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Ruckus Wireless WAN pros and cons

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LV
Jun 14, 2022
The best feature of Ruckus Wireless WAN apart from its seamless roaming feature where you roam beautifully on the network is its analytics tool that gives you so much insight into your deployment, so it has become more of a business intelligence type of tool as well. I also like that Ruckus Networks, in terms of WiFi security issues on the WiFi protocols, is also the first company to give you notices of security issues, and also the first to provide patches for those issues. Ruckus Wireless WAN is very proactive and much, much faster than Cisco, Aruba, and Meraki.
Carsten Buchenau - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 30, 2022
The strongest point for Ruckus has always been the radio hardware.
Mujeeb Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 7, 2022
There are numerous features, but what I like about Ruckus is that they have a good coverage range due to their BeamFlex technique.
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FE
Jun 27, 2022
One of the best features of Ruckus Wireless WAN that customers are interested in is the adaptive antenna called BeamFlex. Ruckus Wireless WAN also has the best management platform, and even if there are thousands of users of the solution, it's very easy to manage on Ruckus Wireless WAN. It can also support third-party equipment. It's an all-in-one solution and it has IoT and secure access capabilities. Upgrading the network to Ruckus Wireless WAN is also easy.
Saad Qaiser - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2022
We found the technical support to be helpful.
Qaiser Yousaf - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2022
It’s reliable.
Udit Narayan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 31, 2023
Its build quality is good and quite robust.
John Robinson - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 8, 2022
We use things like VLAN and all the multibeam features that are built in, but at the end of the day, the most important thing for us is to get a good signal and site-wide coverage.
Partha Protim Bakshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 10, 2023
One of the standout features is the ease of installation and commissioning, making the whole process very straightforward.
Awais Tariq - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 21, 2023
Scalability is a valuable feature.
 

Ruckus Wireless WAN Cons review quotes

LV
Jun 14, 2022
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.
Carsten Buchenau - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 30, 2022
I would like to have a better built-in reporting feature.
Mujeeb Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 7, 2022
The documentation they do have is very difficult to understand. There should be some scenarios, deployments, complications, or techniques to follow. They are inadequate in that regard, and the documentation needs to be greatly improved.
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FE
Jun 27, 2022
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.
Saad Qaiser - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2022
We have one sole distributor here in our region. To have multiple distributors here would be very helpful to improve the supply chain.
Qaiser Yousaf - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2022
The initial setup is complex.
Udit Narayan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 31, 2023
In Cisco, there is a configuration where it automatically switches from the 2.4 GHz to 5.2 GHz frequency. But with Ruckus, usually, we need to manually define whether we want to use the 2.4 GHz or 5.2 GHz.
John Robinson - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 8, 2022
Really, it's just about centralizing manageability across multiple sites, but like I said, that's me commenting on the old product that we've got. I know they've addressed that now with cloud controllers, but that would've been my main thing.
Partha Protim Bakshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 10, 2023
In comparison to Cambium, I find Cambium to be more robust in terms of performance.
Awais Tariq - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 21, 2023
The GUI interface of Ruckus Wireless WAN could be more usable, especially the drag-and-drop feature.