Cisco Aironet 1570 Series Access Points vs Fortinet Wireless LAN

Likelihood to Recommend

Due to its software, it can fit in any outdoor deployment or requirement. It has POE Out port, Various Antenna selection, various powering option, GPS, Industrial rigid design (coming from a very hot and humid area), SFP compatible.
You can deploy this AP nearly on any use case you face, I have a successful deployment of 400m distance between two of them as a MESH and it has been running fine for the past 2 years on the beach, it's also providing wired connection to clients on the MESH side.
Some other use case is a WGB connected to a AirQuality sensor that has been up since day 1, with no problems whatsoever.

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Research Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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The Fortinet solution works in all scenarios due to the choice of access points. It is able to suit any environment. The access points will perform in any indoor or outdoor environment, and Fortinet support is second to none. They will assist you from beginning to end; ensuring your solution is working as it should.

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Luis Lozada

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TREXTEL LLCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Signal quality, even when all users are connected.
Secured
Integration
Realiability
Endurance
Support

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Daniel At

Director De Tecnologías de Información

Citelis - Organización RamírezCommercial Real Estate, 501-1000 employees

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Ease of configuration.
Ease of management.

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Luis Lozada

Engineering Team Lead

TREXTEL LLCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Price point
Not that easy to set up as a Meraki.
Difficult to find a good partner.

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Daniel At

Director De Tecnologías de Información

Citelis - Organización RamírezCommercial Real Estate, 501-1000 employees

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In the web portal, it would be nice if you could create a customer, assign that customer all the devices in the solution, and have a single pane glass to manage them all. Right now you need to access different web links to manage the devices.
The security feature set could be a bit more sophistication, like an Arista AP which polices the air.

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TREXTEL LLCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco Aironet 1570 Series Access Points 9.1

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There is no other better option than this. It's the line between the commercial Cisco grade AP's and industrial ones.

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Usability

Cisco Aironet 1570 Series Access Points 9.1

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Whenever I get a new use case, I find 1570 solves it with no problem.

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Support Rating

Cisco Aironet 1570 Series Access Points 9.1

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Initially I had a problem with the regulatory and channel selection, it was a bug on the AP as it was fairly new, solved by TAC on engineering release, and since then it has been performing flawlessly.

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Fortinet Wireless LAN 10.0

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Fortinet offers excellent support. They will work with you until the solution is doing what it is designed to do, within its capabilities. They also do an excellent to follow-up with the end-user prior to closing the ticket.

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TREXTEL LLCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Making the decision to use Aironet is more related to the type of scenario that you have. We chose Aironet because we mainly manage all the network internally and already have Cisco products to integrate with Meraki which is a good option if you are starting from scratch.

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Daniel At

Director De Tecnologías de Información

Citelis - Organización RamírezCommercial Real Estate, 501-1000 employees

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As far as features, Fortinet has them all. When compared to Meraki and WatchGuard, it comes out miles ahead. The biggest difference is price. You pay less for the Fortinet, but you do not lose the features you need to have a great solution.

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Luis Lozada

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TREXTEL LLCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

ROI pays off on the long term especially if you care about security and offering a good service to your users.
ROI also pays on terms of warranty and time of response especially if your users depend heavily on the network.
ROI also depends on the amount and type of users that you have. It's less likely to pay if you have few users.

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Daniel At

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Citelis - Organización RamírezCommercial Real Estate, 501-1000 employees

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The cost of management decreased,
End-users connect flawlessly to the solution and are able to be productive when they are mobile.

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Engineering Team Lead

TREXTEL LLCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No