D-Link Wireless Access Points vs. FortiAP

Best in small networks & appropriate in industrial areas. AP works fine in any temperature & location (in remote locations office or remote location). Open area wireless connectivity is good with good range. Simple VLAN management and management are good. Backup and restoration is very good. Small home offices using wireless network work awesome.

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Any rollout is well suited for a FortiAP - from small office networks, to large warehouse deployments. Adding additional APs to your network is simple and easy. Monitoring is simple with Forticloud monitoring. Configuring the devices can be as complex or as simple as you need. Adding additional Fortinet devices (I have switches and firewalls) makes the network even more secure and easy to manage - all devices working in tandem make monitoring much easier

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• Due to multiple switches in a single network environment, communication issues are common; therefore, productivity is effected. After installing D-Link Wireless, we resolved these kind of issues in our network.
• One windows solution make management easy via D-Link Wireless.
• Logs and troubleshooting is now easily handled. Pictorial form help in configuration and users management.

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• Provide secure wifi
• deploys easily
• facilitates users connectivity when moving between offices

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• Hanging issues are common in large scale networks. Even wireless controller is hanged in peak hours.
• Issues in VLAN configuration and port configurations.
• Cost is high in front of other brands.

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• Better to work with a Fortinet partner, their support is inadequate.
• Maybe a lack of security features when using it without Fortigate

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This is an excellent product for an SMB - cost isn't outrageous and deploy is simple. I can monitor my network without breaking the bank.

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I love FortiAP and how easy they are to use. It's very quick to train people to use them at a basic to intermediate level.

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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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We studied and selected D-Link due to usage in a limited area, and it is a very cost effective solution; therefore, D-Link Wireless AP and D-Link Wireless Controller [were] selected for our organization. We also [researched] Cisco, but Cisco was an expensive product and not appropriate in our required area or task; therefore, we selected D-Link.

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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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• Organizational needs are fulfilled [which] means return on investment.
• Smooth connectivity increases productivity. Yes, we are satisfied in this area.
• Management and troubleshooting are core features & very quick in production area.

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• Less management cost
• Less expensive to buy

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