Dual Band Concurrent AP with captive portal?

Hi, Was looking at purchasing WAP321 however after looking at the spec's I see it has not got concurrent dual band (2.45Ghz/5Ghz) is there any simular access points with dual band and captive portal?
Thank You

Hi, My name is Eric Moyers. I am a Network Support Engineer in the Cisco Small Business Support Center. Thank you for using the Cisco Community Post Forums.
There is not an access point in the Small Business collection that has dual radio capability. The AP541 and WAP321 has dual band 2.4 and 5 ghz, but only one band at a time because they only have a single radio.
To find something with dual band, dual radio that can do 2.4 and 5 ghz at the same time you will have to look at Cisco Enterprise, AP1262N or 1142N for example.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Eric Moyers
Cisco Network Advanced Support Engineer
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