Aruba Instant Valuable Features

Prashant-Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Consultant - Networking Solutions at Mannai

AirMatch is a key feature. We do not need any extra licenses for it. If we had a controller set up, we would have had to have Aruba IAP, PEF, and RFP licenses.

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MENACHEM NUSSEN - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Specialist at EDGE COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS LLC

If you don't need heavy-duty filtering and things like that, it's a cheap solution. And, you have central management, and it works. So the customer automatically picks a virtual controller and controls all the IAPs within that enterprise.

Lately, Aruba has tried to provide central management for these IAPs, but none of my customers will set up that way. So, if you buy IAPs today for three months, you can get central management from it through Aruba's cloud.

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Trevor Fernandes - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The tool's most valuable feature is Captive Portal, which we employ for our guest network. It enables us to create a separate virtual subnet for guests, ensuring their network traffic remains isolated from our office network. Another valuable feature is its role-based access control. This functionality allows us to assign different access privileges to users based on their roles within the organization.

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Aruba Instant
April 2024
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MS
Managing Partner at Maxtech Infosolution

First and foremost, the coverage is very good. Even with numerous clients connected, the average coverage remains strong. Typically, we observe two to three bars, and on occasion, we've even seen six bars of signal strength. It's a remarkably balanced system that consistently delivers reliable performance.

Aruba's mobility features, which facilitate seamless switching between wireless access points, are also quite impressive. Users don't even notice the transition, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted experience.

Additionally, features like Aruba Am technology, MAC address control, and guest access port enhance security are good. 

I have been working on a feature for Aruba Instant called Mobile Access for the Edge Tenant. This feature would allow us to manage and control access points from the cloud. We could provision APs, make configuration changes, and monitor their performance.

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Xavier Gillon - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Systems and Technology at New Paradigm For Education

The easy setup means that the initial deployment becomes the master access point and everything else follows automatically. As you plug your wifi access points in, and it picks up the network, it will look for the master wifi access point that will work as the controller. It's great. 

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Sreejesh S - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at COPYCAT LIMITED

The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is its cloud capability, which allows us to manage it through the cloud. All management payloads can be accessed from anywhere, even through our hand-held devices when our IT person is traveling somewhere. When it comes to Aruba Instant, we are getting a more secure and stable solution on a minimum budget.

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SM
System engineer at OCS

The product works well in terms of mobility. When users want to migrate from one location to another, they face no problems with connectivity.

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FranklinSanguina - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Consultant at TD SYNNEX

The solution provides a very good end-user experience. 

It's easy to manage the wireless. I can make a mesh. I can make connections to other access points without wires. I have several WiFi routers and can connect them seamlessly.

It's very transparent. I can see how my bandwidth is being used and I can control that.

The access point has a firewall inside to see my applications and the kinds of applications I am using.

The most valuable aspect is the potential to have it cover all my devices and I can see the applications and make a policy around them. The monitoring is very good as it does help me build out policies around the access points. 

The security features are very good. 

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Jigar Kapadi - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Information Technology Network & Firewall at Aujan Group Holding,

It is a good solution. It is straightforward.

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Marija Lakić - PeerSpot reviewer
Sistem Administrator at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We like that we can assign our employees based on authentication over Windows in the main controller. We couldn't do that with Cisco, so we switched to Aruba for that feature. Other solutions have end of life for devices, but Aruba does not. Cisco becomes completely useless at the end of life.

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HY
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

This is a very solid product. It is very powerful.

The product offers a single management point.

Its features are excellent. 

The solution helps us to communicate internally effectively.

The administration functionality is very easy. It's very easy to configure. Plus, it has a lot of functionality in general.

The security is very good.

We have found the solution to be very user-friendly, especially compared to other products. 

It is easy to integrate with your network.

You can look into your network and see its health and usage very easily.

Troubleshooting problems is very simple.

The product is very simple to set up.

It can scale well.

The solution is stable and reliable. 

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MH
Head of IT at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I really like the Instant On app. It keeps giving me feedback on whether one point is connected or not. I don't know which category this would fall under, yet that's what I really care about. I want to know which access point is currently on, whether it's connected or not, and if it serves the users that are connected to it.

That would be the main thing I would care about in an app since, with other configurations, you can figure out everything on your own. You just need to stay alert, and constantly knowing if that node is on is very useful. 

I like the notifications. I really like that it gives me those reports in terms of whether those access points are on or off. 

Overall, the product is good. It is scalable and reliable. 

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SS
Business Development Manager - Cyber Security at Ninth Dimension IT Solutions (P) Ltd

I like the Instant On switches and the AP22

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TarasPoprawa - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant - co-owner at Resotem

The installation is very simple.

