CCIE Wireless Exam (350-050) Quick Reference

Chapter 6. Configure and Troubleshoot WCS

The Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) is sometimes underestimated and classified as a monitoring interface, to manage controllers through the same software. However, WCS is a powerful tool to assign access rights to administrator and lobby ambassador users for managing guest networks, to push at once common configuration settings to a large number of devices, and to classify and control security events in the wireless networks across different campuses. WCS also finds its ultimate usage with the location server and Mobility Services Engine (MSE), to track wireless clients, tags, and rogue access points on floor plans. Last but not least, WCS is one of the keys for the success in the CCIE Wireless lab ...