Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches Review
August 26, 2023

Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches

So this product is used for IOT. It's used to connect sensors outdoors. It's also used to power outdoor wifi in parks. It's used for a lot of different things. We build boxes, put it up on light poles, parrot, and they just run. I think I would say we own about 30 of them and we've never had one fail. I've just jinx myself. But what can you do?
  • So the reason we purchase these products is the POE and we connect cameras, we connect wifi, we connect IOT devices, we connect edge servers all through this device.
  • It survives the hot Alabama summers and the cold Alabama winter nights. It's got the right temperature range, the right performance characteristics, does everything we need at the right, at a good price point.
  • It would be nice to have a better management interface on the device. We don't use DNA center for it.
We do not use DNA center.
So we do segment the network. Most of the devices we actually, so everything that's connected to it is usually a Meraki device. So fortunately with guest wifi and things like that, we actually use the Meraki interface, the Meraki Cloud interface to control all of that stuff. The switch is just our conduit for power and all those devices. Really we just need something to stay alive and give us that connection to the piece of fiber or to a five G device that we can then get the data back to the data center or directly to the internet whichever way we decide to do it. We do segment our IOT devices and all the wifi networks. And that's done at the switch. That's done at the switch level. And it's all done CLI, I'm still old school in that respect.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches again?

Yes

I've already said that it's well-suited. We use it in outdoor applications for downtown and park, wifi camera systems, outdoor camera systems, outdoor security camera systems. It's rugged. We can connect it to a DIN rail, hang it up on a light pole, set it, and forget it.