S9|E23 The Cisco Catalyst 9136 Wi-Fi 6E Access Point

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The Wi-Fi 6E Catalyst 9136 access point takes advantage of the 6-GHz band to produce a network that is more reliable and secure, with higher throughput, more capacity, and less device interference. These access points come with built-in environmental sensors and provide a host of features for all your needs. Join Cisco Champions as they discuss the Cisco Catalyst 9136 access point, and their experience testing this new AP in their unique environments. (5:35) Champions experience deploying the Cisco Catalyst 9136 AP in their unique network environments (Jonathan = mining, Richard = education, Scott = retail) Champs comments on the Cisco Catalyst 9136 features (12:54) Does anyone have comments on other features of the AP? (15:25) Richard, in your space how are customers balancing redundancy and cost of that extra drop? (19:00) Did the Champs find any deficiency? (21:00) Fred talks about power (PoE, USB port, BLE) (23:50) Design considerations (27:44) What was the Champions experience setting up the AP? (29:27) Client consistencies (32:13) Throughput and reliability data (38:18) Why were the sensors added? Related links Learn more: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/wireless/catalyst-9100ax-access-points/index.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Blog: https://richardatkin.com/post/2022/03/22/Streaming-environmental-air-quality-data-from-the-Cisco-Catalyst-9136-WiFi6e-Access-Point.html?dtid=opdcsnc001469 Follow us: https://twitter.com/ciscochampion Cisco Champion Hosts Jonathan Mahady (twitter.com/jonathan_mahady) BHP, Senior PCN Network Engineer Richard Atkin (twitter.com/ukricha), ITGL, Solution Architect Scott Fella (twitter.com/fella5), Microsoft, Sr. Services Engineer Guest Fred Niehaus, Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer Moderator Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program