Aruba Networks Wireless WAN Valuable Features
Aruba Wireless WAN is reliable, cost-effective, and easy to troubleshoot. Aruba is a leading solution provider on Gartner's Magic Quadrant in the wireless realm.
View full review »The solution has full integration with their NAC, and their ClearPass service. Specifically, with the wireless LAN, they have a layer 7 firewall at every AP. They have extensive firewall capabilities in the controller.
They have a capability called multi-zone, where you can terminate one AP to multiple controllers, and that's a unique thing for Aruba.
They offer per-user tunneling to a variety of endpoints.
View full review »The solution is easy to use.
The solution provides good compatibility with Huawei access controllers.
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Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
April 2024
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Feature-wise, the solution's cloud is quite good despite being expensive.
View full review »The most valuable feature of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is centralized management. It has features like other solutions, but it's easier to manage. Aruba Networks Wireless WAN also has a tax asset benefit which is good.
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UweSchmidt
Managing Director at SiT Global GmbH
The solution can save money and can be easily implemented, depending on the environment.
It’s very stable and reliable.
View full review »The security feature and the signal are good as they is dependent on our needs.
View full review »The site survey tool is fantastic and saved us a lot of time in the early stage.
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Mariusz Brzoza
Implementation Engineer at Banco do Brasil S.A.
Aruba Central seems to be a good way to go in cloud management. However, compared to Cisco Meraki, it's still very early days.
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Oleksii Vdovichenko
Head of IT infrastructure at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
An engineer with enough experience can tune the network however they want. It's crucial. It's good to customize our information security how we like it and configure the solution to achieve the level of stability we need.
View full review »The platform’s most valuable feature is stability.
View full review »Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is very stable and reliable. In the solution, the first part is obviously its security part because security is what is concerning in any Wi-Fi situation. In the aforementioned scenario, Aruba Wi-Fi solutions are very secure. They have some Triple DES or whatever security standards are there. So, corporate people are comfortable using Aruba Wi-Fi, especially in any enterprise or SMB segment.
There is a clustering feature, so the APs immediately switch back to the next available controller. The users will not notice any impact and will feel connected to the network. They will not notice any disconnection.
The AirMatch feature is also very useful. If the radio channels and the power being utilized in the RF environment are filled up, it will update all of those channels and power transmission.
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reviewer1288941
Director de Negocio. Redes, Comunicaciones y Seguridad at Avanti21 Sistemas y telecomunicaciones, S.L.
The most valuable features are price, quality, and performance.
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MohammadSalman
Consultant and technical support at joudeh center for computer and modern software
The product gives good stability and concurrency.
View full review »Once we install it, we don't get any complaints or adverse feedback from the client. They use it. It's seamless connectivity. And in case any failure happens, there is a long warranty period. So once we've got the access point replacement also done for one of the clients, that experience also was good.
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DeepakKumar6
Network solutions architecture at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
What I like most about Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is seamless integration from an endpoint perspective, for example, the core domain joined machine.
I also find the onboarding process for Aruba Networks Wireless WAN fantastic.
Another valuable feature of the product is authentication, as Aruba Networks Wireless WAN supports certificate-based authentication. It has remarkable security features, particularly in its machine and user authentication levels.
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reviewer1937979
Project Manager at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
I believe their Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) in its current form provides the best automated management of transmit power and channel. It does a really good job of managing proper design and wireless environment.
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reviewer970956
Security and Infrastructure Practice manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
It works well. It is reliable.
We just upgraded it to 6G. The main reason why we chose Aruba is that we are an Aruba partner and we get significant discounts on Aruba.
The initial setup is straightforward and simple.
It is scalable.
It's providing us with the coverage that we need. The speed is good. Basically, you set it up and forget it, which is good.
View full review »The most valuable feature of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is that it is easy to configure. Additionally, with the same configuration with Cisco and Ruckus, we can receive 55 to 60 percent more out of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN.
If you're unwilling to purchase or spend money on a controller, you can opt for a virtual console base solution that offers up to 120 access points. This approach is highly cost-effective, as you won't have to raise your budget, and it's easy to set up.
