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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 powerful radio is the most valuable feature."
"The WOS makes management and troubleshooting easier."
"The product has good stability and deployment, and is easy to configure."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Wireless are the level of control and management. I am happy with it."
"Device profiling allows us to have different policies applied by ISE to wireless clients."
"Their manageability is very good."
"It allows us to reduce the cost of cabling and provides mobility of users within the organization."
"Creating policies is simple."
"Cisco wireless is a pretty good product."
"The solution offers central management, reliability, and signal, ensures the bandwidth, and segregates the network. It also maintains the authentication process in the compass solution, which is good regarding multiple software."
"Cisco Wireless solutions are easy to use."
 

Cons

"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."
"Avaya's APs were OEM with firmware provided by another firm. Reporting issues were slow and painful."
"Cisco is on the expensive side. I'd rate the product a three out of five in terms of affordability of the product."
"The new GUI interface and the newer version OS are a little bit more complex than the older version, however, it just might take some getting used to."
"Management and monitoring features need to be improved and the inclusion of a cloud-based solution."
"The price should be reduced. It should be cheaper."
"Cisco Wireless is a little bit expensive when compared to other solutions."
"The cost model is expensive."
"The flexibility on the controllers isn't that great."
"The solution should introduce natural language troubleshooting processes. It will identify possible problems or errors due to the symptoms."
 

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"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 seven out of ten."
"Its licensing is hard to understand."
"I rate the tool's pricing a ten out of ten. It is expensive compared to Aruba and Juniper."
"Pricing is a bit on the high side compared to its competitors but we have to consider the support and usages of the solution. Licensing is now RTU and smart licensing. We need three types of licenses. One for each of the: APs, HA, controller."
"We have to pay for the hardware and support is extra and we do pay for the support."
"Cisco is not a cheap solution. Their licensing cost is higher than that for others."
"The solution is a little expensive compared to other brands."
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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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Manufacturing Company
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Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise74
 

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Also Known As

Wireless LAN 9100, Avaya WLAN
Cisco WLAN Controller
 

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