Aruba Networks Wireless WAN Reviews

We primarily use the solution for expanding the capabilities of the network to wireless devices. 

The solution is overall a great product. The stability is one of the best aspects of it. It's also useful in helping control multiple access points. You don't need to have a physical controller like other brands.

In some models, you need to buy the antenna separately. They should put the antenna in the box and make it a full product. The non-antenna option does not work as well. Also, if you're not very aware, you might just buy the model that doesn't include the antenna and then you have to wait for a very long time for the antenna to arrive. It's not a good idea to sell it without the antenna. It's an unnecessary additional cost.

The initial setup has a lot of options, which makes it very versatile yet very complicated to install. There should be two modes: a basic mode and then a more advanced mode to help make implementation easier. Most of the time, if it's a small installation, you don't need the complexity. You shouldn't need higher expertise in order to install a couple of access points in a single place.

The stability of the solution is good.

The scalability of the solution is perfect. When you first start to use it, you have an increased amount of access points, and when you extend the network it's very easy. We have about 25-50 devices.

We've never had to contact technical support, so I don't have any experience to speak to.

The initial setup is okay, but only if you know what you are doing. Deployment takes a few hours.

I handled the implementation myself.

The solution is more expensive than other similar solutions, but it's worth the price.

We're an Aruba partner.

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Our primary use is to provide wireless network access for our clients.

The newest features and options allow us to use leading-edge functionality like the central mobility controller which can manage everything instead of having the independent or basic cellular kind of setup. Bigger enterprise-level configuration and policy pushing will become easier with Mobility Master and that will provide better services for our clients.

The wireless options could be improved to expand the set of features. From a switching perspective, there should be a little more flexibility so there are opportunities to use a broader variety of switch models compared to competing product options. I don't really know specifically what they need to have and improve, just that they continue to keep up with emerging technologies and continue to expand the capabilities of their services.

Scalability is good with Aruba. You can control and support any feature, unlike in Cisco where we have found limitations. Specific controllers have got specific iOS features. The features can be scaled from smaller controllers to bigger controllers, so you can scale at anytime, no matter what cloud the controller is on. You can also start with the cloud or start with on-premises and go back to the controller base at any time.

We have been in touch with Aruba technical support and I would rate them as pretty good. They have been responsive and answer our questions.

The initial setup is fairly straightforward.

Depending on different models you get different capabilities and flexibility. Based on the core components we can have greater coverage or limited access sites.

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Aruba Network Wireless as an eight. It is not a ten. Nothing can be a ten out of ten or it would have to be the best product or the only product providing a service.

Ease of installation.

We've got a remote site. We can only ship an access point to them and a zero touch provisioning, so we don't need an IT person on the other side. This saves us a lot of money.

The management software. The graphical user interface could do with some improvement, a bit of decluttering.

Three years.

No, not at all. It's very stable. The benefit of Aruba over Meraki is that even with the management software (subscription based) if you don't pay your subscription, the software still work. It's good that the wireless access points still work, unlike with Meraki.

Yeah, it's normal. The instant access points without a controller, scales to about 90 access points. If you want beyond that, then you can use the same access points, then add a controller.

We have not called as we've got in-house capabilities.

We used HPE MSM. HPE replaced that with Aruba, and that's why we followed.

No, it was very easy. Very straightforward.

Our most recent installation was for a school and included 91 instant access points with five floors.

Yeah. We looked at Meraki.

They need to look at the scalability. How easy it is to set up for them, because there are actual software features that you get with Aruba that you don't get with the other vendors like location aware and guest access management. Those are the kind of things that Aruba does much better than the likes of Meraki. On top of that, Ruckus, as a company, is not that stable because they've been bought and sold about two or three in the last few years.

I use this solution as an access point for my local Wi-Fi.

The most valuable feature is reliability. Once this solution is installed it works very well.

The pricing for the Aruba Wireless WAN should be improved.

In the next release, the security should be improved by including support for WPA3.

I have been using Aruba Wireless WAN for about two years.

This is very stable and the main reason that I chose this product. It has been running for two years and has always been online.

We have between 20 and 30 devices that are connected.

I have not had to contact support. I just installed it and used it.

It is very easy to install and set up.

This is a very good product that I would recommend for other people.

It has all of the features I need but it could have a lower price.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are a solution provider and we have experience providing solutions such as this one to our customers.

We currently have a customer who uses this solution in a school.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the streaming of screen sharing. Our customer needs to broadcast screens from tablets and iPads.

The performance of this access point is better than the commercial one.

We have been able to manage this solution using Wavefront.

The solution would be improved with a better interface.

This is a very stable solution.

We can expand our control and management by adding more access points. We haven't done this yet but we are hoping that we can expand it easily.

We have not had to contact technical support for this solution.

The installation of this solution was easy for us.

This is a solution that I recommend.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

Our primary use case of this solution is to connect all our end-users to the network via the wireless access point. 

I have found the technical support to be one of the most valuable features.

Something that needs to be improved is the integration.

I have been using Aruba Networks Wireless WAN for more than three years now.

We haven't experienced any glitches so far, so it is a very stable program.

I am more than satisfied with the program's scalability. We've had no issues so far. We have over 500 users, and one person is more than enough for the maintenance.

Yes, we used Cisco before, but we switched to Aruba because of the price. Cisco was too expensive.

The initial setup was really straightforward and the deployment took us a few months to complete. Our team was responsible for the deployment.

I will definitely recommend this solution to others. I would like to see better integration in the next release. On a scale from one to 10, I will rate this product an eight.