Cisco Catalyst 9800-L-C fixed wireless controller with copper uplinks, Cisco IOS XE, centralized/FlexConnect/fabric deployment modes and support for up to 250 APs without the Performance license. Cisco identifies the C model as the copper-uplink version. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Application & Use Cases
Small and midsize enterprise WLAN control
Campus centralized wireless
FlexConnect branch deployments
Fabric wireless deployments
High-availability controller pairs
Features
Cisco IOS XE
2x 10G/Multigigabit copper uplinks
Four 1G/2.5G copper ports
SSO high availability
ISSU and software patching
Secure Boot and Trust Anchor
NETCONF/RESTCONF/YANG automation
Key Specifications
AP Capacity: 250 standard; 500 with Performance license
Client Capacity: 5,000; 10,000 with Performance license
Throughput: 5Gbps; 10Gbps with Performance license
