Wireless in K12 Education
June 04, 2024

Wireless in K12 Education

Randy Mclaurin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Wireless Controller
  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controller

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

For a school district, students and teachers use the wireless on a day to day basis. We are 1 to 1 on student and staff devices so we have over 60k devices constantly on the wireless network. The Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers help us keep all those devices connected while being mobile.

Pros

  • Wireless Policy Tags
  • SSID WLAN creation
  • RRM RF calculations

Cons

  • Code bugs between different model access points
  • Static tags for static tag list show mac address instead of AP name
  • TAC customer experience
  • Able to support 60k mobile devices
  • Central management of 3500 APs
  • RRM RF capabilities
  • Cisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
We are able to access the RF environment. Check on any AP down issues. Check AP events for issues that may have caused issues in the past.
We us N+1 but it has worked for us.
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers have been solid. We have not had any major outages and image upgrades are easily done.
For us we have it gives a central management for controlling 3500 aps where this would be a full time job without the controller.
Working with Aruba and clearpass was an easier transition but the cost was the roadblock for us.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers go as expected?

No

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers again?

Yes

Creating an events network and assigning new APs to those networks is a breeze. Segmenting the APs by site tag and being able to assign those site tag base on the roaming groups helps.

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Feature Ratings

Wireless LAN
4.7
Zero-Touch Provisioning
6
WLAN Performance Monitoring
5
Topology Maps
5
Layer 7 Visibility
2
Power over Ethernet Support
5
Wireless Security
5

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