The Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller provides centralized control, management, and troubleshooting for small to medium-sized enterprises and branch offices. It offers flexibility to support multiple deployment modes in the same controller - a centralized mode for campus environments, Cisco FlexConnect mode for lean branches managed over the WAN, and a mesh (bridge) mode for deployments in which full Ethernet cabling is unavailable. As a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, the 3504 controller provides real-time communications between Cisco Aironet Access Points, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and the Cisco Mobility Services Engine, and is interoperable with the Cisco 5520 and 8540 Wireless Controllers.
- Quiet operation, with a small form factor and compact design ideal for space-constrained deployments, providing flexibility without compromising on features
- Cisco Multigigabit Ethernet technology to support next-generation 802.11ac Wave 2 deployments using existing cabling infrastructure
- Subsecond access point and client failover for uninterrupted application availability
- An embedded wireless bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy classification engine that allows classification of client devices and application of user group policies
- Guest access and Bonjour and Chromecast services in centralized deployments
- Software-defined segmentation with Cisco TrustSec technology, reducing access control list (ACL) maintenance, complexity, and overhead
- Integrated Cisco CleanAir technology, providing the industry's only self-healing and self-optimizing wireless network
- A simplified GUI wizard for quick setup and intuitive dashboards for monitoring and troubleshooting
