Cisco Wireless Reviews

Name: Cisco Wireless
Brand: Cisco
Rating: 4 (145 reviews)

Vendor: Cisco

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With Cisco Wireless you will successfully plan, deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and report on indoor and outdoor wireless networks - all from a centralized location.

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Cisco Wireless is the #2 ranked solution in top Wireless LAN solutions. PeerSpot users give Cisco Wireless an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. Cisco Wireless is most commonly compared to Aruba Wireless: Cisco Wireless vs Aruba Wireless. Cisco Wireless is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 59% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 17% of all views.

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Michael Lees

Production Director at Whitespider

Feb 19, 2024

Assurance capabilities must be improved. There should be more Assurance features on the Wireless LAN Controller. A lot of it is bundled into the DNA Center. Having a little more Assurance regarding what the RF Spectrum looks like will be good. Juniper Mist has a lot of analytical data on the dashboard. The customers would be compelled to look at DNA Center as a longer-term and more comprehensive solution if Cisco were to give them an insight into some of the Assurance capabilities that might be available in DNA Center. The tool must provide something like RF Neighbor. It must enable organizations to receive signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio and see how clients perform in their wireless network. It must have a cap. If we want additional functionality to see our entire network, that's where DNA Center fits in.

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GulfrazAhmad

Division Head Enterprise Infrastructure (SVP) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Feb 22, 2022

The main concern is the length and overlapping. We have to put on four to six access points on the same floor, and we face the issue of overlapping areas. If Cisco can extend the range of their indoor APs, we would need to install just one or two access points, and it would eliminate the problem of the overlapping area. They should provide built-in features for safe authentication. Right now, we integrate with ISE and FortiClient for this feature. We first check the NAC, and after the NAC and before the domain, a token password installed on their mobile or a physical token is required to join the network. If Cisco had built-in authentication, we would be able to eliminate one product from our network.

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Yaser_Altwailey

Network Engineer at General Authority OF ZAKAT & TAX

Jan 16, 2024

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward. For the product's deployment phase, our company makes a plan. After the installation process of the product on an on-premises model, my company builds service accounts with the application team. In the area of the security offered by the firewall, some of the ports are kept open, after which we integrate it with the back-end devices. We use three security zones for the gateway, including the pre-shared key, captive portal, and SMS message through which users can log in to the product. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. As there is a need to transfer certain services from one account to another during the product's on-premises deployment phase and integration, which is taken care of by our technical personnel, it takes around a month to complete the deployment process. Two engineers and four technicians are required to take care of the deployment and maintenance of the product.

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Cisco Wireless market share

As of March 2024, the market share of Cisco Wireless in the Wireless LAN category stands at 12.7%, marking a decrease of 24.6% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"It is a very scalable solution."
"The tool is mainly improving our productivity."
"The product’s stability is great."

Room for Improvement

"Even though the tool offers a cloud-based central management option, the product needs to work on improving the security part a bit since it is an area of concern."
"The price could be improved."
"The internet speed is high within environments. As you move further away from the access point, there is a decline in speed. Omada or Ruckus don’t have the speed degradation as you move away from the access point."

Pricing

"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"We opt for a one-time purchasing fee model in our setup. Since we don't utilize a management platform or WLAN controller, there are no recurring costs. The access points we typically use, which support Cisco's wireless masters, are priced at around $250 each. Occasionally, we purchase them in packs of five or as part of extended packs at a prorated cost."
"I rate the tool's pricing a ten out of ten. It is expensive compared to Aruba and Juniper."

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Aegean Motorway, Baylor Scott & White Health, Beachbody, Bellevue, Brunel University London, Bucks County Intermediate Unit , Chartwell School, Children's Hospital Colorado, Cisco Live Milan, City of Biel, City of Mississauga, Dundee Precious Metals, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Erickson Living, Goldcorp, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS)

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