Cisco APs Lead the Way
May 22, 2021
Cisco APs Lead the Way
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
Cisco Access Points provide connectivity in areas previously unreachable for network connectivity within our plants. Business efficiencies abound due to manual processes being replaced by wireless access to applications to gather production data in mechanical areas.
- Outdoor mesh bridging of access points brings significant cost savings to many of our production facilities. Deploying mesh APs is a significant cost reduction over trenching conduit to connect remote areas via fiber.
- Cisco APs are extremely resilient, with a failure rate of below 5% in some of our harshest environments.
- Cisco APs have the intelligence to identify wireless interference sources with Clean Air technology
- Powering options have been problematic in a few deployment scenarios. Newer APs have very robust power needs that are difficult to provide.
- Cisco 3800 series APs have failed more frequently than previous models.
- Cisco 9130 APs with 4x4 MIMO allowed my organization to reduce overall wireless APs count by 27% while simultaneously achieving greater client density than previous-generation APs
- Cisco 9130 APs allowed my organization to provide more than 200% client throughput gains utilizing the multi-gig uplink port.
- Cisco 9130 APs allowed my organization to deploy them as WLAN controllers for small sites, drastically lowering remote deployment costs.
- Aruba Networks Wireless LAN (WLAN) and Ubiquiti WLAN
My management periodically requests the wireless team to review other vendor products to at least attempt to achieve vendor-agnostic solutions. We deploy Cisco APs exclusively because the advanced feature set offered by Cisco APs leads the industry and I cannot match those features with any other vendor. Cisco is committed to constantly pushing the envelope with wireless technology and other vendors offer cheaper alternatives, but cannot match Cisco's feature set.
Do you think Cisco Aironet 1500 Series Access Points (discontinued) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco Aironet 1500 Series Access Points (discontinued)'s feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Aironet 1500 Series Access Points (discontinued) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco Aironet 1500 Series Access Points (discontinued) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Aironet 1500 Series Access Points (discontinued) again?
Yes