Item: Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Juniper WLA and WLC [Series] hardware was used across our business for quite a few years as they went through revisions. We did move onto Cisco gear but the Junipers worked quite well for what we needed. We had a lot of dead spots on our wifi previously and these two devices fixed those issues for us!

Pros and Cons

Pros

Great pricing structure
Licensing was easy and straight forward
Interface was quick and simple

Cons

Bug patches were always a problem to do
Support was rarely helpeful
It seemed they stopped releasing fixes for many bugs we encountered so we had to live with them

Return on Investment

A bit more time troubleshooting client disconnects
Money saved on the more expensive hardware
Frustration with support on many occasions

Key Insights

Do you think Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points, Cisco Aironet 2800 Series Access Points

Likelihood to Recommend

Back in the day these were really well priced, and had some amazing coverage. After using newer Cisco gear, while more expensive, they dont shine so brightly anymore. They did have trouble under load as well. I would recommend them to someone only if they were really constrained in their budget for wifi equipment.

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Good for their time, may have been surpassed by Cisco as of late.