Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points vs Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points are well suited for a larger office or organization that has multiple buildings that require a larger-scale wireless network. The controller makes it easy to discover and deploy radios in a timely manner. The Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points are probably not well suited for smaller offices where one radio will suffice.

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Unless you're a mega corporation, most mid size to large companies could use a few of these guys around to balance the wireless load a bit. I could recommend it to someone looking for a relatively cheap set of devices that can alleviate some of the strain on the network backbone that services your wireless systems.

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Pros

Ease of setup
Area of coverage
Device life

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They seem solid and well built, hardly ever fail
Once you get a hand of the setup they're easy to add/remove
Automatic failover is seamless and super helpful

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Cons

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Some bugs in the interface.
Issues with licensing and Cisco DNA integration.
Frequent software patches needed,

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Performance

Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points 8.0

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I give this rating because right out of the box we were able to configure multiple radios in the console and deploy them to our environment in a very short amount of time. The only issues we had was there was a bad radio, which was replaced quickly and easily.

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Alternatives Considered

We are not using any other Cisco products at this time.

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Scalability

Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points 9.0

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I gave the rating I did because, in my opinion, this product scales very well. We are able to add as many radios as we need to to expand our network to more sites, as we need them. So far, I have not had any issues when installing new radios.

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Return on Investment

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Intelligent configuring cuts out much time required to deploy access points
Mobile app has given us more (and faster) control over each departments devices
Having a well functioning wireless network encourages departments to keep adding devices!

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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

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No