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Avaya Wireless [EOL] vs Cisco Wireless comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Avaya Wireless [EOL]
Average Rating
3.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cisco Wireless
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
154
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Wireless LAN (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

DM
Chief of Engineering at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Reporting issues are slow and painful and it needs a controller
1. Avaya wireless was sold to Extreme three years ago with all LAN gears. 2. The advanced APs are working correctly. The low-end APs aren’t working correctly. After three months of troubleshooting and four patches, we ended up replacing the APs at our own expense. 3. Lesson learned: select a brand with a controller. Avaya claims that their AP with an embedded controller makes the central controller obsolete. With our controller, deployment is more difficult as roaming between AP relies on device thresholds. Android, iOS, Dell PC, Spectralink barcode readers all have different Decibel thresholds ranging from 72 DB to 104db. A controller watches mobile devices as they move and instruct the nonoptimal AP not to talk to the device.
EvansEsezobor - PeerSpot reviewer
Group IT Head at Euracare
Has enabled centralized user management and improved wireless access point aggregation
To improve Cisco Wireless, the ports on the access points are all 100 Meg, not 1 gig. We have not gotten a gigabyte interface of about 1,000, but the controller we have is just 1 gig. We would prefer if we could increase the controller to a 10 gig interface because we want to connect our controller to a 10 gig interface, which currently limits us to 1 gig. When we want to move higher capacity data via wireless, it limits us to 1 gig.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product has good stability and deployment, and is easy to configure."
"The WOS makes management and troubleshooting easier."
"The powerful radio is the most valuable feature."
"Identity PSK helps save SSIDs."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to install and the range is good."
"The license and prices are great."
"I find the tool to be 99 percent stable."
"The stability is great. It's very reliable."
"All the features of the solution are good. The enterprise environment seamlessly integrates with Cisco Wireless. I have contacted customer service and support about licenses and other technical aspects. I have not faced any issues. The solution is good for our environment."
"There are many valuable features including security, availability, scalability, integration With Cisco products, WEB Portal for guest users, and Cleanair."
 

Cons

"Avaya's APs were OEM with firmware provided by another firm. Reporting issues were slow and painful."
"The product is too expensive and does not provide small enterprises with any advantages."
"Signal frequency can be problematic, especially when compared to other brands such as Aruba, HP, and Cisco."
"The pricing is high. It could be cheaper."
"Most definitely the cost."
"The pricing of Brazil is very expensive. When you look at other options, they are much cheaper."
"The software quality could be improved, in particular for the new Cisco Aironet Series 2800/3800 Access Point which is pretty Linux-based."
"I am not a fan of Cisco's software pricing model. Their management software is far too expensive."
"The cost model is expensive."
"At this time, I feel that setting up these products is complex and difficult for customers to understand."
"The solution could be more stable."
 

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"Its licensing is hard to understand."
"I am not a fan of Cisco's software pricing model. Their management software is far too expensive."
"Cost is one of the reasons why we are switching to Aruba. Aruba is significantly lower than Cisco in price. We do the licensing on a three-year basis. Cisco makes licensing very difficult."
"It might be around $100 for a license. The internal ones are far cheaper than that."
"We opt for a one-time purchasing fee model in our setup. Since we don't utilize a management platform or WLAN controller, there are no recurring costs. The access points we typically use, which support Cisco's wireless masters, are priced at around $250 each. Occasionally, we purchase them in packs of five or as part of extended packs at a prorated cost."
"The license structure is confusing."
"I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."
"They have simplified the licensing, now there is a single license that is required. Earlier, multiple licenses were required. Single licensing is good. As a customer, I don't need to keep an inventory of multiple licenses."
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Comparison Review

it_user212721 - PeerSpot reviewer
President at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 24, 2015
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Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise74
 

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Also Known As

Wireless LAN 9100, Avaya WLAN
Cisco WLAN Controller
 

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