Aruba Instant Reviews

use this for Ware house management, and Office wireless LAN network

The benefit from the use of the product in my company stems from the fact that the work in my company is going on smoothly, and it ensures that my employees don't suffer from the devices in our environment.

We use the product in a very small setup where the customers require 10 to 20 access points. A controller will not be suitable for such a customer. So, we provide them with a solution without a controller.

AirMatch is a key feature. We do not need any extra licenses for it. If we had a controller set up, we would have had to have Aruba IAP, PEF, and RFP licenses.

There are setups where instant switches will be present, mostly around two or three, and as part of the same setup, five to ten APs will be there; this setup needs to be implemented in one of the environments of our company's customers using Aruba Instant.

The customers of our organization might also have multiple PSKs and additional radius in their internet, so as part of the company, we need to integrate Aruba Instant accordingly, and especially for any personal SSID, it needs to operate through Aruba Instant. 

Aruba Instant is cloud-based, and thus, it improves wireless network performance on cloud platforms. The solution allows network monitoring through devices like mobiles and desktops, which is a feasible option. The tool also has Bluetooth settings so a user can deploy Aruba Instant through a serial number or the Bluetooth option. 

Aruba Instant allows users to monitor the number of connected clients and AP status in the network at any given time on the cloud dashboard. The aforementioned feature is highly beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses in the customer's environment. 

We use the tool everywhere for WiFi. 

I find network management features related to monitoring Wi-Fi usage and visited sites particularly valuable. Content filtering is also important to prevent access to malicious or inappropriate websites. It is reliable and simple. 

For us, it was a way of getting in the door without having to buy a controller. I used Aruba Instant with a bunch of schools.

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. So the customer automatically picks a virtual controller and controls all the IAPs within that enterprise.

Lately, Aruba has tried to provide central management for these IAPs, but none of my customers will set up that way. So, if you buy IAPs today for three months, you can get central management from it through Aruba's cloud.

We usually sell Aruba Instant where there is no need for more than four or five switches. It is generally recommended for very small companies where we don't need more than three or four switches.

We are using it only for very small companies. We have had a reduction in time, but it is not that significant.

It's a networking product for switching and Wi-Fi.

Aruba Instant doesn't have many security features. It's very basic and doesn't enhance network security significantly. However, you have basic functionalities like checking your network, seeing who's connected, removing or blacklisting devices, and changing passwords from the central console. 

These are only basic security features, not enterprise-level solutions. 

Aruba Instant is already good in its segment, with available features. If anyone wants to move towards enterprise solutions, Aruba has other products available. This is a different segment with good features.