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HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN vs. Extreme Wireless Access Points

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    HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAruba Networks offers wireless WAN.N/A

    Extreme Wireless Access Points

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AExtreme Networks' Wireless Access Points (or ExtremeWireless) are designed to provide performance in the most demanding environments with the latest Wi-Fi technologies including 6 GHz, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, and software-defined dual 6 GHz radios.N/A
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    HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WANExtreme Wireless Access Points
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    83%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WANExtreme Wireless Access Points
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.5
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WANExtreme Wireless Access Points
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is an excellent solution for small to medium-sized implementation, especially on-premise. The ability to centrally manage all policy-based access requirements for both registered users as well as guests using the portal is effortless. This is backed up by good documentation which is available and excellent vendor support (HP).
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    Extreme Networks
    The Extreme access point solution has been used in the cooperative scenario with VLANs for employees in access through 802.1x authentication and also for guests through the captive portal that allows access of people for a limited time and prior registration. The equipment has great performance and connection speed and supports a high density of users connected at the same time without lag and crashes. The management of this equipment is being carried out through software with cloud management and is accessed by our infrastructure team to configure and monitor alerts.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • modern and high-tech Wireless access points
    • Faster and more secure data
    • One unified gui providing information for the whole wireless network.
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    Extreme Networks
    • Ease of use and Management. The process of implementing APs is straight forward and managing the wireless infrastructure is quite simple and efficient.
    • Coverage: we are very happy with the distance each AP coverages in our warehouses without having any drop issues or over implementing APs.
    • Cost competitive versus other cloud managed wi-fi solutions such as Cisco, Aruba or Mist.
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Licensing is slightly complicated and not bundled, separate costs for cloud controller is a no-no.
    • UI needs an uplift.
    • Coverage is good but can be better.
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    Extreme Networks
    • In my experience, licensing has become a nightmare. Licensing must be tied to a device, they also won't let you activate used units from other companies if they are donated or purchased third-party.
    • Customer service is outsourced overseas.
    • In my experience, technicians are incentivized to close tickets quickly - whether the issue has been fixed or not - which can be frustrating to work with.
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The unified network cloud webpage offers many visibilities for the entire network. From routers, SDWAN and SDWAN edges to check and monitor each interface for failover. Aruba usually provide credit for learning, and this will help give the admin more visibility to use and manage the entire network from the single point of cloud based web Gui
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    Extreme Networks
    Extreme Wireless Access Points are easy to manage. They are easy to deploy and install. The hardware and firmware are reliable. There a number of things to be improved since we are still using the WiNG platform, but all of those things will be much better when we migrate to CloudIQ.
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    Performance
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Extreme Networks
    Extreme Wireless Access Points can support all our devices, even in high capacity areas. They are easy to manage and get basic information. There was a time back around 2017-2018 where people's devices needed to make sure they were using the latest wireless drivers; otherwise, people were having connection issues. Other than that time period, we were able to have fewer complaints from end users.
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    In the least concern we have, the support team has always been available and responds very quickly.
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    Extreme Networks
    Support was always responsive and willing to help, but at times did not know when to call it and send a replacement to stop the bleeding. I respect that fact that they wanted to get the solution working, and the wanting to learn more and understand, but at times you cant do that at the expense of the customer.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We used Xirrus wifi before we moved to Aruba. Xirrus is a great niche brand that has been sold to other companies a few times in the life we used the products. This negatively impacted the product availability in our country, local support, and amount of implementation partners. Due to Aruba their broad product range, availability in the market, and knowledge with implementation partners we feel that we can build upon their products not only for a product cycle but for the decade to come.
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    Extreme Networks
    I've used both Aruba and Cisco (traditional, not Meraki) for wireless, and each have their own strengths. Aruba offers a lot of feature functionality, though the interface is difficult and confusing to use (this was ~4 years ago). Cisco wireless is fairly straightforward to set up and expand, though features are more limited. Aerohive's benefit is the easy+speed of deployment. I've also used the Citrix NetScaler SSL VPN soft client and that works fairly well, though it doesn't compare like-for-like due to the fact that it's software vs. Aerohive, which is hardware.
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • We have better coverage for our visitors and during trainings
    • We have enough bandwidth to accommodate everyone
    • No more dead spots in the building that effects our users.
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    Extreme Networks
    • Linking APs to AD, via NPS, and gaining the password reset policy; helped us move past some issues that we were held up on with SOC
    • Segregating corporate wifi and guest wifi, plus forcing guest wifi to agree to the Acceptable Use Policy, was needed to pass a compliance audit of the network.
    • Being able to locate which users are connected to which individual wifi AP, has been a asset with troubleshooting
    • APs sharing connections allows for us to overlap the wifi zones and create redundancy if an AP were to go offline for any reason.
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