First Published: March 31, 2025

Introduction to this Document

This document provides information about the Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) mode of operation for the Cisco Catalyst IW9167E Heavy Duty Access Point, Cisco Catalyst IW9165D Heavy Duty Access Point, and Cisco Catalyst IW9165E Rugged Access Point and Wireless Client. UWRB is supported as part of the Unified Industrial Wireless (UIW) software.

This document describes the new features, limitations, troubleshooting, besides providing recommended configurations, caveats, and information on how to obtain support and documentation.

Product References

For more information on products supporting this release, see the documentation landing pages of:

This Release Note primarily provides information about the URWB mode of operation. For more details about Workgroup Bridge (WGB), check the Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller, Cisco IOS XE 17.17.x.

What's New in Release 17.17.x

There are no new features in the 17.17.x release.

Software Compatability Matrix

Unified Industrial Wireless Software Release

Access Point Image Version Number

Supported Access Points

17.17.x

17.17.0.87

  • Catalyst IW9167E Heavy Duty Access Point

  • Catalyst IW9165E Rugged Access Point

  • Catalyst IW9165D Heavy Duty Access Point

Supported Software and Hardware

This table lists the compatible software and hardware for the Catalyst IW9167E and IW9165 Access Points:

Access Point Model

Unified Industrial Wireless Image

Supported PID

Catalyst IW9165

ap1g6m-k9c1

  • IW9165E-x

  • IW9165DH-x

Catalyst IW9167E

ap1g6j-k9c1

IW9167EH-x

Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behaviour in Cisco releases in a product. Caveats that are listed as Open in a prior release is carried forward to the next release as either Open or Resolved.

Cisco Bug Search Tool

The Cisco Bug Search Tool allows partners and customers to search for software bugs based on product, release, and keyword, and aggregates key data such as bug details, product, and version. The BST is designed to improve the effectiveness in network risk management and device troubleshooting. The tool has a provision to filter bugs based on credentials to provide external and internal bug views for the search input. To view the details of a caveat, click the corresponding identifier.

Open Caveats

The open caveats for this release can be accessed through this link from BST.

Resolved Caveats

The resolved caveats for this release can be accessed through this link from BST.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see Support & Downloads.