We've limited the security feature, which I found valuable, and that allows two separate networks, one for the company and one for a guest network. During installation, it is very easy at that point to divide it.

The connection to it through the interface is nice and easy, and everything can be done through the interface.

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JesseMachill - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Executive at Intelys Technology Africa

The product is cost-effective. It is easy to use, manage, and implement. It can be installed with an app on the phone as well. It is built and designed for users who do not have the necessary skills to implement enterprise cloud networks.

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SA
Teacher at a university with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of this product is that it is easily deployed.

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UR
Deputy Manager - Technical Services ICT-ELV at Eurostargroup

The virtual controller can handle up to 16 access points.

The features you get in the controller are excellent. 

You can handle all of the access points at once virtually instead of manually handling each one. You're able to populate all of the information to all of the access points through the virtual controller as well. It transforms everything it a single access point, which simplifies things.

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WB
Senior Consultant Network at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very cheap. I can use the access points without an additional license. 

I can implement it at small sites, and I can also implement it at mid-sized locations. It is very flexible. It is really nice and useful for customers who have many small sites. 

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VS
ICT Officer at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees

The central management of multiple devices is the solution's most valuable aspect.

The solution is very user-friendly.

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it_user837531 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Very simple setup, easy to use, rock-solid dependability. 

Has many advanced features: 

  • Built-in firewall
  • Local radius
  • Application visibility and control
  • Not locked into support agreements

Several deployment options:

  • Instant
  • Central cloud managed
  • Controller managed.
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Dheni Prasetyo - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Security Department Head at Hypernet Indonesia

I like that the solution is not complex.

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JR
Network engineer at Visiontech

The solution is useful for costing purposes. The product is easy to configure. We do not need a controller to have a complete network setup.

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Luca Brunetta - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at Eurotel S.r.l.

Aruba Instant is very useful. Even if you just have one device you can create a larger network with just a few configurations. 

You don't have to deal with licenses. 

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Wilson Salas - PeerSpot reviewer
Arquitecto de Infraestructura y Networking at Teuno

Aruba Instant is simple to deploy and use. 

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Zülfikar Erdem - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support Specialist at Wagner Kablo A.S.

The most valuable feature is that it provides a redundant wireless connection for a client.

This solution is easy to install and it has good performance.

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PT
Senior Sales at Biplan Global Co., Ltd

Aruba Instant is easy to manage. 

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CC
Technical Support Specialist at Nextec

The coverage of the solution is great.

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Arvind Yadav - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager-Sales at Infracomm Solutions Limited

The most valuable features of Aruba Instant are management and performance.

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Naveen A - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at Nipun Net Solutions

The cost is low, and there is controller-less architecture.

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DS
Consultant at Lantec

What I like best about Aruba Instant is that it serves as a virtual controller, so you don't need to buy other equipment to manage all your access points.

I also like that the solution is easy to use.

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Abdelfattah Bencheikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Networks and Security Engineer at MUNISYS

The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is security. 

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Ahmed Hawary - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Product Manager/ Senior Presales engineer at Nahil Computers

We like being able to merge Aruba Instant to mobile via Bluetooth. You are also able to perform a lot of functions remotely such as creating an SSID IP.

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MP
IP Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I use Aruba Instant because it has firewall and inspection features that are the best for me because my child is using the wireless network and I can just block whichever websites I don't want my child to see. For what I need, the roaming is working okay for small networks.

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AA
Head of Network Engineering at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

The quick setup and the automatic code embedded in one access point is really useful.

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it_user1266678 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Lotus Technology

The access it grants to wifi is the solution's most valuable feature.

The features menus are good.

The cloud configurations are very easy. We can put it on mobile, etc. if we need to.

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JEGAN N - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at SYSTA NETWORKS

Aruba Instant's best feature is the ability to manage it in the cloud.

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JD
Network Administrator Telecom at a maritime company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I think Aruba Instant Management is really pretty flexible because of the versatility of the configuration and it just works very well for our purposes.  

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it_user1268493 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The integration with ClearPass is the most valuable feature. 

It also has good onboarding. It's a good product. 

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JS
Apple Technician at Solution Centre

The features I have found most valuable is that the solution creates a guest portal for guest networks, and setting up SSID authentication to the regular server. I also like the settings and the roles on the profiles, like where you can block some sites etc.

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TZ
Owner at Smart living

The roaming feature is the solution's most valuable aspect.

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Buyer's Guide
Aruba Instant
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Aruba Instant. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.