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Cisco Access Point Models Not Supported On 8.1 Code
Monday, December 29, 2014 at 3:49PM If you're like me you may have hundreds or even thousands of Cisco 1131, 1242 and 1250 access points deployed in your wireless network today.
Take special care and attention to the information below. A number of legacy access point models will no longer be supported past 8.0 code.
This is reminiscent of 1000 series access points. I can recall the horror stories, people upgrading to 5.0 only to realize that the 1000 series would not join the WLC. #DontBeThatGuy!
Ask your Cisco rep about buy back programs and bundle purchases; buy X and get 5-10 free access points!
Reader Comments (5)
This page says the 1130,1240 & 1140 are still supported
see: cisco.com
#confused
8.0 these ap are still supported. Its 8.1 where they are not.
Glad I have only 5 of 1131, I think I will convert them to standalone or will use vWLC with 8.0 software to manage them.
But this reduced function on 1140 bothers me, because I have 50+ in my network. Where can I read about which features are reduced?
An email I received from Cisco.
""he basic rule is – if a new feature is coded in
the controller that is a software only function that is fully applied as the
traffic goes through the controller, happy days – you get it. If a new feature makes
use of special hardware we’ve added into the 1x00, 2x00 and 3x00 over the last three
generations of AP – then that feature won’t be available in the older access points,
but otherwise still works as it always did.
We’re expecting to make some big changes in the areas of media access, media sharing,
and load balancing as of 8.1 with the 2700 and 3700 series APs in 8.1, and that’s the
big splash that needs to be drawn out that won’t be possible in the 1142 as it doesn’t
have the new CPU and hardware architecture that the 2700/3700 series do to be able to
deliver it.
I think ‘reduced functionality’ is a poor choice of words on behalf of marketing as it
suggests we’re taking away from what’s already there with what you have, which isn’t the
case. It would be better described as ‘no additional functionality that requires the
latest hardware to operate’. I have a week’s update on all things wireless in mid-April
over at HQ and I will make this point to the colleagues who set policy and write the guides
that the currently anticipated wording in the Release Notes is creating a misperception.
Bob -- Good feedback thank you for sharing ..