It offers us a superior wireless experience as WiFi standards improve, whether we use it for everyday work, making a transaction, sharing information, or simply surfing the Internet. In addition, there is currently a growing trend toward the use of wireless technology in all areas of the company, which is why it is important to have this technology.

Pros

Secures the enterprise network by scanning and eliminating threads through wireless traffic even when traffic is encrypted.
Offers a simple solution to deploy and manage the continued proliferation of IoT-enabled clients.
Enabled to include a variety of IoT devices.

Cons

Installation costs may be high.
They offer many alternatives, which can be confusing when it comes to making a choice.
It has become a necessity for companies.

Most Important Features

It is a wireless solution that delivers enterprise-class wireless services and security while dramatically simplifying network configuration and management.
Security while dramatically simplifying network configuration and management.
Unlike in-wall products, SonicWALL's wireless solution integrates industry-leading network protection into some of the fastest wireless access points available.

Return on Investment

SonicWall SonicWave Series, also integrate additional security-related features.
including wireless intrusion detection and prevention, virtual access points while guest services are up and running, and more.
Also in support of the mesh technology API. Mesh networks are easy to configure and scale and require much less cabling.

Other Software Used

(EOL) Cisco CloudCenter, Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, CallHub

Jeremy Robinett

President in Information Technology at Robintree LLC (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My company has deployed SonicWall Firewall with SonicWave AP's at two companies. Originally the SonicWall WiFi firewall appliance was deployed with the possibility of expanding wifi for these customers. Which was the case. We were told that they will mesh easily into the current production environment. This was not the case. This product is not intuitive and is difficult to add to a SonicWall 300w Firewall appliance. There are other solutions with better cost benefits and user friendliness than this product.

Pros

Provide reasonable wifi service when configured correctly
Settings rich for the network engineer
Aesthetically pleasing to the eye

Cons

Detailed setup instructions
Auto Setup Feature for mesh
Provide filters without a yearly subscription

Most Important Features

WiFi throughput
WiFi range
WiFi connections

Return on Investment

Negative effect on time to setup.
Expensive and not intuitive.
Works well once setup.

Alternatives Considered

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi

Other Software Used

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi, Aruba Networks Wireless WAN, Juniper Mist Edge

Julia Maria Martinez View profile

Market Specialist in Human Resources at Fresher Jobs (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SonicWALL Wireless offers us a security solution for our wireless networks that combines SonicWall's wireless access points with Wi-Fi Cloud Manager and the next-generation firewalls we use in our company. The wireless access points can be managed through the cloud using SonicWALL Wi-Fi Cloud Manager or through one of Sonic Walls next-generation firewalls.

Pros

Includes three models: the first is a sleek ceiling mount unit, the second a compact wall mount unit and a rugged unit for outdoor deployments
Uses secure installations around air gap sealing The sonic shape of the access points provides 802.11 waveform
It also uses the latest capabilities, such as multi-user, to improve wireless performance.

Cons

Be more open to the use of other technologies.
Offer more configuration options
Costs can be high if the solution to be implemented is not well selected.

Most Important Features

Performs spectrum analysis and executes additional security functions that help with PCI compliance with multiple transmit and receive antennas.
Optimizes signal quality range and reliability, provides security and scans for unauthorized access points, supports multiple devices, and provides support for multiple devices.
Also supports multiple devices.

Return on Investment

SonicWall has an intuitive user interface that allows you to manage all the sound waves in a piece from a single pane of glass.
In addition, it is easy to register and onboard access points with SonicWall.
As simple as scanning the QR code, the API is automatically added to the network infrastructure once you have registered your new access points and the SonicWALL Wi-Fi Planner tool.

Other Software Used

Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless Access Points

Darshil Sanghvi

Presales in Information Technology at Network Techlab (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

Easy deployment
Cost effective
Basic management from SonicWall firewall and even cloud management options available now.
Stable and, hence, suitable for corporate usage.

Cons

To troubleshoot the issues it is difficult to take console access and then resolve it.
It cannot work independently.
Logging options are not there, and for logs and reports, again another tool or appliance is required.

Most Important Features

Mobile management.
POE supported power option.
Zero touch deployment.

Return on Investment

Our users are happy accessing applications and web-sites from their mobile devices, where cellular network is least.
We are controlling their Social media access and also denying access to unwanted or malicious websites, which is increasing their daily work output.
We have not recorded any negative impacts as such.

Alternatives Considered

Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points, Aruba ClearPass and Aruba Networks Wireless LAN (WLAN)

Other Software Used

Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points, Aruba ClearPass, Aruba Networks Wireless LAN (WLAN), Motorola Wireless WAN

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SonicWall SonicWave Series offers security to our business network.We use SonicWall SonicWave Series at our office and we have up to 5 locations so we use the VPN function of SonicWall SonicWave Series as well. The software provides great antivirus capabilities, and content filtering as well.You can be in complete control of your network using SonicWall SonicWave Series.

Pros

The problem we are addressing with SonicWall SonicWave Series is security over our network. We handle information and have to keep everything confidential. So we use SonicWall SonicWave Series to keep our network safe from intrusion and anybody who may want to try to get into our system to do harm

Cons

There is much difference in the CLI command statements from version old version and new version i.e v7.5. Sonicwall need to be improve their customer support.

Most Important Features

as configuration and operation are basic importance for any network for sustaining and following the policies, the best user interface and policies options in sonic wall along with monitoring and troubleshooting features are good.
initial deployment and setup are simple.
Multifactor authentication support is available.
onfiguration of IPsec VPN tunnel is simple in Sonicwall compared to other vendors.
Inspection of packets in both In and Out directions.

Return on Investment

Technical documents are not that much available on the internet
Whenever we change the real-time data report option, it asks for a device reboot.
We can wireless access points of Sonicwall, and they can be managed through the same Sonicwall dashboard.
Diagnostics option in GUI is very helpful, it has most of the troubleshooting tools.

Alternatives Considered

WatchGuard Network Security

Other Software Used

Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, Zoho Desk, HubSpot Service Hub

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