Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers
June 11, 2025

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

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Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

We use the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers for a college campus wireless infrastructure. We have two set up as load balancing and redundancy to manage over 600 access points across multiple campuses.

Pros

  • Management of APs
  • Configuration setting changes

Cons

  • The newest UI is a bit complex to navigate
  • The ROI is certainly positive. Saves time on management and development
It's been very stable and reliable, making implementation and deployment more efficient.
Overall it’s great, we have had some hiccups but nothing major.
They have been very reliable
It had a learning curve but once set up, it was good

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

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The Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers are solid and robust, definitely great for enterprise deployments. The new UI is a little complex to navigate.

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Feature Ratings

Wireless LAN
8.7
Zero-Touch Provisioning
9
WLAN Performance Monitoring
8
Topology Maps
9
Layer 7 Visibility
8
Power over Ethernet Support
9
Wireless Security
9

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