We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and D-Link 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 most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The solution is stable."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"Multiple access ID capabilities, meshing, and the quality of the product itself are all valuable features."
"With Cisco products and third-party products, integration of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is good."
"It is easy to manage and configure. The dashboard of Meraki is easy to use."
"The stability of the Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is very good."
"The flexibility, since it's a cloud service, is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The product's most beneficial feature impacting network security is the ability to provide centralized security management."
"Cloud management, wireless infrastructure, and implementation are all valuable features."
"Cisco's technical support is very good and better than other vendors."
"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution is extremely easy to install. You just add them and in a few clicks, they are ready to go."
"It's scalable, user friendly, and easy to manage."
"D-Link Wireless is a tool that is used since it is an easy and user-friendly product."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The setup process is very easy."
"The connectivity is good."
"The initial setup process was easy."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"The solution is expensive."
"It would be helpful to have even stronger security features to help protect against interference from other nearby access points that aren't part of our network."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"The price could be better."
"It would be good to integrate with ISE in the future."
"The biggest pain point is that they limit you through firewall throughput. I understand why they do it, but that really grates me. For instance, for 450 Mbps throughput, you're looking at £800 for a router, whereas if you look at the one gig connection, for some of us are lucky enough to have a gig connection, you could almost be spending £3,000 for the option to have one gig connectivity. That's one of the pain points I've got. I don't mind paying for throughput, but I should at least have the option to be able to update that throughput, maybe through extra licensing or something else. It is crazy expensive to jump through to the next one."
"It could be slightly cheaper but it's fine."
"If they could work on the Meraki firewall hardware, and add SSL decryption as well as more application control and deep packet inspection, that would be ideal."
"The product's coverage area could be expanded. It would help ensure better connectivity."
"We haven't had any issues with the solution. We like the way it works. There isn't anything I can think of that makes me worry that it might be lacking in a certain area."
"The way Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN groups certain things, as far as the devices for either monitoring and or configuring them should be done better. They should be grouped a little bit differently because if I want to configure something, a different setting on an SSID, I have to go to their specific area where I would have thought it should be clumped as a dropdown menu in another area."
"The only thing that always causes problems with Meraki is the license. It's a bit of a bugbear with Meraki, and it remains today. So it's an unusual concept compared to the other products in the marketplace, but then it does cause a bit of a nuisance from time to time."
"The solution doesn't have hotspots. Users can't set it up so that visitors can log in via Facebook or social media as they can at, for example, airports. D-Link should include hotspots that offer integration with social media. That way, visitors don't need to be asking people for passwords. They can just use Facebook."
"Sometimes we configure the SSID with a password but the same AP shows two WiFi connections with the same SSID name (one is protected by a password and another one give access without a password)."
"Sometimes, the solution needs to be restarted."
"It would definitely help if we had more advanced features for distributing bandwidth."
"Its interface and support system need much improvement. Sometimes, when we use the interface to reset the password and configure SSIDs, or some other changes, the "Save" option does not show and we have to go to some internal setting and then we can "save" the setting. The “Save” option should be in front of or below of the settings."
"D-Link Wireless’s stability needs improvement."
"The only issue is with the controller visibility of the devices connecting to the network."
"The support offered by the product needs to be faster with better technical personnel."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while D-Link Wireless is ranked 12th in Wireless LAN with 15 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while D-Link 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 D-Link Wireless writes "Highly reliable, provides wireless access to resources, and supports new technologies". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Cisco Wireless, whereas D-Link Wireless is most compared with Huawei Wireless, Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Omada Access Points. See our Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. D-Link Wireless report.
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