Aruba Wireless Reviews

It's simple to use.

The reliability could be improved.

I have been using this solution for five years.

The stability could be improved. 

The solution is scalable.

One a scale of one to five, I would give their technical support a two. It could be better.

Setup is straightforward.

I would rate this solution 7 out of 10. 

My advice is that if you don't have experience, you should find a partner for support rather than rely on the company.

Aruba's good. It's almost over-complicated for what we need it for.

Aruba gives me the security that I need because we have WiFi for employees, and the public. It allows me to monitor them and block them or do whatever I need to to keep them in check.

It's a little bit over-complicated. They could simplify the interface. Also, the update procedure from their website could be a little better. Finding the firmware the first time is a pain.

They're good. As long as you have the right controller in place to have enough APs for your business, then it's great. You can stack them. They're just a good product.

You just plug them in, and once you get them configured, they're great from there.

The licensing could always be a little bit cheaper. Everybody complains about that, but you just plug them in and I rarely have to think about it and that's the product I want.

I looked at Cisco and I can't remember the other vendor. Once again, Cisco was price-point was higher. Aruba gave me every feature I needed and more so they were a good fit for us.

Make sure you know how many APs you want to throw up there. Remote APs, stuff like that, and size your controller properly, but not for now but five or six years in advance because you don't want to replace it every other year so that'll be my biggest piece of advice.

Aruba is the only other wireless vendor besides Cisco that offers the flexibility of using AP's in any combination of the 3 controller-based architectures.

Lots of Flexibility but with flexibility comes complexity. Flexibility is great for large organizations but the Aruba instant AP may be good for smaller organizations.

I have worked with Aruba gear for 4 years.

Any issues I encountered were resolved quickly with an excellent TAC.

Aruba has a very scalable product with different hardwar, software and complementary products such as AirWave and ClearPass.

TAC is really a 9+

I have worked with other great vendors like Cisco, Meraki, Motorola, etc.

There are ways to sidestep the complexity available with Aruba, but if you do not need the advanced features of Aruba then Aruba instant or another vendor may suit your needs best.

The Wireless integration with ClearPass Policy Manager to give a complete BYOD solution is absolutely the key to today's business requirements. I am sure there is a lot more they can achieve but by far they have been quite innovative in the market.

There are a lot of features that are quite unique to the product. The products from Aruba Network cater for a wide range of organizations, from media companies like BBC, to IT Companies like Microsoft and lots of universities see a perfect fit for their requirements. As an IT Network implementer I can easily see how this product fits the bill for many questions asked by companies today to embrace the future of IT Devices and personal devices at work.

This is an ever growing industry and there are lots of new features that are being requested on a daily basis by different companies, partners and suppliers.

I have used it since 2007, about eight years.

Like any other product there are a few challenges that need to be overcome as most of the organizations have a heterogeneous network. Aruba products can happily sit over your existing network without making a large change to the way the network works. This is the best bit about Aruba Networks.

The product development team is quite good to fix any issues. Considering the large variety of devices and network cards that Aruba has to cater for the number of issue faced have not been significant. They also get a fix out quite quickly before the issue turns into a major problem.

It is a very scalable product. The new centralized licensing and the newer controller models have made scalability even easier.

7/10.

Technical support is one of the strong areas for Aruba and I would rate it as 8/10.

Cisco has always been a close competitor to Aruba Networks but Cisco is much bigger than just wireless hence I think Aruba does justice to what they have to offer and are focused on Wi-Fi only.

The setup is quite straightforward. The solutions can be deployed based on best practices.

The support for implementation both from supplier and vendor is great. The installation definitely takes some ground work and preparation in-house but once it’s all sorted as per the design the product can be fully configured in a couple of days’ time.

I think the ROI is great if it is going to replace the wired environment, but it is not going to descale the wired environment then it needs a bit of a hard sell to meet the ROI.

This is a very subjective question and has many dependencies like the level of discount you can achieve will contribute largely to the initial cost and the everyday running cost is dependent on how many changes or enhancement you want to make at regular basis.

We also looked at Cisco Wireless products.

It is a great product and if you want complete control over your network for wireless users this is definitely the product you should choose.

I primarily use the solution for wireless connectivity.

I really appreciate the seamless mobility between access points.

The solution is very stable. 

It can scale as needed.

Technical support has been helpful. 

It did take us a while to get used to the setup.

We have had issues with the availability of the equipment. We always have trouble locating equipment, finding suppliers who sell it, or finding someone who has stock.

I've been using the solution for the past three years. 

The solution is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We haven't had issues with scalability. It has met our needs so far. 

Our organization is quite sizeable, and 10,000 people alone are cell phone users. They all use Aruba Wireless. 

I've never dealt with technical support. 

I recall there was an issue that we had to call to contact technical support, and the architect contacted Aruba directly. It took them like three days to resolve the issue. Generally, my understanding is that they are helpful. 

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I also have experience with Cisco Wireless solutions as well. 

The initial setup does take some getting used to. However, once you understand it, it's quite straightforward. 

I'd rate the ease of setup at a four and a half out of five. 

I don't have any insights into the exact cost of the solution. My understanding is that it is a bit more expensive than Cisco. I'd rate the affordability at a three out of five.

I'm not involved in the decision-making process regarding looking at solutions.

We're Aruba partners. 

New users need to understand the technical solution before considering it, especially if they're migrating from Cisco to Aruba. If that's the case, they need to understand Aruba before migrating fully. They shouldn't compare it as it's not apples to apples. 

I'd rate the product eight out of ten. 

At the time when we started implementing it, there wasn't enough experience in the market, so all the engineers and the architects had to learn from scratch. I also have a concern about the cost, which seems, from what I recall, a little bit higher than the one we were replacing. Otherwise, it's a very good, reliable product.

Aruba Wireless has room to improve the connection from one AP to another.

I have been using Aruba Wireless for three years.

The stability of Aruba Wireless has been good.

We have not required scaling at this point.

I would rate solution's technical support a 7 out of 10.

If you are considering Aruba Wireless, make sure you have the best implementation team possible. One that knows the product.

Overall, I would rate this solution an 8 out of 10.

We are using this solution to provide office internet for our clients.

The functionality is very high and we can properly meet the clients' requirements.

When we connect to Wi-Fi devices it could be easier because sometimes, it takes a lot of time to complete.

It is not as easy as some other products to configure, including setting policies.

Otherwise, everything is fine.

I have been working with Aruba Wireless for the past four years.

I have not found any bugs or glitches in this product.

We have more than 100 users.

Technical support is alright.

The initial setup is okay. It is straightforward and we have no issues with it.

The price of Aruba Wireless should be cheaper.

For the most part, there is nothing that needs to be added and I can recommend this product.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

For campus wireless coverage, and it is performing very well.

The performance and the application monitor. You can select the applications you want to use and block your network. Most importantly, it has a lot of bandwidth and good connections.

I would like to be able to customize Captive Portals.

Stability is good.

The scalability is very good. You can use it from SME through to enterprise companies. It provides full coverage.

We provide technical support ourselves.

I have been involved in setups for our customers. It's not too complex. Of course, you need to know the solution very well.

I would recommend it for the performance and support.

For me, the most important criteria when selecting a vendor are

• performance
• reliability
• support.

I rate Aruba at eight out of 10 because every software has problems at times. It also doesn't fit all our customers' requests.