The 2504 Wireless Controller available in Cisco Packet Tracer 9.0 features 4 gigabit trafic interfaces, 1 management interface, and provides the following capabilities :

  • CAPWAP tunnels
  • Multiple SSID with wlan to vlan mapping
  • WPA / WPA2 encryption (TKIP / AES) with 802.1x authentication support
  • Dynamic access point management interface
  • Internal DHCP server
  • DHCP proxy

The Lightweight Access Point connect to the WLC using CAPWAP tunnels and get their radio configuration (SSID) from it. Read more on Cisco WLC 2504 configuration

Mobility management and rogue AP detection are not supported in Cisco Packet Tracer.

Packet Tracer 9.0 - Cisco 2504 WLC

 

Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 3504

Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller is a compact and service-rich wireless LAN controller platform platform that enables next-generation wireless networks for branch office deployments and small to medium businesses. It has been optimized by Cisco to enable 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless networks.

Cisco 3504 Wireless Lan Controller emulated in Cisco Packet Tracer 9.0

The Cisco 3504 WLC supports :

  • 4 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (RJ45)
  • 1 Multigigabit Ethernet interface (1, 2.5 or 5 Gigabit ethernet, limited to 1 Gigabit in Cisco Packet Tracer)
  • 150 access points
  • 3000 clients
  • 4096 VLANs

 

WIFI Access Points

Cisco 3702i Aironet Light Weight Access Point

Light Weight Access are centrally managed by a wireless controller. The WLC uses the CAPWAP protocol for Access Points registration and configuration.

The Cisco 3702i Aironet access points emulated in Cisco Packet Tracer 9.0 support the follwoing features :

  • PoE power supply (automatic when connected to a power inline enabled switch)
  • Local power supply (when PoE is not available)
  • DHCP client
  • Manual WLC address IP configuration
  • Power on auto provisionning with automatic WLC discovery using DHCP option 150

The following DHCP configuration, with DHCP option 150, is required to make the Light Weight access point register to the Wireless Lan Controller (IP address: 192.168.1.1)

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.9
!
ip dhcp pool MGMT
 network 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
 default-router 192.168.1.254
 option 150 ip 192.168.1.1