Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Aironet and Catalyst 2800 Series Access Points
We are upgrading from the 2700 series to the 2800 series. We've currently implemented it in one office. So far the ones we have replaced have very good overall performance.
- They have high bandwidth utilization
- Work really well in high density areas
- Signal strength is good
- They can hold some high temperatures
- For some reason even after setting a static IP they sometimes fall back to dhcp (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
- Would be great if they were waterproof for outdoor use.
- The main thing is you can set them and forget about them, they don't cause a lot of problems so you can focus on other things.
- They have performed well, in areas where we needed more APs to offload, these can handle more users.
I have used 2600, 2700 and I see better performance with each model. So far the 2800 series have been the best, no issues so far.