Give a boost to your business with this controller
Updated January 15, 2021

Give a boost to your business with this controller

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller is one of the best things to get a good wireless experience on Windows, iOS, and Android. I have worked mostly on Windows for last four years and never experienced any compromise on speed for all the access points. This can be a more valuable way to monitor any access point and manage it. It has a leading position in the queue due to flexible RF settings. When we use the second-layer redundancy, we are unable to connect to a secondary wireless LAN controller over UI.
  • Wireless management
  • You can upgrade different modes within the same controller
  • Interface is user friendly
  • This is quite expensive
  • Most of the time if errors occur, it gives very few details about them
  • At first you find it quite expensive but it's worth every penny.
The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller is more than worth its cost. It helps us to monitor every device to which an AP is connected and which MAC address is configured with it. In terms of D-link configuration, you will observe a slight difference--there is lag of few seconds in connectivity.

Do you think Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller again?

Yes

We can see the traffic flow to the wireless LAN controller and can get full details about the user and at which frequency and AP they are connected. It is user friendly to most of the configurations (e.g., HA configuration, global configuration of AP, etc.). Sometimes it needs more than one refresh to get the data populated in some browsers.