Senior Solutions Specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 5
2023-11-13T10:42:47Z
Nov 13, 2023
The physical device architecture of the product has the same RJ-45 copper ports, fiber ports, one gig, and ten gig, and in my company, we have never found any issue concerning the device failure, meaning the device failure rate was very low. The device can work for a long time, but if you upgrade it, then there is no confirmation of how it will behave since its vendor changed from Nortel to Avaya. With Avaya as software, my company's engineering team was not that good at fixing the bugs, so my company's customers, who have been using the box from Extreme Networks for 20 years, know more about the product than our company since we got involved in the system's support only three years ago. When my company suggested to our customers that they upgrade the product, they denied accepting our recommendation by stating that they didn't need any extra features since they were unsure if the new software would fix it. The device has a limitation on the software part. The device usually works in very adverse conditions since it has a very good architecture. For those who have the option to get good support for the device, then I would definitely recommend the product to them. I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.
Chief Information Security Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2022-11-22T21:54:11Z
Nov 22, 2022
ExtremeRouting's prices are at least 30% less than Cisco as a competitor in management. Extreme IQ, in spite of any of the shortcomings, is still quite superior to Meraki, especially when you bring in the SD-WAN and the Fabric capabilities that Meraki can't even touch. Overall, ExtremeRouting requires less technical depth in order to implement the infrastructure than Cisco, for example. However, Cisco is bigger, Cisco's got more firepower when it comes to maintaining stuff. Not that I've ever had any kind of failure rates with ExtremeRouting equipment. ExtremeRouting is a smaller company and in my experience smaller companies can be more responsive, especially for the smaller guys like me.
Engineering infrastructure manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-07-19T15:28:48Z
Jul 19, 2021
We are currently moving our workload from on-premises to Cloud. Because they are moving to the next generation, I would rate ExtremeRouting a seven out of ten.
Conseiller en architecture technologique at a government with 1-10 employees
Real User
2020-07-14T08:15:55Z
Jul 14, 2020
We're just a customer. We don't have a special contract with the solution and we aren't a consultant or reseller. My understanding is the company plans to replace this solution within the next six months as they've been unhappy with the performance of the solution. I would advise other organizations not to purchase this solution. I really prefer Cisco products, which work much more effectively. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. It's not a terrible solution, however, our experience was very bad.
Routers are essential devices that forward data packets between computer networks, performing the traffic directing functions on the Internet.
Routers determine the best path for data to travel from one network to another, ensuring efficient and reliable communication. These devices are used in homes, businesses, and data centers to connect a variety of devices and allow them to communicate with the Internet or other networks.
What are some critical features of Routers?
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The physical device architecture of the product has the same RJ-45 copper ports, fiber ports, one gig, and ten gig, and in my company, we have never found any issue concerning the device failure, meaning the device failure rate was very low. The device can work for a long time, but if you upgrade it, then there is no confirmation of how it will behave since its vendor changed from Nortel to Avaya. With Avaya as software, my company's engineering team was not that good at fixing the bugs, so my company's customers, who have been using the box from Extreme Networks for 20 years, know more about the product than our company since we got involved in the system's support only three years ago. When my company suggested to our customers that they upgrade the product, they denied accepting our recommendation by stating that they didn't need any extra features since they were unsure if the new software would fix it. The device has a limitation on the software part. The device usually works in very adverse conditions since it has a very good architecture. For those who have the option to get good support for the device, then I would definitely recommend the product to them. I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.
Overall, I would rate ExtremeRouting as an eight out of ten. It works very well.
ExtremeRouting's prices are at least 30% less than Cisco as a competitor in management. Extreme IQ, in spite of any of the shortcomings, is still quite superior to Meraki, especially when you bring in the SD-WAN and the Fabric capabilities that Meraki can't even touch. Overall, ExtremeRouting requires less technical depth in order to implement the infrastructure than Cisco, for example. However, Cisco is bigger, Cisco's got more firepower when it comes to maintaining stuff. Not that I've ever had any kind of failure rates with ExtremeRouting equipment. ExtremeRouting is a smaller company and in my experience smaller companies can be more responsive, especially for the smaller guys like me.
I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved by including advanced protocols.
We are currently moving our workload from on-premises to Cloud. Because they are moving to the next generation, I would rate ExtremeRouting a seven out of ten.
We're just a customer. We don't have a special contract with the solution and we aren't a consultant or reseller. My understanding is the company plans to replace this solution within the next six months as they've been unhappy with the performance of the solution. I would advise other organizations not to purchase this solution. I really prefer Cisco products, which work much more effectively. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. It's not a terrible solution, however, our experience was very bad.