We are using HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN for connecting our campus and providing network access and internet access to our employee and guests. This helped us sharing the organization resources via Wireless technology and its more organized being wireless than pulling cables for LAN network. With HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN Wi-Fi 6 the speed of data transfer is faster and its secure.

Pros

modern and high-tech Wireless access points
Faster and more secure data
One unified gui providing information for the whole wireless network.

Cons

establishing WAN connection over campus required learning curve
Contract pricing is a bit expensive in the market
adding security firewall rules to the wan network will improve security functions.

Return on Investment

Save time and money for hiring additional staff
Save time of contracting out source company
Business continues and stability is high up thanks to the AI cloud-based service.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

Matthew Guzzi View profile

Information Systems Administrator in Information Technology at South Carolina State Library (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have Aruba Wireless Access points throughout our building and they provide outstanding coverage and they are easy to configure and manage. We had dead spots before we switched to Aruba and it has corrected those issues.

Pros

Easy to manage
Easy to setup
Provides Excellent wireless coverage

Cons

Figuring out the coverage maps and placement was a little challenging.
Provide more mounting options.

Most Important Features

Easy to manage and setup
Provides strong coverage
Easy to mount
Ability to configure multiple networks and VLANS

Return on Investment

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.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

Other Software Used

OnBase by Hyland, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Drupal

Chris Hein

Systems Engineer in Information Technology at CIH (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Reliable
Easy to administer
Great uptime

Cons

Admin UI is a little clunky, but not bad

Most Important Features

Reliability
Speed
How fast you can connect to SSID

Return on Investment

Great impact. We no longer have to worry about troubleshooting WiFi.
Better customer satisfaction.
Can have large meetings with no worries.

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, GoToMeeting, Windows Server, VMware vCenter Server

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is used by many of our esteemed customers to meet multiple business objectives including providing seamless wireless access with an eye on access control and secure data transfer. The product is known for its reliability, stability, and ease of use. The fully functional cloud-enabled solution is easy to implement and meets most of the organization's requirements for providing connectivity to its employees as well as guests using a defined mechanism.

Pros

Implementation is straight-forward.
Ease of administration is superb.
Custom roles based on access restrictions can be defined.
Centralized management for both employees as well as guest registrants.

Cons

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.

Most Important Features

Central Management
Reliability and Stability
Logging capabilities and integration with other tools like SIEM, SOAR

Return on Investment

Definitely positive ROI for our customers as it solves the connectivity issues for places that cannot be wired.
Ease of implementation ensures this is installed quickly during conferences with high scalability to ensure maximum coverage.
Added benefits in terms of additional capabilities when it is part of the Aruba/HPE ecosystem of network devices.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Other Software Used

VMware Carbon Black EDR, Tripwire Enterprise, BeyondTrust Privileged Identity (Legacy)

Verified User

Advisor in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were looking for a brand that could provide all our locations with a Wireless solution. This ranges from office location(s) with 300 users to sports halls and public swimming pools which all need different types of devices due to their characters. All these locations and devices should be manageable from a cloud-based interface. Aruba provides a wide range of devices that suited our use case and is manageable from the cloud.

Pros

Stable devices
Broad range of devices to choose from
Insightfull management pane
Ability to manage devices from anywhere

Cons

Simplified connection to Microsoft Azure
Availability of device addon's
Give even more information in the management pane

Most Important Features

Easily extendable
Broad range of devices
Easily manageble from the cloud

Return on Investment

Less travelling to other location for troubleshooting
Addon's for wifi devices are expensive which can negatively influence your ROI
Less time managing and keeping devices up to date due to one management interface.

Other Software Used

TOPdesk, VMware Horizon, Microsoft 365

HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN

What is HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN?

Categories & Use Cases

Who Buys & Uses HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN

Most Frequent Users

Manufacturing

Educational Services

Transportation and Warehousing

Most Frequent Users

Small Businesses

Mid-sized Companies

Enterprises

Most Frequent Users

United States of America

Germany

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland