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The Cisco Mobility Express wireless network solution comprises of at least one 802.11ac Wave 2 Cisco Aironet Series access point (AP) with an in-built software-based wireless controller (WLC) managing other APs in the network.
The AP acting as the WLC is referred to as the master AP while the other APs in the Cisco Mobility Express network, which are managed by this master AP, are referred to as subordinate APs.
In addition to acting as a WLC, the master AP also operates as an AP to serve clients along with the subordinate APs.
The Cisco Mobility Express solution provides most of the features of a WLC and has the capability to interface with the following:
Cisco Prime Infrastructure—For simplified network management, including managing AP groups
Cisco Identity Services Engine—For advanced policy enforcement
Cisco Mobility Services Engine—For providing presence-level data as well as an advanced spectrum solution
The following Cisco Aironet Series APs are supported in the Cisco Mobility Express network:
Note |
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Master APs |
Subordinate APs |
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Cisco Aironet 1830 Series Cisco Aironet 1850 Series |
Cisco Aironet 700i Series Cisco Aironet 700w Series Cisco Aironet 1600 Series Cisco Aironet 1700 Series Cisco Aironet 1810W Series Cisco Aironet 2600 Series Cisco Aironet 2700 Series Cisco Aironet 3500 Series Cisco Aironet 3600 Series Cisco Aironet 3700 Series |
A Cisco Mobility Express software image. These models have model numbers (or Product IDs) ending in C.
AP models that are supported only as subordinates require a CAPWAP-based lightweight AP software image.
The Cisco Mobility Express software for your AP model can be downloaded from:
https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html:
Early Deployment (ED)—These software releases provide new features, new hardware platform support, and bug fixes.
Maintenance Deployment (MD)—These software releases provide bug fixes and ongoing software maintenance.
Deferred (DF)—These software releases have been deferred. We recommend that you migrate to an upgraded release.
Software Type and Purpose |
Release |
For AP 1850 |
For AP 1830 |
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Mobility Express controller-capable AP software to be used for conversion from Lightweight Access Points only. |
8.2.100.1 |
AIR-AP1850-K9-8.2.100.1.tar |
AIR-AP1830-K9-8.2.100.1.tar |
Access Point image bundle, to be used for updating ME controller software and images of supported access points. |
8.2.100.1 |
AIR-AP1850-K9-ME-8-2-100-1.zip |
AIR-AP1830-K9-ME-8-2-100-1.zip |