Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers needs some work
December 22, 2023
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers needs some work
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controller
- Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 Wireless Controller
- Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controller
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers
Our Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers provide:
- centralised configuration of our wireless access points
- centralised traffic flow
- support for over 12000 APs
- support for over 60000 users
- centralised configuration of our wireless access points
- centralised traffic flow
- support for over 12000 APs
- support for over 60000 users
- Compartmentalised configuration
- High availability
- Poor monitoring options
- Site management is clunky but critical
Do you think Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
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?
No
Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers go as expected?
No
Would you buy Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers again?
Yes
- Has replaced aging equipment effectively
- Has enabled the implementation of modern wireless features
- Issues with roaming and site management ongoing
The integrations made with the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers has been to improve the monitoring of the wireless environment. We now have greater visibility into issues in the field.
The compartmentalised configuration model used within the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, makes it far easier to make profiles for the control of groups of APs.
The Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers perform very well and allow all infrastructure to be local instead of cloud hosted. This is an important feature, especially when different regions of the world use different clouds, creating disparate configuration locations.