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Umer Siddique
Sr. Network Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The most valuable feature is security, which is important to the company and end user. In addition, the solution's strong security mechanism and user-friendly web console are great. The software and hardware are excellent, and we can efficiently deploy and manage these devices.
Regarding additional features, the solution currently has a Windows update problem. As a result, the solution requires daily Windows updates and installations as well as launches of new patches. It also requires updates to the iOS firmware to support the day-to-day patches submitted by Windows.
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reviewer1206558
Network and Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is centralized management capability. You don't have to have wireless LAN controllers at every location.
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Kuldeep Bishnoi
Network engineer at perfekt
No other wireless product has the same capabilities. With Aruba, users just need access points and do not need a controller. Access points can act as controllers. With 50 to 60 access points, we can use another Aruba product to help with management below 50 or 60 access points. If we have thousands of access points, at that point, we would need to go for a controller.
The solution can scale.
It is stable.
The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
Depending on the level of support you have (paid or standard), they are responsive.
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Teck Ho Ting
Assistant It Manager at Singa
It's just a normal tool. I would really say nothing is valuable to me about its features. It's not special.
It had been working in the past few years, but after aging, it has dropped down.
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reviewer1303344
Network Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees
It's hard to say to be honest. I just started working through all of the different features they have. It's just up and running right now; we haven't finished really fully-configuring it. So far, I like the way that it integrates with the ClearPass security system on-site. It's just an authentication engine. Also, the web GUI for the wireless controller of Aruba Central provides us with a lot of different options. We can do a lot more with it than we could with Meraki.
View full review »My company wants to use Aruba's SASE solution since we want to move everything into the cloud, and we believe that ArubaOS 10 could also be a part of the process. In general, it is about the roadmap the company wants to follow and not what I want personally.
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Daphne Couper
Network administrator at St. Paul Education
I like the solution's ability to add multiple SSIDs on different levels such as enterprise and guest networks.
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Anson Liang
Software Developer at ITCheers
The pricing is decent. The warranty is very good.
It is easy to use.
The security features are good. It offers nice protection.
It's stable and reliable.
The solution is scalable.
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Sean Cottman
Chief Enterprise Architect at Expanded Reality
The two most valuable features for us were the fact that we were able to simplify and recreate our WAN with a similar security presence and also the ability to run a single WiFi SSID across the entire company with authentication.
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Raghavendra Nayak
System Administrator at K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce
The solution's most valuable feature is the ease of use.
View full review »Aruba makes use of "Direct Tunnel" as its best security feature. The feature creates a direct tunnel from the endpoint to the controller, ensuring that all data is encrypted. This prevents the possibility of a man-in-the-middle attack compromising the AP since the data from the endpoint to the Aruba Access Controller is encrypted.
The Aruba Network solution offers centralized management, integrated compatibility with other equipment, and enhanced security features.
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Paolo Dantona
EDP MAnager at Professional Software s.r.l.
Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is stable and good.
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MajdiFarooq
Project Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
The brand name is good for availability. It has a better market value than other vendors. This solution is more for enterprise-sized companies as opposed to SMBs.
All the features are available, even including the security. The access point enables the matching of any connectivity.
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Karma Sangay
Executive Engineer with 11-50 employees
Aruba Wireless's best feature is that it's very, very robust.
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ITNM598
Information Technology Network Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's stable and secure with a lot of functionality. It integrates with the Aruba portfolio very easily, and it's a vendor-agnostic solution, and that's brilliant.
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Mesut Ozcan
Senior Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is the ease of setup and deployment.
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Reviewera131909
Assistant Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The GUI is user-friendly and the dashboards are good.
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reviewer1228878
Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
We don't know this product very well yet, but what we have used so far and what we like are user control, bandwidth, and access. For each access point, there is one that controls the application, the layer and bandwidth quota.
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EmadSafwat
Managing Partner at ODEC Technology Solutions
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.
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reviewer980556
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
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.
View full review »Ease of installation.
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reviewer1283958
Business Director at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature is reliability. Once this solution is installed it works very well.
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MohammedMurshed
CEO at Alam Khwarizm
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.
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Mesut Ozcan
Senior Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have found the technical support to be one of the most valuable features.
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Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Aruba Networks Wireless WAN. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,415 professionals have used our research since 2012.