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PRODUCT CODE : CW9162-HW
The Cisco Meraki CW9162 APs will be available to order with either a Meraki Cloud ”mode” SKU or a Controller-based ”mode” SKU to save time with the initial deployment process. For the first time ever, you will be able to convert the Cisco Meraki CW9162 between these two personas on your own, after you receive them. From within the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller, you can choose the ”Change to Meraki Persona” menu item to convert the Cisco Meraki CW9162 to Meraki Cloud management. It will even provide you with a copy/pastable list of the information you need to ”claim” Cisco Meraki CW9162 APs in your Meraki Dashboard. Part of this information includes the AP name, so it will persist through the conversion. It is similarly easy to convert the Cisco Meraki CW9162 AP from the Meraki Cloud to Catalyst 9800 Controller-based management.
As you would expect, Cisco is releasing ”good, better, best” variants of their newest access point. You have the choice of a more cost-effective 2×2 AP on Cisco Meraki CW9162, up to a full-blown 4×4 XOR Radio AP. The Cisco Meraki CW9166 can be operated in a 2.4+5+6GHz mode or a 2.4+5+5 GHz mode, depending on your deployment needs. I like this approach, as it gives you the ability to have a ”double capacity” (dual-5GHz radios) 5GHz AP today, which can evolve into a 6GHz radio in the future when your client base can take advantage of it. The CW9166 and CW9164 are very similar in size to the C9136, but slightly smaller. Cisco Meraki CW9162 is substantially smaller than the others, and closer to the size of a C9115.
If you’ve ever been torn between wanting the nerd knobs that come with a controller-based AP, and the simplicity that comes with a Meraki Cloud-managed AP, you no longer have to make a choice between the two. The Cisco Meraki CW9162 access points gives you the flexibility to deploy the AP in either mode, and convert between the two modes in the future. This move very likely marks the end of the traditional Meraki MR product line. I expect that all future Meraki APs will fall under the CW model name like Cisco Meraki CW9162, and be convertible between the Meraki Cloud and a Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller. I would also expect Cisco to continue to release controller-based-only APs for specific use cases, as well. Hopefully we will continue to see the ”CW” product line expand into outdoor APs (once AFC exists), wall plate APs, and other use cases in the future.
