Great K-12 Wifi
April 30, 2024

Great K-12 Wifi

Brandon Richmond | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • IAP-304
  • IAP-315

Overall Satisfaction with Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points

We are 1-1 with 2000 students. We can run a virtual High School program and do our state testing without having to worry about wireless issues. The heat maps have been a huge help in seeing what coverage we have and what areas we need to improve. Not needing a controller has also been a huge cost savings.

Pros

  • Speed
  • Up Time
  • Ease of Upgrades
  • Ease of management

Cons

  • AI reporting
  • Notifications of going offline
  • Auto Upgrades
  • No controller
  • Long term management
  • Long Life
Less AI integration than Juniper Access Points but the Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points are less expensive than the Juniper Access Points. Ubiquiti is considerably less expensive, but don't scale as well as the Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points. We're hoping that the AI tools in Juniper get moved to Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points with the HP acquisition.

Do you think Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points's feature set?

Yes

Did Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points again?

Yes

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It is less appropriate in small environments. It is well suited for large scale enterprise environments. Having five buildings and 200 access points we needed something that could scale well across our environment. The interface is daunting in smaller environments. The bandwidth overhead isn't too mad for the web based management.

Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points Feature Ratings

Wireless LAN
7.7
Zero-Touch Provisioning
6
WLAN Performance Monitoring
7
Topology Maps
10
Layer 7 Visibility
8
Power over Ethernet Support
8
Wireless Security
7

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