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Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

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What is Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers?

Cisco offers wireless LAN.

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WiFi controller I like

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Borislav Mihaylov
network team manager in Information Technology at Electrohold ICT (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers in our head office . Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers is very flexible configuring different profiles and policies .

Pros

  • Making different policies
  • Integration with Cisco ISE
  • It is very easy adding access points

Cons

  • Troubleshooting easier debugs and tests

Return on Investment

  • users are very happy with the WiFi
  • Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers is very flexible and easy to manage

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) and Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800)

Other Software Used

Cisco Nexus Series Switches, Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800), Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000), Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers is our HQ Wifi controller.

We are using Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers to provide wlan connectivity to our users

Pros

  • Upgrade Management
  • Monitoring Dashboard
  • AP Config

Cons

  • WebUI responsive
  • EoS longevity

Return on Investment

  • Improve connectivity
  • Avoid performance issue
  • Continuity

Usability

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center, Dynatrace

Solid and enterprise grade product

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers to Deploy secure and centralized wifi across the organization

Pros

  • Rebust product
  • Highly available
  • Flexible deployment

Cons

  • Monitoring of clients
  • Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Application visibility

Return on Investment

  • Secure the wifi network
  • Stability of Wifi signal

Usability

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers review

Incentivized
Verified User
Director in Professional Services (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, I was using the Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers for campus AP management and configuration, troubleshooting and monitoring. Also within regional DC (data center) in order to support small offices

Pros

  • AP Configuration Push

Cons

  • More client side troubleshooting
  • Heat mapping

Return on Investment

  • Reduce engineering effort

Usability

Alternatives Considered

HPE Networking Instant On Access Points

Other Software Used

HPE Networking Instant On Access Points, Juniper Mist AI, HPE Juniper Access Points

Great

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

20000+ employees 3000+ daily guest
Conference events
Narrow workspaces
Industrial plants coverage

Pros

  • Reporting
  • Reliability
  • Ecosystem
  • Troubleshooting
  • Stability

Cons

  • Support of legacy Acces points
  • Software versioning stability

Return on Investment

  • Connecting our group
  • Live KPIs
  • Going Digital

Usability

Other Software Used

Cisco Umbrella, Catalist, Webex Meetings

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