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Do you prefer "thin" or "fat" APs?

("Thin" being cheap and/or ones that require a controller; "fat" being ones more expensive ones that are entities in and of themselves).

(I'm curious as to what business factors drove the thin/fat purchasing decision that you made.)

Our company started with Cisco autonomous units but management of the devices has become difficult. We are moving to Cisco 4402 controllers at our sites so that we can a more controlled installation. With the controllers we can also employ their location services and find the devices when they go 'missing'.