Name: Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
Brand: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Rating: 4.2 (51 reviews)

it_user648573

Networking Sales Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 20, 2017

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Ease of installation leads to cost savings

What is most valuable?

Ease of installation.

How has it helped my organization?

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.

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

Three years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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.

How are customer service and support?

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

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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

How was the initial setup?

No, it was very easy. Very straightforward.

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

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yeah. We looked at Meraki.

What other advice do I have?

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.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller.

Atholl WilkinsonNetwork Administrator/Manager with 51-200 employees

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Dec 19, 2017

We have an HPE MSM 720 which is now EOL and are looking at installing a new wireless system. One of those we are investigating to replace our existing kit is Aruba.

it_user105822

Data Centre Technician at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Nov 20, 2015

Still offering us the solution we need but unhappy with the new controller upgrades

You have to ask yourself why when a company is solid secure and doing well do they choose to upset their customers by saying that the last refresh of controllers are going end of life and the new controllers will not be able to talk to the old ones as they will no longer be supporting security upgrades to any of the older controllers. As they are still on the expensive side and much better systems like the Cisco Meraki are available now, why would you "cut your nose off to spite your face". We have just heavily invested in 2014 in expanding our network to ensure one access point is shared by no more than 15 users, so why now would we want to replace the whole sites WIFI again so we can remain security compliant. This is poor show and I expect other less cash rich companies will have to live with what they have got and replace piecemeal as they fail or can afford. In hard financial times do you really screw your existing customers so that you can sell more product, wouldn't work for us in our industry, and is this part of the reason IT gets such a hard press from almost every company, always costing money never saving enough to be appreciated.

Aruba works very well for us here at our corporate HQ and it is easy to add additional points and configure and monitor them through the controller, and the ability to issue daily, weekly or long term guest access has been a real boon with all the consultants that we use. While it might be towards the expensive side of the market it is robust and certainly does the job for us.

We have continued to expand this network and we now have coverage over the whole site of 1500 employees and guests and we plan to expand in the future into our distribution warehouse where a further 600 people are employed. The system is easy to manage and still through our third party installer/monitor offer us a robust solution so much so that the planned main IT refit at the tail end of 2015 is planned as a fully wireless solution with only some exception zones for large file transfers and updates and printers being cabled solutions. Watch this space to see in early 2016 how this has gone and if wireless is still the way to take IT programming and design development forward.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Patrick Ngieng

Technical Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

May 15, 2024

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A stable solution with a straightforward setup

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