Aerohive is a cost effective centralized management solution for Wifi
June 17, 2019
Aerohive is a cost effective centralized management solution for Wifi
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Aerohive Wireless (legacy products)
Overall Satisfaction with ExtremeWireless
Aerohive is used across multiple companies and at multiple locations in our infrastructure. Each Aerohive broadcasts multiple SSIDs each with its own individual VLAN and integrates with Windows Network Policy Server to utilize AD security groups to define specific users to specific VLANs.
Wireless connections are shared between the Aerohive Access Points, so users moving between APs are not required to manually reconnect.
Wireless connections are shared between the Aerohive Access Points, so users moving between APs are not required to manually reconnect.
- Access points can broadcast multiple SSIDs and place traffic for each SSID in the same or different VLANs.
- Access Points are able to receive and interpret attributes passed from a RADIUS server. Then use this information to assign different VLANs in the same SSID.
- Cloud dashboard can track all connected wifi users, devices, and show statistics related to the access points.
- Access Points auto connect to the cloud dashboard after acquiring a DHCP IP address. Making initial setup very simple.
- Can require users to agree to an Acceptable Use Policy to utilize a guest wifi SSID.
- Dashboard constantly says that the AP configuration is not in sync with management, but no changes have been made.
- "Golden Age" software updates have caused APs to overheat and crash.
- Renewing the support contract was a lengthy process that could have been easily simplified and streamlined.
- Customer support did not want to help me with resolving an issue. They just wanted to close the case and tell me that it was not an issue with their equipment.
- Documentation is severely lacking for configuring some of the advanced features offered.
- Linking APs to AD, via NPS, and gaining the password reset policy; helped us move past some issues that we were held up on with SOC
- Segregating corporate wifi and guest wifi, plus forcing guest wifi to agree to the Acceptable Use Policy, was needed to pass a compliance audit of the network.
- Being able to locate which users are connected to which individual wifi AP, has been a asset with troubleshooting
- APs sharing connections allows for us to overlap the wifi zones and create redundancy if an AP were to go offline for any reason.
The Aerohive wireless devices are comparable to Cisco's wireless solution, in regard to performance, features, and management.
But the cost of utilizing Cisco Wireless Access Points versus using the Aerohive access points is staggering. Since our wireless access points do not maintain a constant heavy load, we chose a more cost effective solution and have not had many issues with them.
But the cost of utilizing Cisco Wireless Access Points versus using the Aerohive access points is staggering. Since our wireless access points do not maintain a constant heavy load, we chose a more cost effective solution and have not had many issues with them.