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FortiAP

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What is FortiAP?

Fortinet’s wireless LAN equipment, including FortiAP access points, leverage Secure Networking to provide secure wireless access for the enterprise LAN edge.

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I love FortiAP!

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We primarily see FortiAP in our organization. We use them as they tie into the Fortinet security fabric and therefore extend the firewalls ability to protect us and our customers.

Pros

  • Ease of deployment
  • Ease of mounting with zero tools required
  • Ease of management

Cons

  • I would like to add an option to show which options you change will reboot the access point.

Return on Investment

  • As the management of the access points are all in one place, and very easy to configure and maintain, we save money on troubleshooting.
  • The price point for FortiAP is very competitive and allows us to get a great product in a business that might not be able to spend as much on wireless

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points and Ubiquiti Networks UniFi

Other Software Used

FortiSwitch Secure Access Switches, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet Wireless LAN offers more bang for your buck

Incentivized
Luis Lozada
Engineering Team Lead in Engineering at TREXTEL LLC (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Ease of configuration.
  • Ease of management.

Cons

  • In the web portal, it would be nice if you could create a customer, assign that customer all the devices in the solution, and have a single pane glass to manage them all. Right now you need to access different web links to manage the devices.
  • The security feature set could be a bit more sophistication, like an Arista AP which polices the air.

Return on Investment

  • The cost of management decreased,
  • End-users connect flawlessly to the solution and are able to be productive when they are mobile.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MR Series and WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MR Series, WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud, Mojo Networks

Forti WLAN - great addon to Fortigate

Incentivized
Verified User
Account Manager in Sales (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

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

Cons

  • requires manual updates
  • Access points cost vs performance
  • support isnt always efficient

Most Important Features

  • Easy of deployment
  • Powerful integration to other Fortinet products
  • industry leading Security features

Return on Investment

  • single vendor management for better cost control
  • ability to scale
  • quick and easy setup

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Point

Other Software Used

Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Meraki MR, FortiAP

Fortinet Wireless LAN Review

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Verified User
Account Manager in Sales (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Really easy to configure
  • Really easy to manage
  • Great value for price

Cons

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

Most Important Features

  • Ease of deployment
  • Stability
  • Great range

Return on Investment

  • Less management cost
  • Less expensive to buy

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MR

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex Meetings, Cisco Webex Contact Center

FortiAP - definitely business level wireless

Incentivized
Nathan VennoView profile
IT Manager in Information Technology at VistaFood Exchange Inc (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our main headquarters is spread over three buildings. I have implemented FortiAPs at two of the three. I also have installed them at our two remote offices. These provide wireless for all users in the office. I also provide a Guest SSID for visitors which is segregated from our main network - Internet only. This devices provide excellent coverage for all my offices. I have not heard one complaint about them since installing them. I also have the ability to monitor traffic on these devices and see who is doing what. I haven't implemented the various built in features (AV, Malware, App monitoring) as my Fortinet firewalls take care of that aspect for me.

Pros

  • Excellent coverage - we use the smaller models - FP321 and 221, but I have never had an issue with coverage for my users.
  • Easy to install - configuration and deploy is super simply - our network isn't super complex, but I had no issues rolling these out.
  • FortiCloud allows me to monitor my AP network easily and quickly - gives me alerts, updates and status on a single pane of glass.

Cons

  • Deploying your first AP is a little confusing - you need to register it with Fortinet, and then deploy it. I am a master now, but this took me call to support to understand how to roll these out.
  • Adding them in to the correct folders on Forticloud took a little bit of figuring out, but again, once I had it it was simple.

Return on Investment

  • Increased overall coverage of wireless for my users - no more calls about dropped wireless (our cell service is very spotty).
  • Easy to roll out - no issues here.
  • Expensive - you are paying for a business, not a home use devices - sticker shock might happen initially.

Alternatives Considered

Fortinet, Forticlient and Cisco Meraki Wireless WAN

Other Software Used

Trend Micro, PRTG Network Monitor, VMware ESXi

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