We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Huawei Wireless based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The solution is stable."
"The simplicity is great."
"I think the IoT integration is the most valuable. I started applying IoT solutions 12 years ago on location-based services. Aruba had implemented this at the time. So I think the integration, particularly into the applications and stuff, is pretty interesting in Meraki."
"The interface is excellent. We've been really happy with it."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is that it is fast and does the job."
"The automatic VMware update is very useful because you don't have to worry about outages and planning for VMware updates. It is very advantageous from a management point of view. The ability to restrict and review the clients connected to each of our segments. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"I really love their cloud-based dashboard which allows me to see all my locations from one location."
"The most valuable feature is the stability. It works and doesn't stop."
"It enables quick deployment within all branches for the users."
"Cloud management, wireless infrastructure, and implementation are all valuable features."
"The product is simple and easy to use."
"The solution offers very good value for money."
"I think it's a good technology. I like that it transparently connects with LDAP. The technology has a lot of capacity for WiFi six. It provides notifications, and there are many ways to connect with fiber. There is an electrical tool, and you can put an SFP transceiver. There are also many ways to implement antennas."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Huawei Wireless are WiFi coverage and ease of use."
"I am impressed with the tool's seamless integration."
"We can use an access point to broadcast multiple SSIDs, assign dynamic VLANs, and configure dynamic access control lists (ACLs)."
"It provides high-speed network connections."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The only concern is when the license has expired and it will no longer function, the entire network goes down, without any notification, or warning."
"When we are using SSID roaming, it is not flexible in terms of which AP it connects to."
"The initial setup of the solution can be improved and made easier."
"Currently, with Meraki, a controller is required to direct guest and user traffic to the internet. Improvement is needed in the portal for enhanced visibility into activities. Additionally, addressing multiple bugs, especially those arising with new releases, is crucial to ensure system stability."
"This solution could benefit from a heat mapping ability so that you can tell where the hotspots are, and where the good signals are."
"The customization needs to be improved because it's pretty locked down."
"Initially, I liked some of the filtering features, but that's one of the components that we ran into problems with."
"The technical support from Cisco is good, but they can improve themselves in some areas. Sometimes it takes a while to provide a solution or an answer to our problem."
"Cloud integration needs to be improved."
"They should include more security features in the solution."
"The solution needs to include a captive portal."
"Huawei Wireless has a small technical problem. When you use a power injector, it needs to be specially configured for the switch to which it is connected. It tries to take power not from the power injector but from the switch. The funny thing when you look at it is that you have three switches or maybe four or five that are theoretically capable. However, the port on these switches is disabled. When you connect the access point to a power injector, the access point checks for features from the switch, but on this port, the switch doesn't do power. So, the access point changes these features to energy save mode and cuts off some features, especially WiFi 6. It took me two weeks to find out what's going on and how to mitigate this sort of problem. It is very easy to fix. You need to disable LLDP on the port on which you connect the access point to the power injector. Power injectors aren't quite commonly used, but I have 54 access points, and I have used about 27 power injectors. So, about half of the access points were working at reduced speed, not full speed, for two weeks."
"The speed could be a bit better."
"Support could be a bit faster."
"This solution has issues with bugs and instability."
"Price is one of the major problems of the solution, and because of this, our company's customers want to migrate to some other product from Huawei."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while Huawei Wireless is ranked 10th in Wireless LAN with 33 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while Huawei Wireless is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Wireless writes "Customizable and has many unique features, such as encryption, spatial streams, and smart antennas". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Omada Access Points, whereas Huawei Wireless is most compared with D-Link Wireless, Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Fortinet FortiAP. See our Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. Huawei Wireless report.
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