Engineered from the ground up to be the most powerful and energy-efficient mid-sized wireless controller Cisco has ever developed, the Cisco Catalyst™ CW9800M Series wireless controller boasts up to a 53% increase in performance and consumes up to 18% less power compared to its predecessor. The Cisco Catalyst CW9800M has increased capacity to support 1000 more access points than the previous generation Catalyst 9800-40 while remaining a single-rack-unit design to save you space and provide greater flexibility in your datacenters. Together, these advancements, along with a host of innovative features, deliver a best-in-class wireless solution tailored to accommodate the dynamic and evolving needs of your organization.

The emergence of 6GHz Wi-Fi, along with the rise of new devices, cloud-based applications, smart workplaces, and IoT, calls for a new approach to network deployments, management, and troubleshooting. These new applications and increasing demands are met head-on by the powerful and efficient Cisco Catalyst CW9800 wireless controllers, which are engineered to address your most stringent needs and set the stage for the future.

The Cisco Catalyst CW9800 wireless controllers, built on Cisco IOS® XE, are specifically designed to thrive in dynamic environments, offering simplicity, security, and sustainability. In conjunction with the comprehensive suite of Cisco Catalyst solutions, the CW9800 wireless controllers deliver an unmatched wireless experience, catering to the growing demands of your organization. By integrating these controllers with Cisco Catalyst Center, you can harness applied AI for analytics and insights, automate intricate tasks, and enhance troubleshooting efficiency-helping ensure optimal user experiences and enabling you to focus on your organization's wider strategic objectives.

The Cisco Catalyst CW9800M is a high-performance wireless controller with the ability to support up to 3000 access points and 32,000 clients with up to 50 Gbps of maximum throughput. Additionally, it has 4 x 1Gpbs/10Gbps, and 2 x 25Gbps uplinks available to meet high throughput demands of 6GHz wireless. The Cisco Catalyst CW9800M is feature rich with high-performance capabilities to power your business-critical operations and transform user experiences:

• High availability and seamless software updates, enabled by hot patching, keep your clients and services always on in planned and unplanned events.
• Secure the airwaves, devices, and users with the Cisco Catalyst CW9800M. Wireless infrastructure becomes the strongest first line of defense with Cisco® Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) and SoftwareDefined Access (SD-Access). Additionally, because the Cisco Catalyst CW9800M controllers are designed for Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) and beyond, security is front and center. This includes Secure Boot, runtime defenses, image signing, integrity verification, and hardware authenticity. The Catalyst CW9800M also supports hardware cryptographic offload to enable advanced encryption without any performance degradation.
• Built on a modular operating system, the CW9800M features open and programmable APIs that enable automation of day-0 to day-N network operations. Model-driven streaming telemetry provides deep insights into the health of your network and clients.
• Cisco User Defined Network Plus, allows IT to give end users control of their very own wireless network partition on a shared network. End users can then remotely and securely deploy their devices on this network. Perfect for university dormitories or extended hospital stays, Cisco User Defined Network Plus provides advanced control, allowing each user to choose who can connect to their network.