Item: Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Aruba wireless throughout the organization. We had a very unreliable wireless deployment from SonicWall. I had personally had experience with Aruba hardware from a previous employer. Knowing the reliability of their APs, I made the recommendation to my department to check out Aruba. We've not looked back.

Pros and Cons

Load balancing between APs.
Deployment of firmware.
We have the 325 model and can push several devices through them w/o issue.

They claimed to only need 20W of power for full functionality, however, we found they need 29W of power. On CISCO PoE switches at least.

Return on Investment

Less downtime
Ability use several WiFi devices in the environment

Alternatives Considered

SonicWall

Aruba blew the doors off of the SonicWall/SonicPoint deployment we had previously. The SonicPoints would reboot randomly and were not compatible with many of the Mac devices we had in our environment. SonicWall support was atrocious and since then have been sold several times.

Other Software Used

Cisco ASA, Microsoft Office 365, Veeam Backup & Replication, Skype for Business, OneNote, Microsoft Office 2016, Digium Switchvox, Barracuda Email Security Service, Symantec Endpoint Protection

Likelihood to Recommend

I've seen Aruba APs anywhere from small to medium-sized businesses. They are the best APs I've used and hope that they will continue to be now that they are a part of HP.

Aruba to the rescue

Overall Satisfaction with Aruba Networks Wireless