Adtran in Huntsville, Alabama offers the NetVanta brand of routers and switches.
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Cisco Routers
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Adtran NetVanta series switches are a very desirable switch set at a reasonable price point with a large amount of configuration ability for both L2 and L3. They are best suited for medium to large institutions that are not Cisco Dependent. They work well for small businesses as well but may be too high of a price point and too large of a feature set needed for a SOHO type set up which may turn away customers in that range. The 1531/P series does offer a smaller switch with the option of PoE in the P model and gives a total of 12 individual ports between the 8 PoE ports, 2 non PoE ports, and 2 SFP ports capable of Gigabit or 2.5Gbps with Adtran's interconnect cable. This may be more suitable for a SOHO set up but again may offer more than many small businesses need and may seem daunting.
Cisco Routers come in a number of different configurations. They make routers for light workloads as well as maxed out beasts for highly available enterprise workloads. A lot of what you see from Cisco Routers is good. They are highly capable routing devices. Any enterprise network will benefit from using them in their backbone. Also do great as voice routers for those of us who still have on-prem phone systems. Where things can be less appropriate is where you don't have an SME or a trusted MSP to take care of the maintenance and troubleshooting. You can't just turn it on and hope for the best. There are too many security threats regardless of the product vendor. You must maintain your equipment.
Software-defined radios could be used so that both the radios could be converted into 5 GHz model to provide enhanced connectivity in network congestion scenarios.
Support for low power IoT devices.
Should provide more details about devices connected to the access points such as the risk score of the devices.
Enhanced encryption algorithms and quick firmware upgrades.
We are extremely likely to renew, as we have been very happy with our Cisco Routers for over 10 years. Their uptime as well as stable nature makes them ideal for us, as we are an industry that cannot afford downtime. We trust our partner to recommend our next model Cisco, when the time comes.
The main reason to go with Cisco Routers is reliability. Other than that most engineers are certified to operate these routers. Other reasons are good technical support, quality community and familiarity/experience within the industry of networking. It is by default product to go with in many situations.
High Performance and reliability have allowed for a 'set it and forget it' type installation, giving greater customer satisfaction.
The price point of the switches, while higher than other models such as HP or Dell potentially, is in line with their reliability and functionality and comes in less than Cisco much of the time.
Having a long time relationship with Adtran as a company has allowed us to quickly assist customers with their needs, saving everyone time and money.
Experience tells us that using Cisco products is always positive since the quality/price is very well distributed.
They reduce energy costs and the consumption of resources, optimizing efficiency to the maximum
The equipment is prepared so that all kinds of people can use them.
They have higher levels of access and service. Its functionality is one of the best on the market, its unmatched response. Cisco routers provide fast access and hassle-free connectivity and are renowned for their performance.
