Ruckus Wireless Reviews

Generally, customers look for wireless connectivity for their users and guests systems as well. Most of the customer feel comfortable with Ruckus due to the fact that they have SMS based authentication features and an OPB based authentication within the hardware.

The solution is very easy to use and manage.

The solution is quite flexible, which is a great selling point for our clients.

They are competitive if you compare their capabilities with Cisco and other competitors.

They have all the features in terms of wireless technology. They have most of the features already there in the controller and their wireless system.

The pricing needs to be more competitive. They need to re-examine their business model and see if there is a way to provide their service at a cheaper cost.

I've been using the solution for at least four or five years at this point. It's been a while.

In terms of the hardware, the stability could improve a bit. However, in terms of configuration and reconfiguration, it is quite stable.

The solution can easily scale and expand. If a company needs to make it larger, they can do so quite easily.

We're pretty technical, so we can assist our clients. However, when we or others need to reach out to technical support, it's remote via telephone. We're pretty satisfied with their service. I'd rate them nine out of ten overall. It's pretty good.

We use different products. Occasionally, a client may want to use Cisco. I'm not, however, too familiar with Aruba. Whatever we use depends on customer requirements and not our personal preference. I find Cisco to be a bit costlier. That said, it has lots of features on offer.

The difficulty or ease of set up depends largely on a client's environment and infrastructure.

It takes, at maximum, one day to deploy. You can get it up and running pretty quickly. If the network is there, I can configure any IP from anywhere.

Their pricing is quite high. It can be higher than Cisco. It all depends on the features a client needs.

We're Ruckus partners.

We use a variety of different versions of the solution. We also can deploy the solution both on the cloud or on-premises, depending on what our clients require.

I personally deal more on the side of project management, although I do occasionally also do technical evaluations.

This solution works best for SMBs. Most of our clients are medium-sized organizations, typically in the university and education sector. We also handle some big nightclubs.

On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate it at a nine. We definitely haven't had any issues with it.

We are primarily using the solution as a third party. Our clients use it.

It's good for low-level usage. 

The coverage is pretty good so far. The bandwidth is also good for the most part.

It's not providing the bandwidth as per its particular description. In my view, in one moment, it reduced one-fourth. 

The controller needs improvement. Sometimes when we are doing certain operations we have trouble. It's something that needs to be looked at. We looked at APM controllers and we find them to be more difficult.

The initial setup is complex.

We have a variety of clients on the solution, and they are different sizes. Some are medium-sized. Others are large enterprise-level organizations.

While the technical support is good, they do charge money if you want to have access to the support itself. That said, we're mostly satisfied with the level of service we are provided. It's not a bad service on offer. 

I do currently use Infinit Wireless Quanta products. I'm also familiar with Ubiquiti Wireless solutions.

The initial setup is not straightforward. It's pretty complex. We found it to be a bit challenging.

The deployment itself takes about two to three hours.

You do need to pay extra for technical support services if you would like to have access to them.

When we first offer Ruckus Wireless to our clients, they ask the price and are a bit shocked. They asked why we chose this when there are other lower options on the market. It's a hard sell sometimes due to the price tag. It's something they need to work on so that they align better with the market and get more competitive.

We are partners. We offer this solution to our clients. 

I personally am not much of a technical person, and therefore it's hard to get into specifics.

On the bandwidth and coverage, I would rate Ruckus at a nine out of ten. However, if we are looking at just pricing, I would rate it at a seven out of ten. Overall, in general, I would rate the solution as a whole at an eight out of ten. We're mostly happy with its capabilities, however, the price makes it a hard sell to clients.

We have different use cases for this solution. We deploy it for many of our customers in a variety of organizations including financial, manufacturing and retail. The use case depends on the needs of an organization. We are resellers. 

The solution provides superior coverage and works as it should without any issues.

I would like to see the integration of security services that you'd find in Fortinet, for example, where you have the ability to integrate the firewall with it. I'd like to see some sort of security-specific platform that you find in many other solutions where there is a security gateway or something similar. For now, we deal with this by combining additional solutions with Ruckus.

I've been using this solution for 10 years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

This is a relatively more expensive product. 

Until now, our company has mainly used Ruckus but of late we're moving more to Fortinet Wi-Fi. 

I rate this solution 10 out of 10. 

It's our enterprise hotspot solution. I think we have over 350 hotspots, and they all use Ruckus. They all come to a controller.

I like it mostly because it gives you the whole user session, and you can tell that the client connected at the traffic post. You can actually analyze the signal strength between access points. Also, Ruckus Wireless has a mesh feature that allows you to deploy mesh mode if you can't call.

This solution is reliable and comes with prompt technical support. Installation is straightforward as well.

I wish that Ruckus Wireless were more affordable for customers. It works well but comes at a price.

When we were using the on-premises controller some time ago, they used to have a feature which they called third party. You could have third party access points report to the Ruckus controller. However, the firmware that features this has disappeared, but I think it would be ideal to have that installed.

We've been using Ruckus Wireless for maybe a year.

It is a reliable solution.

Ruckus Wireless technical support is prompt.

The initial deployment was straightforward. 

I'm not sure of the details, but I think we have continuous licenses, annual licenses, and three year licenses. Cost-wise, I wish it were more affordable.

I would recommend this solution because as a company, we have deployed Ruckus as an enterprise solution. I would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.

We originally installed Ruckus for our public Wi-Fi, but we are now using it for our internal network. We had used it in the public Wi-Fi for at least three or four years before implementing it for our network, which was about three months ago.

