Answer first: yes, a wireless access point normally connects to an Ethernet switch when the switch port, VLAN or trunk, uplink speed, PoE power, management path, controller design, and security policy match. See Cisco's access-point overview. Continue with enterprise wireless hub, network-switch. If access control lists (ACLs) are in the control path between the switch and its access points, you must open new protocol ports to prevent access points from being stranded. If an access point is in the UP state and its IP address changes, the access point tears down the existing CAPWAP tunnel. If you connect to much AP in one switch and this switch crash, you can lost most of your wifi network as AP can not migrate to another switch by itself. So, if you can, spread your AP around access switches. Also, newer AP consume 25W of power. Right now all I have is a computer, which is using the ethernet cable. Assume that in the network there are four Departments: HR, Sales, Technical and.
