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Avaya Wireless [EOL] vs Cisco Wireless comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Avaya Wireless [EOL]
Average Rating
3.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cisco Wireless
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
154
Ranking in other categories
Wireless LAN (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
EvansEsezobor - PeerSpot reviewer
Group IT Head at Euracare
Has enabled centralized user management and improved wireless access point aggregation
To improve Cisco Wireless, the ports on the access points are all 100 Meg, not 1 gig. We have not gotten a gigabyte interface of about 1,000, but the controller we have is just 1 gig. We would prefer if we could increase the controller to a 10 gig interface because we want to connect our controller to a 10 gig interface, which currently limits us to 1 gig. When we want to move higher capacity data via wireless, it limits us to 1 gig.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The WOS makes management and troubleshooting easier."
"The powerful radio is the most valuable feature."
"The product has good stability and deployment, and is easy to configure."
"The mobility that it provides is really helpful."
"The most important thing for me is that all the access points are in one group and use one access code. So, when you move from one area to another, you don't disconnect and reconnect again. The device is also very easy to install and control."
"The initial setup is easy. It's fairly quick to deploy."
"It offers significant advantages in terms of controlling intruders, hotspots, and rogue access points on our network."
"The FlexConnect feature is the most valuable."
"The best part of the solution is the stability."
"Fantastic product for an indoor wireless solution."
"The support offered by Cisco is excellent, and they are very responsive and knowledgeable."
 

Cons

"Avaya's APs were OEM with firmware provided by another firm. Reporting issues were slow and painful."
"Signal frequency can be problematic, especially when compared to other brands such as Aruba, HP, and Cisco."
"The product is too expensive and does not provide small enterprises with any advantages."
"Cisco Wireless needs to improve pricing. I understand that Cisco products are typically more expensive than other vendors. Therefore, I believe that adjusting the pricing could potentially be beneficial. Discounts may be available depending on the customer or type of purchase, which could help offset the higher costs."
"We have several users who get dropped from the Wi-Fi every once in a while. APs also don't typically work; they just stop working, and we have to reboot them and they magically work."
"Its licensing has been very frustrating. There is also the complexity of managing the product. These are probably the two reasons why we're looking at Aruba. The way they license this product is not simple. There are some good features in the latest version, but there are additional license costs as well, which is frustrating for us. It is not really a feature issue for us. It really comes down to cost and licensing. They should make it a bit simpler to manage. We find the overall solution a little bit more complex than we would like to deal with. Its troubleshooting is a bit difficult, and it does require a high skill set. Comparatively, Aruba seems quite simple. One of the benefits of the Aruba product is that it is cloud-managed. We don't have to manage the management platform itself, whereas Cisco is on-premise. Its user interface could also be better."
"This solution is very expensive, which means we often have to go for cheaper options instead."
"In the future, I would like to have Cisco add video documentation on configuring and overall learning of how to use the solutions. For example, in such areas as, security, authentication, and load balancing."
"The product is quite expensive, and it's making us reconsider staying with Cisco."
"An expensive solution that small companies cannot afford."
"Cisco is on the expensive side. I'd rate the product a three out of five in terms of affordability of the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price for this product is a little bit high, which is why I am not using the most recent version."
"Its price is a bit high. It is more expensive than its competitors, but when I look at the return on investment, it is worth it."
"I rate the tool's pricing a ten out of ten. It is expensive compared to Aruba and Juniper."
"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"Cisco WiFi 1572 is very expensive locally and our budget for this year is used."
"The product is expensive."
"Cisco Wireless is a little bit expensive when compared to other solutions."
"Cisco is not a cheap solution. Their licensing cost is higher than that for others."
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Comparison Review

it_user212721 - PeerSpot reviewer
President at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 24, 2015
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Outsourcing Company
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Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

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Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise74
 

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Also Known As

Wireless LAN 9100, Avaya WLAN
Cisco WLAN Controller
 

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