Deploying and Troubleshooting Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Chapter 3. Introduction to LWAPP

Traditional wireless LAN (WLAN) deployments used X number of access points (AP) spread across the premises that needed wireless coverage. With standalone, each AP was an individual entity that needed configuration, monitoring, provisioning, and so on. If these tasks were required for only a few devices, they would be manageable; however, when you are talking about a full enterprise WLAN that might be offering advanced services such as Voice over Wireless, the management of each AP becomes daunting.

You can add additional complexities to an enterprise WLAN, such as radio frequency (RF) management (dynamically adapt to changes in the environment) and security, which is critical in wireless because of the broadcast ...