Cisco 9800 IOS-XE & AireOS · Municipal & Enterprise

Wireless Infrastructure Intelligence at Scale

Spectra delivers unified real-time monitoring across every controller, access point, and client on your Cisco wireless network — purpose-built for teams who operate critical public infrastructure.

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Cisco 9800 IOS-XE 17.x

AireOS 8.x Legacy

No cloud dependency

Async polling engine

spectrawifi.com/demo — Ridgefield Municipal Network

Total APs

Online

Clients

320

Controllers

RIDGEFIELD-WLC-01 9800 IOS-XE 38142 ● OK

RIDGEFIELD-WLC-02 9800 IOS-XE 31118 ● OK

RIDGEFIELD-WLC-03 AireOS 1247 ● Warn

RIDGEFIELD-ANCHOR AireOS —13 ● OK

By the numbers

Dashboard Views

<30s

Poll Cycle Time

100+

APs per Controller

Platforms Supported

Core Capabilities

Every layer of your wireless network, unified.

Spectra polls your Cisco controllers via RESTCONF and SNMP, assembling a live operational picture across controllers, access points, clients, and topology — without requiring Cisco DNA Center or Prime.

"Finally — a monitoring tool that speaks the same language as a network engineer. No abstraction layers, no vendor lock-in. Just data."

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE LEAD · MID-SIZE MUNICIPALITY

Multi-Controller Dashboard

Aggregate data from up to 10 controllers — IOS-XE 9800 and AireOS simultaneously — into a single operational overview with per-controller drill-down.

Real-Time AP Inventory

Full AP table with live status, model, client count, channel assignments, SNR, and site tag — searchable and filterable across all connected controllers.

24-Hour Trend Analysis

Dual-axis Chart.js time series tracking AP online count and client association density across the full polling history — pinpoint disruptions and usage peaks.

CDP Neighbor Topology

Access points grouped by upstream Catalyst switch, showing local and remote port assignments — giving physical layer context to wireless events without a separate NMS.

Mesh Bridge Topology

RAP and MAP role identification with per-link SNR bar visualization, backhaul medium, and client counts — purpose-built for outdoor and campus mesh deployments.

Policy Tag Mapping

WLAN ID → SSID → Policy Profile → VLAN mapping per controller. Visualizes the complete IOS-XE policy tag hierarchy with auth method and ACL assignments.

Platform Support

Built for Cisco. No third-party NMS required.

Spectra connects directly to your controllers using RESTCONF over HTTPS and legacy SNMP — no Cisco DNA Center subscription, no Prime Infrastructure, no agent installation.

Supported Platforms Catalyst 9800 IOS-XE 17.x AireOS 8.5 / 8.10 C9136I / C9130 / C9120 AIR-AP2802 / AIR-AP1852 Catalyst 9300 / 9200 Switches

Capability	Cisco 9800 IOS-XE	AireOS 8.x	Guest Anchor
AP Inventory & Status	✓ RESTCONF	✓ SNMP	✓ SNMP
Client Count per AP	✓	✓	✓
Controller CPU / Memory	✓	✓	✓
Policy Tag Mapping	✓ Full hierarchy	✓ WLAN profile	—
CDP Neighbor Discovery	✓	—	—
Mesh Bridge Topology	✓	✓	—
SNR & Channel Data	✓	✓	—
Historical Trend Polling	✓ SQLite	✓ SQLite	—