices
• Having a well functioning wireless network encourages departments to keep adding devices!

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