Cisco: Mission Critical
December 11, 2020

Cisco: Mission Critical

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

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points

Cisco Small Business AP are the backbone of about 75% of the wireless service we offer. The devices are very steadfast and simple to administer. The sole issue we ran into were remote update issues. Sometimes the devices would contact abrupt during or after the process. A few of them were disabled due to poorly created files.
  • Access coverage is great.
  • Devices are simple to place and activate.
  • There weren't as many replacements required as with other products.
  • Quality control of available updates could use a tweak or two.
  • Functionality in legacy networks are not always the best.
  • They helped our organization provide an excellent wireless network to our customers.
  • Very time saving in deployment plans.
  • Aruba Networks Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Cisco was better with pricing and availability. They brand is more accommodating when you need to customize your setup due to budgetting. Functionality remained a longer down of use.

Do you think Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points again?

Yes

SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM)
Because of the unique setup on our campus, these provide great coverage for our dorms, office areas, and smaller classrooms. However, in areas were the load was much higher, the devices could become overtaxed after about 25 users depending on the strength of the devices.

Using Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points

IT and Academics.
5 - Well versed networking team.
  • Coverage in the study areas of a very old library.
  • Coverage of areas were the building design of new builds were disruptive to communication.
  • Albe to scale use even in the most obsure locations.
  • Expanding our mobile wireless presence on our shuttles.
Overall, we have been very happy with the results.