[c-nsp] Mass GRE termination

[Jim McBurnett]

I don't think the 877W is supported on the Lightweight side as of yet...

Anyone seen different? 


Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey C. Ollie
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 8:18 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Mass GRE termination

On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 20:29 +0000, Peter Hicks wrote:
> All,
> 
> I'm looking at a network topology with 3,000+ Cisco 877W routers in 
> disparate locations.  WAN connectivity to a central site already 
> exists and the 877 provides access to the corporate network at each
site.
> 
> I want to tunnel all wireless traffic to an aggregation server in the 
> central site, ideally at Layer 2, and hand it off to a third party who

> will provide value-added services.

I think that Cisco's wireless LAN controllers and lightweight access
point software is supposed to do exactly what you want

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/products_category_buyers
_guide.html#http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/products_cat
egory_buyers_guide.html?linkpos=3#number_3

For 3000+ access points you're probably looking at 10+ Cat 6500 Wireless
Service Modules (WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9), plus chassis, supervisors, etc.

I haven't started using lightweight access points yet, but I'm going to
be looking at converting sometime soon.  It's becoming just too painful
to manage the multitude of access points that we already have...

Jeff