Chapter 5. Operate Basic WCS

Controllers provide a single point of management to many access points, but many networks have several controllers and require a single point of management for these controllers. Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) provides this single point by allowing administrators to design, control, and monitor enterprise wireless networks from a central location. Cisco WCS also provides many other features, such as planning and location tracking. WCS is a service installed on Windows or Linux that can be accessed through a web interface. An older platform for management of autonomous APs, the Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE), also can be migrated to WCS, which can be useful when migrating an autonomous AP network to a controller-based solution. WC....