Ruckus Cloudpath Reviews

I use Ruckus Cloudpath to handle all our APIs in our school. We currently have around 700 users, and it helps manage network scaling and user growth within our infrastructure.

Ruckus Cloudpath is effective for network security since it points out errors, especially when working with APIs. It is a good product, and I use it for its network management features.

Our primary use case for Ruckus Cloudpath is within the hospitality industry and educational institutions, such as large hotels and universities. We implemented the solution in the infrastructure to provide services to customers and students. Specifically, we use it in premises like student labs and hotel lobbies for customers and in meeting rooms.

The most valuable features of Ruckus Cloudpath include its long-range capabilities, smooth and uninterrupted service, and reliability. Additionally, the multi-factor authentication feature is beneficial for securing network access. The solution provides powerful encryption, a secure wireless network connection through WPA enterprise connection, and advanced security tools.

We installed Ruckus to control the wireless devices, access control, and the doors in hotels. The hotel doors were managed by Ruckus Wi-Fi and wireless devices, integrating all these systems.

The wireless devices are used to control access, transmit messages, and integrate with the main system. Messages during checkouts are passed through the Ruckus Wi-Fi wireless devices, which are integrated with the primary hotel system. I have found it easy to use with no significant issues once the small initial problems were resolved.

At the moment, we have multiple drilling units, with users utilizing Ruckus Cloudpath alongside DPSKs. The process involves creating external DPSKs from our SmartZone because SmartZone imposes a limit of 3,000 DPSKs. The recent implementation primarily focuses on users employing DPSKs. This enables us to restrict the number of devices connected to a specific password. DPSKs are dynamic and unique to each user.

Ruckus Cloudpath is predominantly utilized for onboarding corporate environments. It involves certificate-based authentication. Customers can use their Active Directory cloud for certificates. Once validated, users receive a certificate containing all the credentials and device information. This means that the next time they log onto the Wi-Fi, they are already authenticated.

The tool's most valuable features include the phenomenal functionality of DPSK. The ease of use, particularly when it is correctly set up, is remarkably simple. Tracking users is straightforward and dynamic. This allows us to identify where a user might encounter issues within the process.

Its most valuable feature is CA certification. You cannot get access without this. The tool's device policy enforcement feature has had a positive impact on customer network security. Customers are now more at ease, knowing that their employees connect to a secure network, and unauthorized individuals cannot easily access the corporate network. Overall, it has positively influenced their security measures.

The user experience when connecting to networks via Ruckus Cloudpath is seamless. I would highly recommend it to anyone in need of an onboarding system for multiple users. Whether you want to move away from the standard connection, Active Directory, or even free keys, it is a reliable choice. Additionally, the product's licensing is user-based, not device-based. This means that regardless of the number of devices, the licensing is per-user. 

We have positioned Ruckus Cloudpath in a university where it is mainly used for authentication.

The Ruckus Cloudpath product performs well, especially with its single plane of authentication capabilities.

The solution, while effective, is somewhat complex with initial deployment challenges.

The common use case for Ruckus Cloudpath is that we focus on using it for education, as it's very good for authenticating the employees, teachers, and staff to the system, making it a very great solution for onboarding customers to the Wi-Fi and controlling and managing access to the network.

The best features of Ruckus Cloudpath include the deep integration with the education system, the Eduroam, and the ease of creating workflows to manage each authentication process separately, allowing me to create a separate workflow for employees, guests, and students while being flexible in adjusting the policy.

The enhanced guest access capabilities have been beneficial to my organization as we can separate guests on a different network and control their access using tokens or pre-generated vouchers, SMS authentication tokens, and the captive portal already implemented inside the Ruckus Cloudpath. Using this captive portal, I can generate self-onboarding for guests or use the BYOD for staff and employees or students.

Our company is the only distributor in Pakistan and we integrate the solution for customers. We are in the middle of our first deployment at a university. 

The solution has good features for authentication and policies.

Users can self-provision devices for network access via their logins. 

We have it in this large school. It's a private school that goes from kindergarten through 12th grade. It's the whole lower school system all the way through 12 grade leading to college. They liked the fact that, first of all, they weren't big Cisco fans. They did like Brocade and Ruckus products and it was in their price range, even though they had a pretty big budget. A lot of schools are really tight with their IT, especially private schools. 

It just fits their needs too. They have multiple sites within the same campus. They had two to four buildings plus an incredible field hockey field with blue AstroTurf, which was amazing. They can connect to everything.

Customer just contacted me with his thoughts:

"We just started with CloudPath this year and the process went very well. I would highly recommend using their white glove service, it made the entire process seamless. The peace of mind gained by adding better security is huge."