Ideal for distributed branches and small campuses

Up to 100 APs and 2 000 clients

Hot patching  time saving and hitless upgrades

The Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller on Catalyst® Access Points (EWC-AP) is the next-generation Wi-Fi solution  combining the most advanced controller – the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers – with the latest Wi-Fi 6 access points – the Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points – creating a best-in-class wireless experience for your evolving and growing organization.

With the 9800 Series wireless controller embedded on the Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points  organizations can now benefit from enterprise-class resiliency  security  and IT simplicity for single or multisite enterprise deployments.

Built for intent-based networking and Cisco DNA  the EWC-AP helps you simplify complexity  optimize IT  and reduce operational costs by leveraging intelligence  automation  and human expertise that no other vendor can deliver  regardless of where you are in the intent-based networking journey.

Maximum number of access points : Up to 100

Maximum number of clients : Up to 2000

Maximum number of WLANs :16

Deployment modes:Cisco FlexConnect®

Maximum FlexConnect APs per site :100

License :Smart License enabled

Operating system : Cisco IOS® XE Software

Management : Cisco DNA Center 1.3.2  integrated WebUI  mobile app  and third party (open standards APIs)

Policy engine : Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 2.2  2.3  and 2.4

Access points : Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points and Aironet® 802.11ac Wave 2 access points (operating in client serving mode only)

Warranty information : 

The Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller on Catalyst Access Points comes with a limited lifetime warranty that provides full warranty coverage of the hardware for as long as the original end user continues to own or use the product. 

The warranty includes 10-day advance hardware replacement and ensures that software media are defect-free for 90 days.

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Your embedded software is subject to the Cisco End User License Agreement (EULA) (link available below) 

and/or any Supplemental EULA (SEULA) or specific software warranty terms for additional software products loaded on the device.

Rogue detection  classification  and containment

802.1X supplicant support on EWC-AP

Walled garden and DNS ACLs

Cisco DNA Center for Automation and Assurance

Dashboard (web browser) and easy-to-use mobile app for deploying  provisioning  and monitoring

Standards-based interoperability tools using programmable interfaces

Open standards-based programmability with NETCONF and YANG

Central web authentication  local web authentication  and BYOD

Cisco DNA Spaces integration for personalized and relevant guest experience