Name: Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)
Rating: 9 (4 reviews)
Author: Juniper Networks

Help Desk

Kiosk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

AI Code Generation

Development

Board Management

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Demand Planning

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)

Internal Communications

Risk Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Nonprofit Accounting

Subscription Management

Finance and Accounting

360 Degree Feedback Software

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Freelance Management

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Build Automation

Cloud Storage

Disaster Recovery

Email Verification

Fraud Detection

IP Address Management (IPAM)

IT Service Providers

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Network Monitoring

Network Performance Monitoring

Object Storage

Output Management

Privileged Access Management

Rack Servers

Release Management

Server Management

Tape Storage

Workload Automation

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Contact Center

Contact Management

Content Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Product Sampling

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Video Conferencing

Professional Services

Auction Software

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Revenue Operations

Sales Incentive Compensation Management

Trade Promotion Management

Sales

Database Security

GDPR Compliance

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)

Security

ID Card

Interior Design

Legal Case Management

Mobility as a Service

Nonprofit Advocacy

Nonprofit Fundraising

Vertical-Specific

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The Juniper WLA & WLC Series, from Juniper Networks are a series of Wireless LAN Controllers that have reached end of life and end of sale. End of Support will be reached in 2021.

Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)

Wireless LAN Tools perform various network functions like optimizing traffic, maintaining reliable service across the LAN's range, and providing secure access to the LAN.

Likelihood to Recommend

Juniper Networks

Zero-Touch Provisioning

Additional access points can be added to a network with little to no configuration necessary.

WLAN Performance Monitoring

Dashboards, analytics, and other visualizations that show performance metrics for the network.

Topology Maps

Trees, lists, and other visualizations that show which specific devices are connected through the network.

Layer 7 Visibility

The product’s ability to show and interact with network operations at the application level. For example, it may monitor or restrict bandwidth consumed by specific web applications or websites.

Power over Ethernet Support

The product’s support for power over ethernet (PoE) connections instead of standalone power cables.

Wireless Security

The product’s security features. This may include support for standards like WPA, built-in security features such as traffic isolation, and alerts for suspicious activity.

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The Juniper WLA and WLC [Series] hardware was used across our business for quite a few years as they went through revisions. We did move onto Cisco gear but the Junipers worked quite well for what we needed. We had a lot of dead spots on our wifi previously and these two devices fixed those issues for us!

Product Usage

Great pricing structure
Licensing was easy and straight forward
Interface was quick and simple

Things done well

Bug patches were always a problem to do
Support was rarely helpeful
It seemed they stopped releasing fixes for many bugs we encountered so we had to live with them

Things done poorly

Back in the day these were really well priced, and had some amazing coverage. After using newer Cisco gear, while more expensive, they dont shine so brightly anymore. They did have trouble under load as well. I would recommend them to someone only if they were really constrained in their budget for wifi equipment.

A bit more time troubleshooting client disconnects
Money saved on the more expensive hardware
Frustration with support on many occasions

Return on Investment

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points, Cisco Aironet 2800 Series Access Points

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Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)

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What is Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)?

Good for their time, may have been surpassed by Cisco as of late.

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