We performed a comparison between Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is stable."
"We have found the stability to be excellent."
"The installation process is straightforward."
"Administration can be done using the web-based interface."
"I have found their security features the most valuable. These security features are supported on most of the other features. Similarly, the protocols and the standards are supported on other features, such as the stacking feature, the availability feature, internet channel, link application, and protocols. There are so many features on these features."
"I have found the solution has great standards and compatibility across all vendors."
"The deployment of the solution is quite fast."
"The stability of the program is excellent."
"The product is a total solution with the FortiGate, switch, and access point. It is integrated with FortiGate, allowing us to manage all the equipment through it. You can handle everything from a single point."
"Ability to manage FortiAP, FortiClient, and FortiGate all from a single console"
"With FortiSwitch, you can easily identify who is connected to each port, disable ports as needed, and retrieve configurations from FortiGate when required."
"The visual scope of the solution is very good. It allows me to see and download all of the network information."
"I like that everything flows back to FortiGate, which is the controller, management console, and firewall. There's one central point for the entire network, so the security, switching, wireless, etc., flows back to the FortiGate. The ease of management is what customers like. They don't need separate solutions like Cisco."
"The technical support has been very good."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access has essential features for managing switches."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access has good scalability."
"In the future, I would like to see more focus on software-defined networking solutions."
"We haven't had any issues with the solution."
"The manageability could be improved."
"Another area of improvement is scalability."
"The sales support could improve, they are not supplying the solution on time. For some projects, we have had to wait many months."
"It would be nice if they can provide support for local authentication protocol, which is a security feature. It is not supported right now. They already support security features, so adding some local authentication features would be very nice. Currently, they only support external databases for the stuff for the authentication feature. If they could improve the existing feature or add a feature to support local databases, local username, password authentication, I think it would be very amazing."
"The solution's framework and some of the techniques need improvement. I've been watching Aruba, and they have a lot of technologies within the access points. For example, it has a virtual controller to connect all Aruba switches."
"The problem with installation is not the installation process, but the building. Sometimes our building has a high ceiling, so installation is hard."
"An area for improvement would be the segmentation and network in logic networks."
"I give the stability a seven out of ten because we have noticed when we hook up phones the switching of ELANs et cetera doesn't work as it should."
"I feel that the product's stability is an area where improvements are required."
"The initial setup is pretty easy; we have built a knowledge base. But there's a learning curve for beginners."
"The range of products could improve from Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access."
"If you contact Fortinet, it's a bit difficult. Most of the time, they send you just links and documents to read for troubleshooting. When you contact support, you don't need documents. You want someone that can understand your problem, give a hand, and help you. I'm not impressed by the support really."
"The scalability and technical support can be improved."
"The solution has SD-WAN but it doesn't have SDN. This should be added."
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Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is ranked 10th in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches writes "An advanced, sophisticated solution that allows for segmentation within networks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access writes "It's a strong product that's easy to manage and costs significantly less than competing solutions ". Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is most compared with NETGEAR Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, D-Link Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches vs. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access report.
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