📣 Heralding the Cisco Wireless CW9179F Access Point!

[Phi-L]

All hail the mighty Cisco Wireless CW9179F — the industry’s first enterprise-grade, Wi-Fi 7 certified high-density access point! 🚀🎉

Purpose-built for large public venues like stadiums, arenas, festivals, and airports, the CW9179F brings unmatched performance, flexibility, and resiliency — indoors or out. ☁️📡 (just don't play with it like a small shield, like I might have 👀)

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🛠️ Key Features

• 📶 Wi-Fi 7 Certified: Built on the 802.11be standard for blazing-fast throughput and ultra-low latency

• 🔁 Convertible Design: Easily switch between indoor and outdoor modes with the environment pack

• 🎯 Software-Configurable Beam Patterns: Choose from boresight, wide, or front & back for optimal coverage

• 👥 High-Density Performance: 4 client-serving radios (2.4 GHz, dual 5 GHz, 6 GHz) plus IoT + Bluetooth support

• 🔌 Dual 10G Multigigabit Ethernet: Provides both power and link redundancy

• 🌍 Built-in GNSS/GPS: Supports AFC and smart regulatory domain selection

• 🌱 Energy Efficiency: Includes AP Power Save mode to reduce consumption during off-hours

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⚙️ Deployment & Management

• ☁️ Flexible Management: Deploy with on-prem or cloud-based management, powered by the Cisco Networking Subscription

• 📦 Simplified Licensing: Unified licensing ensures consistent functionality across deployment model

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🏟️ Use Cases

Perfect for:

• Stadiums 🏈

• Airports ✈️

• Convention centers 🏢

• Any high-density indoor/outdoor space

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📦 How to Demo

For you partners and Cisco employees out there, we just happen to have our CW9179F APs conveniently placed in our Meraki Launchpad 🚀 demo organization. Head to the Meraki Launchpad 🚀 Subscription org after authenticating into dCloud, and you'll find our devices in the Santa Cruz network. Pay special attention to CW9179F-specific details under Radio settings on the device details page, and look for a new RF Profile unique to this AP's model. 

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Got questions or plans to deploy the CW9179F? Drop them below — let’s talk Wi-Fi 7! 💬👇 And remember, just like the ancient Spartan hoplites (probably) used to say, "Come back with your CW9179F, or on it!"

[cmr]

This should really help make Meraki a lot more competitive in arenas and exhibition spaces 😎

[CarolineS]

Hi @Jagatiya143 - thanks for posting! But, your post sounds very much like it was generated with AI. If so, please cite your source per community policy.

[tboo]

Can the CW9179F be managed entirely by the Meraki Dashboard / Cloud Controller, or is some form of on-prem wireless controller required?

I saw mention of these controllers (Meraki Cloud controller isn't specified though): 

• Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers (physical or virtual)
• Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches with Embedded Wireless Controller in SDA mode

I also saw this:

• "and using either on premises or cloud management" but I'm unsure if this requires leveraging the new "Wireless LAN Controllers" in the Meraki Console. 
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Thanks for any guidance here - we would definitely prefer to be able to use it more or less like any other Meraki AP.

[cmr]

@tboo you won't need the new Meraki controller, that is only for large sites (1000s of APs).  Normal Meraki dashboard is okay.

[Phi-L]

Hey @tboo , yes you can absolutely manage the CW9179F via the Meraki dashboard, and for cloud management (Meraki) you don't need a wireless controller. I actually had to do very little to get my units online -- I just went through the normal dashboard process of claiming, adding them to a network, normal network connectivity, and poof! They came online like how I'd expect any other Meraki AP. 

[tboo]

Incredible - thanks @cmr and @Phi-L  for the clarification here. Super helpful as these product lines become more integrated.