Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

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What is Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points?

The Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points includes the 9115 and 9117, and designed to meet high demand network access.

Categories & Use Cases

Wireless LAN

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#1 most frequent

Manufacturing

22.2%

2 installations of 9

“Wireless first design, either office, warehouses, labs, manufacturing”
— IT Network Engineer, NovoNordisk (10,001+ employees)

#2 most frequent

Health Care and Social Assistance

22.2%

2 installations of 9

#3 most frequent

Retail Trade

11.1%

1 installation of 9

Tim Leuty

Network Engineer in Information Technology at Freeman Health System (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the 9130s in our environment for reliable wireless coverage. Our APs are also used in conjunction to provide telemetry data to our RTLS system for asset tracking (Securitas) We are currently exploring the 9176 series of APs to further our RTLS efforts. Over all, the 9100 series of APs have been our go to for several years now and will continue to do so.

Pros

Asset Location
Wireless Coverage
Effortless Installation
Incredible uptime

Cons

Hardware cost
Licensing

Return on Investment

Positive impact has been the stellar coverage these provide for our staff and patients alike.
The biggest negative for us is the cost of deploying these devices and ongoing license fees

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points (discontinued)

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Brian Lee

Network Admin in Engineering at Fox Bsb Holdco (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Yes, 80 percent of the wireless network depends on the Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points across the stadium. The Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points provide network access to the organization's employee, customers and vendors. It also provide secure and fast changes from WLC. The Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points dramatically address problems for specific space that has no network connection, bringing convenience for our customers.

Pros

Fast update after applying config
Fast wireless internet uplinks for customers

Cons

Not smart enough to join the secondary controller if the primary controller is not available.
Cannot broadcast strong wifi when the organization gets crowded

Return on Investment

Bad network connection and service degrade if the area gets to crowded

Gerard Medeiros

Network Engineer at Community Health System (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Across the whole org Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are used for wireless access. Clinical devices that roam or have no wired NICs available. We also use wireless for VoIP calling.

Pros

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are easy to deploy and manage
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points look nice
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points work well

Cons

Licensing in new models is not good
licensing requires several steps to get working
People do not like the licensing.

Return on Investment

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points keep people alive by passing health telemetry back to our EHR.
The licensing scheme makes it hard to predict future costs.
I would avoid due to licensing.

Alternatives Considered

Arista 7800R3 Series

Vijay Harripersad

Network Architect in Information Technology at Atlantic LNG (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points is used to connect users who are in meeting rooms etc

Pros

Connects wireless clients seamlessly

Cons

In my experience, clients keep dropping often, lack of visibility

Return on Investment

Longer time to troubleshoot, frequent client drops

Alternatives Considered

UniFi Switching

Alexandru Vizitiu

Network Engineer in Information Technology at ETA2U (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points inside the office, across the entire organization, with all departments having access to the wifi network. The business problems that they address is taking business calls on the move.

Pros

Roaming
Connectivity

Cons

I cannot think of any

Return on Investment

For not business critical areas, we managed to go full wireless without the need of putting in cables.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Aironet 3800 Series Access Points (discontinued), Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points and Cisco Aironet 2800 Series Access Points (discontinued)

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Spaces, Cisco Catalyst Switches

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Most Frequent Users

Manufacturing

Health Care and Social Assistance

Retail Trade