Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers review
December 09, 2023

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Modules Used

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controller

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers is used to manage more than 1300 APs around 3 main campuses. Devices using WiFi are increasing and this leads to signal degradation and coverage issues.
  • Onboading
  • Tunnelling
  • Tagging
  • During the upgrades it should show that a chassis is about to restart or the restart hasn't happened as expected
  • Onboarding on batches of WAPs

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?

Yes

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

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers again?

Yes

  • Managing a great number of waps and enable features as BLE is really good
It facilitates managing and troubleshooting.
HA works beautifully.
Recently we had to upgrade it and it wasn't as smooth as we were told.
Yes, it's good, but it needs more integration with ISE. Different names along the policies make it complex to manage.
It manages latest waps smoothly

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Feature Ratings

Topology Maps
10
Layer 7 Visibility
10
Power over Ethernet Support
8
Wireless Security
8