Quick thoughts on 9800 WLC
June 14, 2023

Quick thoughts on 9800 WLC

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

Modules Used

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controller

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

The Cisco Ctalyst 9800 WLC provides wireless connectivity to our users. We have two for redundancy, and transistioned from Cisco 5508's.

As far as scope of use, the 9800 provides Business and Guest wireless to ~5000 employees, and ~5,000 guests daily. So far it has been great to work with, and I look forward to expanding it's deployment.

Pros

  • WAP Image Management
  • Troubleshooting and Alerting
  • Ease of provisioning new AP's

Cons

  • The search bar in the top right, where you can search for an AP for example. I wish it would give the option to bring up the config version of the page instead of only the management. It's a pain to navigage to the config side of things, and manually search for the AP
  • Also related to my above note, when using the menu for search it's not super intuitive

Do you think Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers again?

Yes

  • Positive: 2800 WAP's are compatible, so moving our legacy environment over was a breeze
  • Negative: None
We have never had an issue with it. And have not run into any bugs large enough to warrant a change window where we would have to bring down service.
We have never had an issue.
Yes, it does provide me with greater control of policies across multiple WAP's.
I think our previous model was a 5508 WLC? I think overall the 9800 is an upgrade in all areas.
Enterprise wireless is where this device will shine.

I think really the only area this wouldnt do well is in a smaller environment where there aren't too many users and/or WAP's

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Feature Ratings

Wireless LAN
8.0
Zero-Touch Provisioning
8
WLAN Performance Monitoring
8
Power over Ethernet Support
8
Wireless Security
8

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