Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points (discontinued)

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27 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points (discontinued)?

Currently supported by Cisco, but no longer sold, Cisco recommends migration to the Cisco Catalyst 9100 Family of Access Points, which offer greater performance and flexibility.

Categories & Use Cases

Wireless LAN

Dave King View profile

Director of IT in Information Technology at Preis PLC (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Cisco Aironet across the entire organization. We have multiple offices that require WiFi and the Aironet allows us to configure employee access as well as an isolated Guest access as needed

Pros

Relievable and always running
Support through cisco TAC

Cons

Licensing cost
Third Party integration
Firmware upgrades

Return on Investment

Longevity, rarely do they ever fail
Security piece of mind

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MR

Other Software Used

Kali Linux, Oracle VM VirtualBox

Jurek Plona

IT Infrastructure Planner/Architect in Information Technology at FortisBC Energy Inc. (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use 1850 lines of APs in midsize and smaller sites. Other Cisco models like the 2800 series are used at larger bases.

Pros

Provide good WiFi signal distribution.
Easy to install.
Easy to manage.

Cons

They do good job at right type of environment.
Not the best choice for larger sites.

Return on Investment

This platform helped to deploy WiFi at remote sites.
Good value for the money.

Other Software Used

Cisco Aironet 2800 Series Access Points

Flavio Pereira View profile

Analista de sistemas in Information Technology at Nestlé (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Cisco Aironet 1850 Access Point is one of the models used at our branch office to provide wireless internet access in offices. The equipment is installed on the roof and is managed by an appliance-type Cisco Controller. They are well-built equipment and modern design, with 802.11ac wave 2 technology, with internal antennas, wide signal coverage, and extra features that optimize performance, directing the signal to the user, connecting more users at the same time. On Cisco 1850 Access Point we have 2 SSIDs, one for the corporate network and the second SSID for external people, wherein this network we set access restrictions and temporary for a period of 2 hours.

Pros

11ac access point with great construction and design. Indoor model with integrated antennas for offices.
Access point supporting [a] high density of connected clients. It has access control and authentication.
Access point with technologies to optimize the signal, avoid noise, interference and maximize the number of connected clients without loss of performance.
Cisco Smartnet Warranty, delivering excellent quality of service and technical support for hardware and software updates.
Energy saving.

Cons

Smartnet warranty is expensive. It is necessary to evaluate the 8x5 option which is cheaper than the 24x7.

Return on Investment

The solution brought more signal quality with state-of-the-art access points.
The solution increased the capacity of users connected by radio on the wireless network.
The solution promoted greater security on the network.

Other Software Used

SonicWall E10000 Series, Sophos UTM, WatchGuard Network Security, GoToConnect (formerly Jive), IBM Secure Gateway, HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Cisco IP Phone 6800 Series, Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches, Dynatrace, AVG AntiVirus Business Edition

Benjamín Marrón Rojas View profile

Help Desk Network Engineer in Engineering at Spconnet (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

Connect Users via Wireless
Flexibility by not requiring a physical controller.

Cons

It´s a little bit expensive compared with other brands.
If you don´t have PoE in your switches you nedd adquire a Power Adapter o Power injector.

Return on Investment

Easy to deploy, you only nedd to configure one time.
Return on Invest, you will covering the demand of users.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Aironet and Catalyst 1830 Series Access Points

juan rodriguez

Sales Manager in Sales at Intcomex Chile S.A (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

High throughput
Fast handoff
Best support for all kinds of different devices. We have brand new Notebooks along with some legacy ones. Both work well.
The design goes along with any office (no fancy lights or huge in size like other access points)

Cons

Layer 7 Filtering Capability
Mesh Capabilities

Ubiquiti WLAN, duplic

FortiAP, duplic

Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points (discontinued)

What is Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points (discontinued)?

Categories & Use Cases