Do i need a ZoneDirector for Wireless Roaming?

[marco_eichstet1]

Hi,

Do i need a ZoneDirector for Wireless Roaming?
One of my Customers need a Wireless Network for his Warehouse. There will be about 15 to 20 Wireless Barcode Scanner. The Scanner supports 802.11b/g/n.

I read there is no need for a ZoneDirector for Layer 2 Roaming because this is implemented in the 802.11 Protocoll. Is this true?

Please clarify.

Thanks.

Kind Regards
Marco

[nick_wollman]

why does my zd 1100 not have an ft roaming option? or is that also dependent on the ap? my 1200 has it and im using r600s on it but only 7343s on my 1100.

[michael_brado]

Nick, the Fast BSS Transition WLAN option was introduced in 9.8 release.  What version firmware are you running on your ZD1100?

[nick_wollman]

9.8. But that brings me to another point. I was looking at the release notes for 9.10 and I saw that the 7962 access point was not supported anymore. What does that mean exactly? I have a couple of those and I'd still like them to work when I update. Also my zone director 1100 reports a whole bunch of useful information such as users roaming from one AP to the next and AP join requests and heartbeats lost and stuff like that. My newer zone director 1200 only reports when rogue APs are detected and that's pretty much it. Do the new software updates make them report less stuff?

[michael_brado]

Product Marketing has End of Lifed the 7962 b/g and a/n 64mb RAM AP that served well since 8.0 version code.
New 802.11ac capable APs may not have all capabilities enabled in initial releases, but are being implemented.
To recognize/report Rogue APs for example, requires background scanning, and be sure that Rogue detction
is enabled.

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/answers/000001261

[nick_wollman]

i would imagine the 7962s dont have the background scanning?   and will they cease to communicate with the zd or completely stop transmitting wifi?  or will they still work without all the new features?