We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and D-Link Wireless based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The solution is stable."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"Works automatically in terms of setup with the product finding its master wifi access point."
"The integration with ClearPass is the most valuable feature."
"The access it grants to wifi is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The solution provides a very good end-user experience."
"When users want to migrate from one location to another, they face no problems with connectivity."
"The features I have found most valuable is that the solution creates a guest portal for guest networks, and setting up SSID authentication to the regular server."
"I can implement it at small sites, and I can also implement it at mid-sized locations. It is very flexible. It is really nice and useful for customers who have many small sites."
"If you don't need heavy-duty filtering and things like that, it's a cheap solution. And, you have central management, and it works."
"I like the product's signal continuity and range. We can receive the signal up to 20-30 meters from the wireless antenna."
"D-Link Wireless is a tool that is used since it is an easy and user-friendly product."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"This product is user-friendly and we can manage it as per the requirements of the user."
"The initial setup process was easy."
"The solution is extremely easy to install. You just add them and in a few clicks, they are ready to go."
"This is an affordable product that offers good performance. This is why it is popular with our customers. It offers good speed and bandwidth."
"D-Link is a good product that is quite affordable and I recommend it."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The support offered by Aruba is slow."
"The product’s GUI must be improved."
"They could provide a centralized system to manage switches incorporated into multiple branches."
"The solution should be able to support more users on the access points."
"It is a software characteristic, and it is during the reboot. During the startup of the AP, the AP tells you that you are using the wrong password. However, I have realized that this is not true."
"My biggest problem with Aruba Instant was the DHCP implementation. The DHCP server needs to ping an IP address to connect to the internet. In some cases, we don't have a DHCP server in the network, and it was really a problem."
"The management component is difficult to understand and not very user-friendly which increases deployment time."
"Although built-in troubleshooting tools are available, they are not at all intuitive to use. Aruba Instant lacks decent documentation to use for troubleshooting wireless issues (fortunately there aren’t many)."
"The only issue is with the controller visibility of the devices connecting to the network."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The support offered by the product needs to be faster with better technical personnel."
"The solution's performance could be improved."
"Its interface and support system need much improvement. Sometimes, when we use the interface to reset the password and configure SSIDs, or some other changes, the "Save" option does not show and we have to go to some internal setting and then we can "save" the setting. The “Save” option should be in front of or below of the settings."
"It would definitely help if we had more advanced features for distributing bandwidth."
"D-Link Wireless’s stability needs improvement."
"The tool's technical support can get difficult sometimes. We got a technician only after complaining for 10-15 days. The tool's technicians need to be made available everywhere."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 42 reviews while D-Link Wireless is ranked 11th in Wireless LAN with 14 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while D-Link Wireless is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "A highly stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is free and provides excellent deployment guides". On the other hand, the top reviewer of D-Link Wireless writes "A tool that offers a good performance at a good price". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, whereas D-Link Wireless is most compared with Huawei Wireless, Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Omada Access Points and NETGEAR Insight Access Points. See our Aruba Instant vs. D-Link Wireless report.
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