Can I swap MR52 with CW9178I and keep the existing co-term license?

[BrandonS]

I have been researching this and struggling to find a conclusive answer.  I am proposing 1:1 replacement, will the existing LIC-ENT on a co-term license will be fine or I need to do something else?  

[alemabrahao]

Yes, it is totally possible in my understanding.

[Ryan_Miles]

The coterm licensing you have will work for Wi-Fi 7 APs. There's nothing you need to do on the licensing front. Just replace the older MRs with the new CW917x APs and you're good to go.

[alemabrahao]

Step 3: Obtain migrated licenses
Once your devices are migrated to the Meraki Dashboard, there are two ways you can obtain Meraki
licenses:
Simply purchase new Meraki licenses OR obtain free Meraki licenses through the qualified promotion
process (below).
Qualified promotion
The Meraki licenses will be matched as closely as possible to the existing Cisco DNA Center license:
• Level match:
- Cisco DNA Premier or Advantage -> Meraki Advanced.
- Cisco DNA Essentials -> Meraki Enterprise

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9100ax-access-points/migrating-d...

[jbright]

Another thing to consider is the higher power requirements for the CW9178i versus the MR52.

You can only take full advantage of all the radios in the new AP with an 802.3bt (>30 watts) power source.

[BrandonS]

Thanks for this.  I would have overlooked it.  They were going to existing MS225-48P which are only 802.3at 30W max.  It looks like they only lose the second 5GHz radio this way which is fine for this low density application. 

[BrandonS]

Thank you all that replied.  This is what I had hoped since they have over 3 years left on an existing co-term license.