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Aruba Wireless vs Avaya Wireless [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Aruba Wireless
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
151
Ranking in other categories
Wireless LAN (1st)
Avaya Wireless [EOL]
Average Rating
3.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

CK
Network Administrator at Nippon Express Canada Ltd.
Wireless network has supported long-term reliable access and simplifies RF optimization
I have experience with Cisco products and the Cisco brand. The product is mainly a hardware product. Regarding the software part, I don't have a lot of experience. Aruba Wireless was not too difficult to set up. When compared with other products such as Cisco, they also have products with wireless controllers, and it's similar to that. I think it should be recommended for both bigger and smaller companies based on the feedback and our experience. I believe there should be AI functions that might help us in some cases of cybersecurity matters, detecting threats regarding security would be better with AI. For this role, I have more than twenty years of experience. I would rate Aruba Wireless eight out of ten overall.
DM
Chief of Engineering at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Reporting issues are slow and painful and it needs a controller
1. Avaya wireless was sold to Extreme three years ago with all LAN gears. 2. The advanced APs are working correctly. The low-end APs aren’t working correctly. After three months of troubleshooting and four patches, we ended up replacing the APs at our own expense. 3. Lesson learned: select a brand with a controller. Avaya claims that their AP with an embedded controller makes the central controller obsolete. With our controller, deployment is more difficult as roaming between AP relies on device thresholds. Android, iOS, Dell PC, Spectralink barcode readers all have different Decibel thresholds ranging from 72 DB to 104db. A controller watches mobile devices as they move and instruct the nonoptimal AP not to talk to the device.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"With Aruba Wireless, there are no doubts about its quality and uptime."
"The APs has a very competitive price and the functionality is really good."
"Most valuable feature of the solution is the ability for a student or teacher to be able to roam freely from classroom to classroom, no matter the floor, without dropping a signal."
"Price is one of the most important factors. We have a solution that's reasonably cost-effective when balanced against all the areas we need to cover."
"Aruba WLAN was my first experience with WLAN solutions and is unique."
"The benefit is the constant delivery of internet bandwidth, as everybody is getting internet access properly, and when 40 - 50 people are sitting in a small area it is capable of delivering internet to them constantly."
"The user interface is great."
"Aruba focuses on high-end WLAN technologies, is now certified with many other vendors to be used in conjunction with their products, and is easy to deploy with many other benefits."
"The product has good stability and deployment, and is easy to configure."
"The WOS makes management and troubleshooting easier."
"The powerful radio is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"The solution needs to add features and enhance security."
"Every month Aruba has new firmware. I don't know if it's good or bad but it's not good in terms of production. We can't upgrade our firmware every month, especially an enterprise company, because if we upgrade our firmware based on the latest firmware that Aruba has, that firmware is not stable. They're not 100 percent sure about it."
"We have 64 AP's around the site and with more and more students bringing in their wireless devices, we are only now starting to see some cracks."
"They should have more support for implementing Aruba Wireless in Smart Cities and outdoor applications."
"Some of the diagnostic features I'd expect to help me troubleshoot parts of the network are missing."
"The installation rates at five out of ten for ease of setup because it is not simple."
"Configuration could be made easier with more bandwidth than they offer at the moment."
"One area for improvement in Aruba Wireless is its dashboard or interface because in some cases, it's not as easy to use as it should be, but overall, it's okay. Pricing for the product is also on the higher side. Another area for improvement in Aruba Wireless is technical support because it's hard to reach when issues arise and the speed of answer could be faster. Other areas for improvement in the product include integration and configuration."
"The product is too expensive and does not provide small enterprises with any advantages."
"Signal frequency can be problematic, especially when compared to other brands such as Aruba, HP, and Cisco."
"Avaya's APs were OEM with firmware provided by another firm. Reporting issues were slow and painful."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Aruba is comparable to competing solutions when it comes to price."
"Besides paying for the APs, you need to pay a license each year for their use. Therefore, watch out for that and do the best you can to keep costs down.​"
"Pricing is competitive. Licensing is needed to maintain access to the latest firmware, which wasn't made clear originally when we started with Arbua (or things changed, I'm not sure which). I would just say, make sure you budget for it."
"The price could be better. Competitors offer more features for a similar cost."
"The balance between quality and price is there, but the cost is still high."
"Cisco is more expensive than Aruba or Juniper."
"The pricing is fair and similar to other products."
"We have some licenses for the solution, and we need not renew licenses. But we need to pay a hundred thousand if you want to renew our subscription and renew the hardware."
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Comparison Review

it_user212721 - PeerSpot reviewer
President at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 24, 2015
Cisco vs. Aruba Wireless Solutions
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Manufacturing Company
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Outsourcing Company
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Financial Services Firm
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Comms Service Provider
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Questions from the Community

What are pros and cons of Aruba 515 Series AP vs. Cisco Meraki or Extreme Networks?
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How does Cisco Wireless compare with Aruba Wireless?
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Also Known As

Aruba WLAN, HP WLAN, HP Wireless, Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Point
Wireless LAN 9100, Avaya WLAN
 

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