胖AP、瘦AP、雲端AP Lightweight to Autonomous

於是，將無線基地臺的管理功能集中，統一由中央控制器來提供管理功能的概念──Thin AP架構，就因應而生。因為無線AP本身不負責連線管理等使用政策，功能變精簡了，可說是瘦AP，相對地傳統的無線AP也就是胖AP（Fat AP）了。透過本期企業採購大特輯的產品測試，你就可以了解目前Thin AP的管理方式。

Table 2. Product Specifications for Cisco Aironet 1240AG Series Access Points

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Regulatory Domain	Access Point Platform	Certified Products
Hong Kong	-N	Controller-based	AIR-CAP702I   AIR-RM3000AC DNLS: DOMAIN NO LONGER SUPPORTED
Hong Kong	-S	Controller-based	AIR-AP1800S   AIR-CAP702W   AIR-CAP2702   AIR-CAP3702   AIR-CAP3702P   AIR-AP1832   AIR-AP1852   AIR-AP1810W   AIR-OEAP1810   AIR-AP1800I   AIR-CAP1702   AIR-AP1815I   AIR-AP2802I   AIR-AP2802E   AIR-AP3802I   AIR-AP3802E   AIR-AP3802P   AIR-VBLE1   AIR-RM3010L   AIR-AP4800
Hong Kong	-S	Outdoor & Industrial	AIR-AP1572IC   AIR-CAP1532I   AIR-AP1542D   AIR-AP1542I   AIR-AP1562D   AIR-AP1562I   AIR-AP1562E   AIR-CAP1532E   AIR-AP1572EC   AIR-AP1572EAC   AIR-CAP1552H   AIR-CAP1552S   AIR-CAP1552WU   IW3702-2E-x-K9   IW3702-4E-x-K9
Hong Kong	-N	Standalone	AIR-SAP702I
Hong Kong	-UX	Universal	AIR-AP702I   AIR-AP702W   AIR-AP1602   AIR-AP2602   AIR-AP3602   AIR-AP2702   AIR-AP3702   AIR-AP1532   IW3702-2E-UXK9   IW3702-4E-UXK9 Importer must obtain approvals.

Item	Specification
Part Number for Individual Access Points	AIR-AP1242AG-x-K9 AIR-LAP1242AG-x-K9 Regulatory domains: (x = regulatory domain) • A = FCC • C = China • E = ETSI • I = Israel • J = Japan • K = Korea • N = North America (excluding FCC) • P = Japan2 • S = Singapore • T = Taiwan

• k9w7 – autonomous IOS
• k9w8 – full lightweight IOS (this is what is bundled in the WLC .aes image, and is factory installed on “mesh” APs)
• rcvk9w8 – lightweight recovery image – this is factory installed on lightweight APs, unless a “mesh” image is specified; it lacks radio firmware