Right now, we are using it for online connections and applications like Zoom and Google Meet.

The most valuable feature is simplicity.

I really like Ruckus Unleashed, which is the feature that provides a quick solution for me to control the APs.

I would like to see more reports for the Unleashed feature, as my bosses require these and it would be best if I could include more.

There are times when I have trouble connecting and I would like to view the logs, but when I shut down Ruckus, the logs are deleted. Once the AP comes back up, the information will be gone. I would like the option to not have my logs deleted when I shut down the device so that I will be able to troubleshoot.

We have been using Ruckus Wireless for at least three or four years.

So far, so good. I haven't had any challenges. It is being used by my directors and I have asked them to give me feedback. So far, I'm not getting any complaints.

For the smaller network, which is just the company directors, we have about 20 who are on the network. The public Wi-Fi has a very large number of users.

I am planning to increase the number of APs once the directors have assessed it. I expect to buy more access points for other areas, such as marketing, where I want to put high-density and high-capacity APs.

Because of the simplicity and the connection, I have never had to contact technical support. I have been able to do everything on my own.

It was easy for me to set up.

I completed the installation and setup on my own.

The setup that I have at the moment does not require licensing, although I am not sure whether a bigger project will mean that I have to spend more.

With respect to our internal network, we are still using one as a control and testing the system to see if it's going to give us the solution we want.

This is a product that I can recommend to others.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

My company sells wifi access points to enterprise customers. Customers need to manage the wifi controller separately. We are managing their Wifi router on their behalf. We provide internet connectivity through the router, the Wireless LAN.

The most valuable feature is that Ruckus offers better coverage.

Previously, we would need to purchase appliances every time but it caused our data centers to get filled. Ruckus now has cloud-based controllers. They resolved the issue we were having. 

We've been using Ruckus for around five years now.

We don't have any problems with scalability. We purchased 400 access points. We had 1,800 to 2,000 APs attached to it. 

We are in the process of procuring a new controller. Ruckus is fine for our solution.

Technical support is good. They resolved 100% of the issues we come to them with. We are satisfied with them.

We have to extend the access points and the controllers which was not a big issue to implement in this project. But when implementing the access points, the problem was when installing a new access point in a new location. Because we have to send a person to that place. And we have to put to the configuration on that access point and then needed to work with the controller. In the new Ruckus platform, we already accommodate using some kind of barcode reader, so that problem was resolved. 

Ruckus pricing is good compared to its competitors. 

I would rate Ruckus a nine out of ten. I would recommend it. 

Most customers are not using the wireless LAN as an extension of the wired LAN. So what they are looking for is some value-added service. They want wireless access with some kind of portal that can issue vouchers, like a value-added platform. 

We are an ISP and mobile operator. We provide customers with almost everything there is to do with wireless. I am also currently doing the whitepaper from our company.

Personally, I like it, and I try to encourage people to go for Ruckus because I find the Ruckus coverage is fine. The speed between client to client is really nice. It is better than any other vendor, but officially, I cannot say that to people.

I have not got any major problem using Ruckus, but the price and technical support could be better.

I have been using Ruckus Wireless for six years. 

It is a stable product. One of the R500 Access Points accidentally went underwater. Water was flowing inside the access point. I just kept outside it in front of a fan for two days, and it is working again. It is very nice, and I don't think any other brand will give me this kind of durability.

Technical support could be better. About two months ago, I received a complaint from one of our customers about the R500 Wireless Access Point. One of the radios was flat dynamically. But after reconfiguration, the controllers and everything else were fine. I opened a ticket with Ruckus, but it was not very helpful.

We are also an Aruba and Cisco partner. 

I am in love with Ruckus because it's very easy to configure. Even after the demo and installation, it is easy for me to convince the customer, and sometimes, they can even do it on their own.

The price could be better. Normally, if you find customers paying for cost-effective wireless solutions, Ruckus devices are a little expensive compared to other vendors. Even if I ask them to go for Ruckus, they will choose Aruba and sometimes Cisco Small Business Solutions because of the price. The license is paid on a yearly basis.

I would recommend Ruckus Wireless to potential customers.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Ruckus Wireless a nine.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. Typically, the customer has the know-how to configure and put the products up by themselves. It's a pretty straightforward process.

When we buy this product for our customers, we have noted in the past that this product has an excellent signal.  

Ruckus is a bad solution in general. It's pretty old and outdated.

When the customer wants to change that technology of the AP from the solution of old technology to new technology, they need to change the controller and the AP, and this is the point that tends to break the solution. It's hard to update.

We also work with Cisco and Aruba. We offer all three to our clients and they tend to choose which one they want to work with, or which has the best price point for them.

The initial setup is very easy and most customers handle it themselves. They can do the setup and configuration as it is not overly complex or difficult.

Typically, the client handles the implementation themselves, however, we can assist as necessary.

The customers don't seem to mind the cost of the solution. Typically they decide to go with it based on the cost.

We're partners and resellers. We used to have a relationship with Ruckus, however, it was purchased by Broadcom, and we don't have any business relationship with them.

It's important for us to present to our customer with some options. However, normally, our customers have a specific budget. In this case, we only move with the needs of our customers. In terms of Meraki, Ruckus, Aruba, et cetera, all work fine. We don't have problems. We don't have interference, or need a box reset, or face other kinds of problems.

Overall, I would rate the solution at a three out of ten.