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Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Excellent Coverage and Connectivity: Users have praised the Cisco access points for their outstanding coverage capabilities, allowing for reliable signals even in dense settings. The dual frequency bands significantly enhance connectivity speed, providing a seamless experience for users.

Seamless Roaming and Distributed RRM: The seamless roaming enabled by distributed RRM via Wireless LAN Controllers has been highlighted as a key feature by reviewers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity transitions between access points within the network infrastructure.

Reliability and Ease of Deployment: Customers appreciate the reliability of the Cisco access points, experiencing minimal downtime once correctly set up. The ease of deployment and configuration processes further add to the overall positive user experience with these devices.

Reviews

70 Reviews

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points - Great quality from known brand

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Wireless access points across 10 geographically diverse locations from manufacturing to officespace and utilize a single pane of glass console to manage it.

Pros

  • strong coverage
  • easily managed
  • reliable support

Cons

  • connectivity to Control console
  • Cost
  • clarity on product line differences

Likelihood to Recommend

Large enterprise facilities that depend on uptime are more likely to want to go with Aironet access points than a cheaper alternative. They are highly reliable and experienced very rare downtime with these access points. You will need IT Budget to go this route over cheaper competitors, but it will be money well spent.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
4 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points APs are worth the cost.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Current a mix of x802i and x802e plus 9136 AP's. Across the entire organisation. Provides a seamless experience for end users by allowing them to roam from one area to another without any dropouts utilising Cisco 9000 series WLC

Pros

  • Throughput and offer multigig interfaces
  • Reliability
  • Ability to provide valuable information through the WLC on signal and usage stats

Cons

  • 6GHz frequency has some bugs with dropouts
  • Cost per unit

Likelihood to Recommend

The throughput for the access points allow a better user experience as there is no bottle necks with a shared device. Ability to easily connect up various devices over multiple SSID's over multiple vlans to help secure the environment and separate OT from IT

VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
3 years of experience

Cisco Wireless durable and secure

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, We utilize a variety of Cisco wireless access points and have been pleased. Their operation and versatility help us provide a consistent user expense

Pros

  • Ease of install
  • Compatible with existing mounts

Cons

  • Price point
  • Power consumption

Likelihood to Recommend

Perfect for medium to large applications but may be over kill for smaller applications

VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
20 years of experience

Great Access Points

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are deployed in my whole organization. Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points give wifi conectivity to all users

Pros

  • Give wifi conectivity
  • Provide access to our systems

Cons

  • Better tools for management

Likelihood to Recommend

I am likely to tell a colleague that, in my experience, In a crowded room Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points perform very well

VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
5 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco 3800 Access Points are deployed across ~15 of our locations in office, warehouse, and manufacturing environments. They allow connectivity throughout the facility while maintaining connection while roaming. We use both internal and external antenna variants depending on how challenging the wireless environment is. These have replaced our Cisco 2700 and 1600 series APs.

Pros

  • Ease of setup and installation
  • Ease of management with Catalyst Center
  • Ease of connectivity and roaming

Cons

  • Limited availability of antennae options
  • High cost for non-standard antennae

Likelihood to Recommend

They are well suited for office environments, but are more difficult to predict performance in a warehouse or manufacturing environment.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
2 years of experience

The amazing Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently using Cisco Aironet Access Points across the entire network. They are being used to provide wireless access for guests and employees. We use these across a very large campus for wireless coverage within buildings as well as some outside areas. They have provided exceptional service for all areas and we have had very little issues with any of them.

Pros

  • 3702i
  • 3802i
  • 9164
  • 9120axe

Cons

  • Dense client deployment
  • Outdoor areas such as parking lots as well as large fields

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are well suited for dense Client solutions. We have used these in areas where we have a large number of guests that need top-notch connectivity without ever losing connection. The one area where we do have difficulty is in outdoor deployment, where large areas need to be covered, but we do not have physical connectivity in order to get the access points connected. This is not an access point issue but more of a physical connectivity limitation.

VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
3 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points (9120). We use them for warehouse environments providing excellent coverage to RF guns and other IOT devices.

Pros

  • Excellent coverage
  • Easy to configure
  • Fast throughput

Cons

  • Reduce the number of models
  • Interoperability with Meraki Cloud for other models, other than 9166
  • Increased support for legacy devices for new WIFI technologies

Likelihood to Recommend

The 912x are perfect for providing excellent coverage in a warehousing environment where various devices connect and roam around the area.

VU
Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
2 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Point experience

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are used in enterprise office in my company and they are providing Wifi coverage for different users.

Pros

  • Reliability
  • Safety
  • Security

Cons

  • Security
  • Speed
  • Responsiveness

Likelihood to Recommend

There is not for improvement and compatibility issues with Aruba.

HS
Hassan Shakil Bhatti
Network Architect in Engineering at VicTrack (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
2 years of experience
Verified on LinkedIn

Very Good APs to Enterprise Networks

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco APs to our 3 Floors with aprox 100 people per floor. Our environment is covered by 10 Cisco APs 9164 per Floor. As the users today have notebook and celllphones, I think that we have a high usage of the wifi connectivity over the company. The cable connectivity is also available but it is going to be unused.

Pros

  • High speed
  • Wifi 6 support
  • best coverage
  • high secure
  • good compatibility

Cons

  • the configuration steps
  • monitoring in realtime
  • reports of usage

Likelihood to Recommend

For companies that have medium size they fit very well with the compatibility and secure operation. We do not have gap in the coverage and also if a Site Survey is not done before the operation could be bad. A good Site Survey report that indicate the right position of the aps is very recommended.

VU
Verified User
Engineer in Customer Service (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
1 year of experience

Lightweight, easy to install and reliable

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have deployed more than 1800+ Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points throughout our organization. This was the solution we used to replace access points from a different vendor as we shifted to Cisco platform. These models are being used both indoor and outdoor locations and as well as for high density areas.

Pros

  • Reliability
  • Easy to install
  • Aesthetics

Cons

  • The 2800's can be more slimmer

Likelihood to Recommend

These APs are really well suited for medium to large enterprise organization as the management of these devices are through a single management console.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
10 years of experience