WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud

Score9.2 out of 10

23 Reviews and Ratings

What is WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud?

The vendor says WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud is where you take your access points to unlock their full potential. With a Secure Wi-Fi license, you get patented WIPS security, compliance reporting including PCI, Wi-Fi vulnerability assessment reporting, and every enterprise-grade WLAN feature you’ll need to take your access points into the toughest environments – with features like live floorplan views, hotspot 2.0, application firewall, and role-based access with 802.1x. WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud has everything you need to enable a Trusted Wireless Environment, claims the vendor.

Unlock the rest of the power of the Wi-Fi Cloud with a Total Wi-Fi license and gain easy-to-customize, engaging captive portals with authentication options including Facebook, Twitter, SMS, email, and a powerful location-based analytics engine equipped with customizable reports for automated delivery to your inbox.

Take Wi-Fi Cloud for a test drive: www.watchguard.com/wifidemo

Categories & Use Cases

Wireless LAN

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Massimo Ruggieri

General Manager in Information Technology at Arcipelago IT Srl (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm using this solution to have a better visibility of connected client end to increase level of security on Wi-Fi.

This solution is made for a Business Customer where is it necessary to have an high level of security against unwanted wireles access.

This is made managing all environment of AP and Client authorized to connect.

Pros

Better detail of Client connection activity
Wide list of reports
Better Access Portal to manage Guest Client

Cons

Complexity of security policy
Only WiFi 5
High price

Return on Investment

High Security
Wide Monitoring
High Price (acquiring and maintenance)

Peter Johnson View profile

Owner at Schwartz IT GmbH & Co. KG (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We and our customers are using the WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud to manage centralized all our Wi-Fi Access Points and to secure them in a easy way. In combination with the other Products from WatchGuard we have a complete secure solution that is manag3ed in the WatchGuard Cloud and exchange information between to early see attacks.

Pros

Easy deployment
Centralized management
Reports

Return on Investment

It is not the cheapest one by price but with all the features it is it worth
They follow costs after buying are not so high because of the centralized and easy deployment and managemet
To see where we have a bottleneck is so easy in the WatchGuard Cloud

Alfred Da Silva

System Administrator in Engineering at Pcs Group (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Provide protection to wireless networks and Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as laptops and mobile phones. These devices are the perfect choice for our customer's facilities.

Pros

enable wireless access on watchguard-based networks
ensure reliable performances
allow fast wireless data transfer operations

Cons

Greater coverage range
Simpler management GUI
Better setup procedure

Return on Investment

Provide a mid-level AP solution
Provide a cost-effective solutions to fulfill our customer's requirements
Contribute to Watchguard partner program

Other Software Used

Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, CrowdStrike Falcon

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Ease of Management
Secure
Wi-Fi Reporting

Cons

Better Access Points from WG
Map Feature

Most Important Features

Security
Reporting
Troubleshooting
Ease of management

Return on Investment

Less time spend on setting up Wi-Fi on client devices
Addressed our Security Concerns
Less time spent on Wireless Configurations

Alternatives Considered

Ubiquiti WLAN

Other Software Used

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN, Ubiquiti WLAN, Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Ease of configuration of your Wi-Fi solution.
Full security feature set including IPS, and policing.
Event monitoring is second to none. Easy to troubleshoot any issue.

Cons

As far as a native VLAN configuration, VLAN 0 is used while mostly all other vendors use VLAN 1 as the default (native) VLAN. Minor detail, but keeps configuration standard across the board.
The policing feature is powerful, but at times too powerful and needs to be modified a few times before getting the solution where you need it to be. Different levels of policing would be nice, with the option of creating your own and/or modifying an existing template.

Return on Investment

The ROI for every customer we have deployed this solution has been within months. This is especially seen with customers who resell their Wi-Fi service.
Due to the stability of the solution, our NOC spends less time troubleshooting issues and outages which in turns gives them time to focus on other customer issues.
Due to the success of these deployments, our company continues to resell this product and has received higher discounts during the sale process which in turn have increased our profit margins.

Alternatives Considered

Mojo Networks, Fortinet Wireless LAN and Cisco Meraki MR Series

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MR Series, Fortinet Wireless LAN, Mojo Networks

Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Point, dup

Aerohive Wireless WAN now part of Extreme Networks

Ubiquiti WLAN, duplic

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud

What is WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud?

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I'm using it and reselling it

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Why we are using WatchGuard Wi-Fi

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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Secure, Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Solutions

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