Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

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Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points includes the 9115 and 9117, and designed to meet high demand network access.	N/A

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	Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
Considered Both Products	Cisco Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points support more standards and are easier to configure than Ubiquiti APs. Ubiquiti APs also have some strange quirks or bugs if wired connection is lost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points This allows us to upgrade seamlessly to new models without the need for special procedures to transition and with less impact to operations. Incentivized Helpful? Hassan Shakil Bhatti Network Architect in Engineering at VicTrack (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points It's good and provide good coverage Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points We have knowledge that Cisco APs will fit our necessities. A very good range of options and configuration that help to IT Team to setup the network. The use of the new Wifi 6 technlogy is also other fact to select this brand. The users will have devices that will use wifi 6 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Meraki, but we decided not to go with Meraki. We went away from Meraki due to different case uses. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points So that's our company policy to go with the standard products. We have tried a couple of other vendors, but we didn't actually get a proper alignment with our requirements. So Cisco actually passed our standard requirement. So that's the reason why we go with Cisco. And also I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Well, it's a very different product. One's wired, one's wireless, but they work well together. The MG ports on the Catalyst switches allow the 9100 series APs to run at 5 gig wired speeds for the backhaul. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points The Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are way better for implementation and supports more features that we can use for our customer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points The newer generation of APs are less bulky, heavy and have an improved aesthetic look. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points I like them and I think they are a nice product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points We are migrating from Aironet platform to Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points. That's more flexible, and we do it to sync switching, SDWAN, and wifi under one family. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points 1852 series is already too old technology and not performing as well as the Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points They are equal and Aruba seems to have an easier out the box setup. Adding APs is much simpler on Aruba. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Because to secure network access. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Spence Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at Monash University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Of all the different APs that I have implemented the Cisco APs are still the most feature rich. The analytics that they provide sets them apart from all other vendors I have tested. Incentivized Helpful? Dan Dillard Network Engineer 4 in Information Technology at Boise State University (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Cisco access points have always provided us with the performance and flexibility we need so it was an easy decision to purchase the next release. Incentivized Helpful? Zaw Lin Sr Director IS in Information Technology at UHS (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points better Incentivized Helpful? Drew Chitwood CyberSecurity Manager in Information Technology at Gila River Indian Community (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Nothing compares to Cisco APs. Meraki is owned by cisco, but they are a poor mans cisco. Combined with the 9800 series controllers the 9000 series aps are unbeatable. i would recommend them to anyone, because they are easy to set up and are secure. they broadcast a long way and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points They are Similar in functionality and price, but free of charge vWLC is a killer feature. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	100% Would buy again 65 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	93% Delivers good value for the price 51 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	100% Happy with the feature set 65 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 57 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
97% Implementation went as expected 59 Answers

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User Ratings
	Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (64 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	8.9 (57 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.6 (57 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.3 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.2 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points are well suited for dense Client solutions. We have used these in areas where we have a large number of guests that need top-notch connectivity without ever losing connection. The one area where we do have difficulty is in outdoor deployment, where large areas need to be covered, but we do not have physical connectivity in order to get the access points connected. This is not an access point issue but more of a physical connectivity limitation. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	Cisco So this product actually helps in healthcare facilities where we have a wireless, we call this WOW monitors. It's Wireless On Wheels. So we use those monitors to the patient's room to room. So in that case, rather than connecting it to wire, so it really helps us to connect through the WIFI and access the patients whenever we be needed. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Cons	Cisco They could definitely download their code faster. When we first get them out of the box and join them on the network, it takes probably 20, 30 minutes per access point to download the new code from the wireless controller and then reboot itself and then come back online. When you're configuring it on the controller, if you want to switch access point groups, we have them broken out per site. Every time you add it to one of those groups, it also has to reboot. That's like downtime for us. That could be improved, I think. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Usability	Cisco The Cisco Catalyst 9120 Access Points have been a solid deployment for me. Using their interface is a mix of new and old. They run IOS, so if you know the CLI, you can easily navigate around them. You can join them to an older controller if it supports a certain version, you can join it to a new 9800 controller--very straight forward--and you can run the embedded wireless controller on them directly. I've found this to be very useful at smaller sites. The Cisco Catalyst 9120 Access Points are not limited to feature sets like the older generations' mobility express platform. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Performance	Cisco Using Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points you can expect good performance, if not excellent. Coupled with other tools and managment systems you can easily gain good insight and ease of management. Flexible deployment variations help you adopt the equipment to work for most any required scenario you could think of. It's a well designed and evolved product. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Support Rating	Cisco Cisco has been very good at correcting early issues with their code. Their TAC support has been fantastic when I would open a case with issues I was facing. Even though the hardware was new, they were very familiar with the interfaces and issues I was having. In the past I've been concerned about adopting a new product right away because of support issues. That was not the case here. Once I had the deployment up and running, they have had a good run of reliability. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco We are migrating from Aironet platform to Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points. That's more flexible, and we do it to sync switching, SDWAN, and wifi under one family. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Scalability	Cisco These access points offer flexibility in deployment scenarios, supporting both standalone and controller-based architectures. Organisations can choose the model that best suits their current needs and scale as their requirements grow. Cisco Aironet Access Points are compatible with Cisco's Wireless LAN controllers, allowing for centralized management and monitoring of a large number of access points across the network. With the recent changes, it will even support cloud base controllers. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco problem with delivery time for the product - 12 months we extended our WiFi network - is easy with Cisco AP Connection new area\sites with AP is easy, we have got same location with only WiFi access - no wired cables increase secutity Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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