We performed a comparison between AirMagnet Survey, Aruba Wireless, and iBwave Wi-Fi based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ekahau, NetAlly, iBwave and others in Network Modeling and Simulation."I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"It is reliable and easy to use (user-friendly). The heat mapping, passive network surveying, and doing the heat mapping of a building's wireless network allows me to see what level of coverage an area has."
"The most valuable features are the survey, spectrum analysis, and reporting."
"The benefit is with the ease of use of the software, I am able to show the customer, "Here is what your wireless coverage looks like." It is set up in a fashion that non-technical people can understand it."
"We use the solution for Wi-Fi and networks."
"Using the products to ensure the safety of our equipment that we have a lot invested in."
"The addition of the AirMapper software on the nXG and our AirCheck G2s has helped a lot because we're mostly not drilling down into the data. Local managers only need to see the coverage on their end and whether there are performance bottlenecks. These things are easy enough for us to ascertain with iPerf."
"Customer service is great."
"The initial setup was very simple."
"The most valuable feature is the client match."
"The web interface to manage the APs is intuitive and makes managing the system easy. Firmware updates are quick and do not require much downtime."
"What I like best about Aruba Wireless is that it doesn't need a controller. The product also has a GUI that's easy to navigate."
"The initial setup was very easy and intuitive."
"For my organization, the most critical feature of Aruba Wireless is guest management."
"The network strength is good."
"We appreciate the integration options that are available."
"The 3D Coverage is a good feature that shows the signal propagation in three dimensions."
"I find the high-quality Heatmap generation, multi-floor, and wire mapping features to be most valuable."
"Compared to other tools, iBwave Wi-Fi provides 95% accuracy and generates heatmaps."
"iBwave Wi-Fi's tech support is great. They pick up their phones. I have no complaints."
"The solution's 3D imaging is amazing."
"The stability and feature set of the application are top notch and can't be matched."
"It can speed up design."
"It would be nice to have some more training resources for younger techs. We can use them if we need some assistance, but that usually requires one of us who knows what we're doing to calibrate the programs properly."
"The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability."
"It'd be nice if it was cheaper, however, you get value for your money."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"Less time consumed doing the real surveys."
"Printouts are JPEG printouts. The AirMagnet software is proprietary. I can't send my customers a file, because it is AirMagnet file, even for building projects. I can only send JPEGs or screenshots of heat maps."
"I would say some of our newer techs that are going out to job sites can be a little bit intimidated by the interface."
"When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful."
"Aruba Wireless is a good product, but it still has some issues, especially at the beginning, where there's inconsistent syncing between the cloud and the APs. Sometimes, there's also a little lag when accessing the query."
"The user interface could be improved in Aruba Wireless. This would make the setup easier."
"They should simplify the configuration flow."
"The ARM functionality does not always seem to perform how I would like. In some cases, I have had to manually assign channels to avoid channel confusion."
"We have an issue with the integration of Aruba Wireless with our LDAP servers."
"The enterprise controller. I'm planning on getting more information on that."
"The network times for protocol synchronization can be improved."
"MAC authentication against an external Radius server while using 802.1X. This feature will help the L2 devices to authenticate via external Radius servers."
"Areas of improvement would include more functionality in the Mobile App, expanded reporting features, and some shortcut features."
"The cost of the solution could be improved. It's extraordinarily expensive."
"iBwave Wi-Fi doesn't have a distributor feed platform."
"I would like to be able to see two buildings at the same time so that you can create a campus view."
"It would be good if we could involve a visual while designing the backhaul."
"I am currently looking for an alternative due to my reluctance with the reliability of this product."
"It would do iBwave well to become more involved with their clients."
