Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points vs. Fortinet Wireless LAN

As an IT technician I was involved in the deployment and configuration of some access points. Work was easy to attach it to the ceiling and connect to the CAT6A network cable. The controller located in the main building transmits all settings remotely in less than 15 minutes to the access point and it is already operational. The WAP 150 has a compact style and looks great on the ceiling because the antennas are internal and radiate omnidirectionally to users. We created three networks, one 2.4Ghz, the second 5Ghz and the other exclusively for patients.

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Fortinet offers great Security features and is one of the leaders on that, and integrating Wireless LAN infrastructure with Access points proved to work rather seamlessly. Ease of management, single platform and ability to customize licensing as per needs were elements in favor of adding the Wireless LAN solution from Fortinet to our security portfolio.

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• Compact access point with internal antennas and easy ceiling mounting.
• They are reliable and fast access points that work on the 802.11ac wave protocol with speeds of up to 1.2gbps at 5ghz. But they also work at 2.4 GHz.
• Allows you to create a cluster of up to 4 access points on site and thereby manage radio frequency, power, and other network resources.
• Access points can be managed on management and monitoring platforms with Cisco FindIT Network Management.
• Allows to be installation easily with ethernet network cable.

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• Really easy to configure
• Really easy to manage
• Great value for price

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• I see that this model does not have the ability to mitigate strong interference at 2.4 GHz.
• It is a model that does not serve auditors.

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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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Overall, we have been very happy with the results.

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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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The products of the Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points family are an excellent option within the segment in which they compete. We provide many enterprise-level features with costs close to entry-level. It allows us to maintain centralized administration, scale easily, and not lose observability, and it maintains the quality and robustness that Cisco has accustomed us to.

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as a stand-alone product, the Fortinet wireless LAN solution isn't the most powerful, nor compelling out there. Others, like Cisco Meraki, offer great products, with added wifi features at a similar price point, but where Forti shines, is when integrated into a network with firewall enablement such as FortiGate. Overall, it stacks up well with others and is a solution that needs to be evaluated in a purchasing project.

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• Increased productivity with the use of notebooks and tablets.
• Mobility and allowed to work from home during the pandemic.

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• Less management cost
• Less expensive to buy

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