How to upgrade RFS 4010 controller with new generations of AP?

[Tuan_Nguyen1]

Hi you

I am using AP 7161, 7562 and controller RFS4010 with license for 16 AP. I plan to add new AP 7562, however supplier informed that new generation AP7562 will have wifi 6 and it cannot be added to RFS4010 controller. 

So how should my system be able to upgrade or replace the old APs with newer ones?

I upgraded the Controller for 1.5 years and I reported to my boss that it will add new Aps later on.

[ckelly]

Tuan,

11ax WiNG OS APs, like the 360,460, and 560 models, require WiNG-7 firmware, but the RFS4010 is not supported by WiNG-7.

So in order to use the 11ax WiNG APs mentioned, you would need to upgrade the controller to a model that supports WiNG-7 - the closest matching hardware model would be the NX5500.

Or you could go with a VM solution (VX9000). The VX9000 is half the list price of the NX5500 and comes with 64 AP licenses built-in.

In either case, you could transfer your existing licenses from the RFS4010 to the new controller and would have the ability to run all new WiNG model APs.