HPE Aruba Networks Wireless WAN Reviews & Insights

Score10 out of 10

29 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Aruba Networks Wireless WAN are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

User-friendly Interface and Easy Setup: Many reviewers have consistently mentioned that the product is incredibly easy to manage, set up, and administer. This indicates that it offers a highly intuitive interface with clear instructions for configuration and administration, ensuring a hassle-free user experience.

Excellent Wireless Coverage: Numerous customers have praised the product for its exceptional wireless coverage, emphasizing its powerful and reliable signal strength. This ensures seamless connectivity throughout the entire coverage area, allowing users to stay connected without any interruptions or weak signals.

Reliability: Several users have highlighted the outstanding reliability of the product. They have expressed satisfaction with its consistent performance, as it operates smoothly without frequent disruptions or downtime. This reliability factor greatly contributes to uninterrupted productivity and smooth operations for businesses and organizations.

Reviews

7 Reviews

Enterprise Wi-Fi Solutions

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We installed Aruba Networks Wireless WAN at all of our offices in place of a physical network connection. Wireless WAN is cheaper and more efficient for users. Wireless WAN allows users to move around and hotel office space with ease. Wireless WAN also is more secure than in many cases over wire connection.

Pros

Management
Wide range coverage
11ax support
Cost saving over wire

Cons

Clearpass management
Software licensing is expensive
More integration with third party monitoring system

Likelihood to Recommend

Moving to a new location or office, I would recommend going wireless over the traditional cable drops for wire connections. Cost saving is easily justified over wire connection. With 802.11ax support, you have better coverage and security.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 19, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is used by many of our esteemed customers to meet multiple business objectives including providing seamless wireless access with an eye on access control and secure data transfer. The product is known for its reliability, stability, and ease of use. The fully functional cloud-enabled solution is easy to implement and meets most of the organization's requirements for providing connectivity to its employees as well as guests using a defined mechanism.

Pros

Implementation is straight-forward.
Ease of administration is superb.
Custom roles based on access restrictions can be defined.
Centralized management for both employees as well as guest registrants.

Cons

Licensing is slightly complicated and not bundled, separate costs for cloud controller is a no-no.
UI needs an uplift.
Coverage is good but can be better.

Likelihood to Recommend

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is an excellent solution for small to medium-sized implementation, especially on-premise. The ability to centrally manage all policy-based access requirements for both registered users as well as guests using the portal is effortless. This is backed up by good documentation which is available and excellent vendor support (HP).

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Aruba wireless WAN review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 19, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were looking for a brand that could provide all our locations with a Wireless solution. This ranges from office location(s) with 300 users to sports halls and public swimming pools which all need different types of devices due to their characters. All these locations and devices should be manageable from a cloud-based interface. Aruba provides a wide range of devices that suited our use case and is manageable from the cloud.

Pros

Stable devices
Broad range of devices to choose from
Insightfull management pane
Ability to manage devices from anywhere

Cons

Simplified connection to Microsoft Azure
Availability of device addon's
Give even more information in the management pane

Likelihood to Recommend

Aruba Networks is a product that is broadly available and there are many implementation partners available to design and implement the infrastructure for you. Aruba Networks is great if you are looking for a partner that offers a broad range of devices. It can keep a multi-location infrastructure simple once the management interface is set up. Aruba is less appropriate if you want to do a simple setup with a few devices where you want to be up and running quickly. The management interface can be a hassle to set up and if you want Azure integration you are better off contacting an implementation partner that has dealt with this before.

Verified User

Advisor in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

The perfect wireless WLAN solution for offices with quick and easy management

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 31, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We implemented an Aruba Networks Wireless WAN solution in some branches in the state to promote wireless internet access in place of wired network due to infrastructure, price and labor issues to make the structured cabling. The Aruba Networks Wireless WAN solution consisted of a cloud controller and 802.11ac wave 2 access points installed on-site to provide internet to employees on the private network and a second guest network with an authentication and registration portal for visitors. The connectivity problem was solved with the Aruba WLAN solution and easy management with the cloud.

Pros

It has cloud management for administration of access points remotely.
Automatic replication of custom settings to access points.
Solution with WIFI 5 and WIFI 6 hotspots.
They are powered by POE or power injector.
Compact access points.

Cons

The cloud management service with controller and software has a monthly cost
Only the appliance controller solution licenses are perpetual.

Likelihood to Recommend

In our scenario, we chose to dispense with the traditional wired network and use only the wireless network for internet access. The solution works perfectly as it is compatible with 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz radios and a throughput of 1.2Gbps of data traffic. Aruba Networks Wireless WAN access points have technologies that avoid noise and interference and better direct the internet signal to the user. The prices are competitive and lower than some of the WiFi market leaders. It can be used in any corporate setting.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Aruba has exceeded our expectations and fixed our coverage issues

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 25, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have Aruba Wireless Access points throughout our building and they provide outstanding coverage and they are easy to configure and manage. We had dead spots before we switched to Aruba and it has corrected those issues.

Pros

Easy to manage
Easy to setup
Provides Excellent wireless coverage

Cons

Figuring out the coverage maps and placement was a little challenging.
Provide more mounting options.

Likelihood to Recommend

They provide excellent coverage into rooms with thick walls and around corners as long as you have proper placement.

Matthew Guzzi

Information Systems Administrator in Information Technology at South Carolina State Library (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Aruba WiFi - Works great with little to no hassle or maintenance

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 17, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it across our entire office. This was primarily installed for large conferences we have onsite, but then we started us[ing] it for employees as well. It solved the problem of 50-100 devices being used at the same time on 1 network. Previously, our WiFi would come crashing down when we fired up a bunch of laptops at the same time.

Pros

Reliable
Easy to administer
Great uptime

Cons

Admin UI is a little clunky, but not bad

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for business applications where you have a large group using it all at once. It is very reliable when using it as the primary WiFi for your business. The coverage is fantastic and you can move about the office while staying connected very well. It may not be appropriate for larger areas. We use the IAPs, so you may need to upgrade to their models that require a controller for that situation.

Chris Hein

Systems Engineer in Information Technology at CIH (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

The Aruba Wireless

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 31, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The whole organization is using the Aruba Wireless products. The performance of the APs are awesome and reliable. Customer support is always available. Mix this with the Aruba Ethernet switches and you will gain more features and also you can use Authentication 802X.

Pros

High quality products.
Easy management and administrator features.

Cons

We would like to see more control on the untagged VLAN by default.

Likelihood to Recommend

In our district, we use them disctrict-wide. The performance of the APs are awesome and reliable. We also use the outdoor products to reach external areas of the campus.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience