We performed a comparison between Aruba Networks Wireless WAN, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, and Ruckus Wireless WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ubiquiti Networks, Ruckus, Cambium Networks and others in Wireless WAN."What I like most about Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is seamless integration from an endpoint perspective. Another valuable feature of the product is that it supports certificate-based authentication."
"The installation process was easy."
"Once Aruba Wireless is set up and configured correctly, you just walk away. That's what we like about it. We have some devices that are six or seven years old, which is rare in the wireless world because everything changes so quickly, but in some banks and municipalities, it just keeps working."
"All the features are available, even including the security. The access point enables the matching of any connectivity."
"Its most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of setup and deployment."
"It's quite stable."
"I like the solution's ability to add multiple SSIDs on different levels such as enterprise and guest networks."
"Cloud management, wireless infrastructure, and implementation are all valuable features."
"The solution is fast."
"The product's cloud controller is easy to use."
"The automatic VMware update is very useful because you don't have to worry about outages and planning for VMware updates. It is very advantageous from a management point of view. The ability to restrict and review the clients connected to each of our segments. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"The management console is valuable."
"The network security the solution provides is its most valuable aspect."
"The visibility of the site is most useful."
"The product's cloud availability feature is the most valuable for network management."
"The solution is easy to use and offers good management for wireless."
"Its build quality is good and quite robust."
"There are numerous features, but what I like about Ruckus is that they have a good coverage range due to their BeamFlex technique."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable solution is its simplicity. The solution is simple and easy to use."
"The connectivity, speed, and reliability are very good."
"Radio management is a valuable feature of the solution."
"The connectivity is good. There's no lag at all in service."
"The integration should be better."
"We have had stability issues with some types of portable devices."
"It would be better for customers if Aruba provided more license options, like 5-year licenses"
"From the commercial-side the pricing side is fine but in other aspects, it could be lowered."
"The only issues are the configuration problems that impact the stability of the solution."
"The initial setup has a lot of options, which makes it very versatile yet very complicated to install. There should be two modes: a basic mode and then a more advanced mode to help make implementation easier. Most of the time, if it's a small installation, you don't need the complexity. You shouldn't need higher expertise in order to install a couple of access points in a single place."
"We do not have direct access to Aruba’s Mesh portal."
"Device integration has room for improvement in Aruba Networks Wireless WAN."
"Technical support can be improved, as well as having more detailed capabilities to go without using an API."
"Currently, only a limited number of clients can connect to these devices."
"if there is a better feature, they write it as beta so you have to be careful."
"This solution could benefit from a heat mapping ability so that you can tell where the hotspots are, and where the good signals are."
"We would like to see Wi-Fi 6 support for devices sold in the Middle East."
"I'd like better integration with security providers."
"If they could work on the Meraki firewall hardware, and add SSL decryption as well as more application control and deep packet inspection, that would be ideal."
"Recently I have seen that the Meraki access point, maybe due to congestion, just kicks off my customers, mostly when they are in Zoom meetings or Teams meetings and they have to reconnect."
"In comparison to Cambium, I find Cambium to be more robust in terms of performance."
"It would be nice to some analytical features built into this solution."
"The solution's AI offering and pricing could be improved."
"I would not consider this solution to be stable."
"So far, I find Ruckus Wireless WAN okay in terms of the technology and existing business network, but licensing could be more flexible, especially the IoT license that was changed to adapt to the IoT Controller and sensor subscription. The previous licensing method for Ruckus Wireless WAN was better. In my opinion, it wasn't a good decision to change it because the customer prefers the previous licensing over the current licensing. It's not only about the money in terms of licensing, but also about flexibility. The latest license change isn't as flexible. I also found the cloud solution not partner-friendly, so that could also be improved. Another area for improvement in Ruckus Wireless WAN is answering partner requests because currently, it doesn't seem easy for them. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is the AP having its MQTT forwarder. Ruckus Wireless WAN AP supports IoT modules now and to use the IoT modules, you need all IoT data to pass through the IoT Controller. If I could forward that IoT data directly to my environment, similar to what you can do with other solutions, that would be great."
"The GUI interface of Ruckus Wireless WAN could be more usable, especially the drag-and-drop feature."
"Pricing could be improved in Ruckus Wireless WAN because obviously, everybody wants things to become cheaper. Another room for improvement in the product is from a delivery perspective, particularly the heavy delivery delays because of the chip shortage that a lot of manufacturers have to deal with. The chip shortage is not coming to an end, but Ruckus Networks has to make a plan because the ETA has slipped out from the average of three months on switches to fourteen months, which is very, very rough on the industry at the moment. Ruckus Wireless WAN could lose business to Chinese competitors, for example, HTC has a good wireless solution that I haven't tested yet, other than on POC, and it works great. I haven't yet experienced the HTC wireless solution in large deployments, so you never know how it's going to go, but HTC has managed to circumvent the chip shortage, so the ETA provided by HTC is much more preferred than the ETAs provided by Ruckus Networks, Cisco, and Aruba products."
"This product needs a point-to-point, bridge solution."
