Aruba Wireless Reviews

The most valuable feature for us is High Density as it allows us to provide coverage for lots of our students both in the same classroom and across campus.

It really drives our WiFi function because 95% of the network connections are from student BYOD. It provides location awareness and uses HP's software, which is great.

The location-based software isn't quite there yet and we haven't been able to use it the way that works best for us.

We've used it for over 15 years now. It's been a long journey.

We've had no issues with deployment.

I find that its stability is better than most of the other products we've used over the years.

We don't have any notable issues with scalability right now. From time to time, we've noticed that with 5,500 APs, we do have some issues, but they're not anything we wouldn't expect.

We've used Meru and Cisco, but Aruba's proven to be the best.

Consider all the software and add-ons for it because they can increase the value of it for something more than WiFi. Put everything together to maximize the benefit for your company.

This solution has been in place for close to 9 years.

Even as the current system we are using is old and the AP's being used are AP-61's, it is still working well.

We have 64 AP's around the site and with more and more students bringing in their wireless devices, we are only now starting to see some cracks. These cracks are to be expected due to the age of the system, and I'm sure it wasn't designed to have more than 1,000-plus devices accessing the network at the same time.

So if the current and future Aruba systems are as good as the old, we should all be fine.

• Firewall
• Virtual controller
• Compatibility with controller-based and controller-less solutions

It supports different classes of services for different types of users, has easy management, is easy to use, etc.

The RF needs to be improved.

We started using it one month ago.

There have been no issues with the deployment.

8/10

There have been no scalability issues.

8/10

I'd rate technical support 9 out of 10.

We switched for its new and advanced features, as well the lifetime warranty.

It's just plug-and-play.

We implemented it with support of vendor and I would rate them as 9/10.

The IAP licence that we use is free.

• Cisco
• Eugenius
• Ubiquity

It is a very stable and scalable solution.

For us, the most valuable feature is the ability to access our office's network. Once you are authorized to gain access, it's a solution that makes doing so a seamless process. Connecting to wifi at our office is something we should be taking for granted.

It's too pricey, to be honest. There's not really much difference between the wireless vendors and competition is tight. Aruba would have a bigger advantage if it weren't so pricey.

They deploy without issues.

Stability is really good and something we're very happy about. We just install it and they last until they die, which is a really long time.

They can go from short range to long range, and there are many new features for connecting additional users.

We chose HP because of the price. It's a good solution and best-suited for us.

The initial setup was very straightforward.

We used a vendor team for implementation.

We always evaluate other options when considering IT solutions. We looked at Cisco and Juniper, but HP/Aruba is better.

The Aruba Adaptive Radio Management (ARM), Spectrum Analysis and Wireless Intrusion Protection are the most valuable capabilities for me. ARM is helpful because it manages my network for me basically. The Spectrum Analyzer and the WIP are my eyes in the sky, so to speak.

First of all we use to have standalone AP’s and we had to manage each one separately which was very time consuming for me but now we have a centralized management network with the Aruba 3400 series platform that saves me time in managing. Secondly we had a lot of issues with clients hogging all of the airtime and causing other clients to have to wait but now with Aruba Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) all of our clients have a fair share of airtime and the adjustments are automatic in the controller.

They may have already improved on this but it would be good to have more than 4GB for the firewall. I think this is the only thing I can think of for improvements.

Just over one year

I didn’t have any issues when I deployed to Aruba 3400 series platform. The process was smooth and exciting.

I didn’t have any issues with stability. We have been up and running for over a year now and the users are very happy with our network.

I haven’t had any issues with scalability. We haven’t had any growth or additional things since we deployed the Aruba 3400 series platform.

On a scale from 1 – 10 I would say a 7. I haven’t used the customer service enough to give a higher rating.

On a scale from 1 – 10 I would say a 7. I haven’t used the customer service enough to give a higher rating.

Yes I previously used a Cisco Solution. We changed products because Aruba was better in cost.

The initial setup was straightforward. We deployed all of the hardware and configured the controller and watch the AP’s authenticate and associate with the controller.

We used a vendor to the deployment. The deployment went absolutely well. I will have to give the vendor a 10 for their expertise and work they did.

My ROI is 125%. We have better production for the workers and IT team.

No! We only evaluated Aruba.

If you are interested in a solution that is straightforward in configuring and deploying choose Aruba solutions. If you want features that will open up more time for you as a network admin Aruba solutions is for you. If you are looking to improve your WLAN performance, scalability, stability, and security Aruba solutions is for you.

Implementing wireless networks.

It seems a little bit more difficult to implement than Meraki.

Clear pass, it helps a lot with admin.

Analytics and big data.

Wi-Fi. The performance is okay.

Scalability.

I would like to see more security features. Also, it should have more than one, maybe five, access points. Wherever we go, we should get the same speed continuously, without disconnecting.

I am satisfied with the stability.

I am satisfied with the scalability.

Their services are okay, satisfactory.

It is straightforward.

It's a good product, you can go ahead with it.

When selecting a vendor, the most important criteria are a stable product, the cost, and security features.

I rate Aruba Wireless at nine out of 10 because it is reliable, and all the features are okay.

• Different roles assigned to corporate and guest users.
• Corporate users authenticated via 802.1X against ClearPass with machine authentication. 
• Guest users authenticated via captive portal; ClearPass guest self-registration process.

• Better failover. 
• Aruba Mobility Controllers configured in master standby mode. 
• Centralized licensing. 

• HA: Apps failover without reboot. 
• ARM: Auto adjusts the power and channel. 
• Rouge Detection: Helps in identifying threats.
• Role assignment: Each user is assigned a different role based on the radius attributes returned by ClearPass.
• Firewall rules can be applied per role.
• AppRF: Helps to find out which applications are used by the clients.
• Denies inter-user traffic: It easily blocks traffic between users.

MAC authentication against an external Radius server while using 802.1X. This feature will help the L2 devices to authenticate via external Radius servers.

As L2 devices cannot do 802.1x. This feature is available in Cisco WLC, named for its MAC Filtering.