Compare Aruba Wireless vs. Huawei Wireless
Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 32 reviews while Huawei Wireless is ranked 11th in Wireless LAN with 3 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Huawei Wireless is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Wireless writes "Some of the implementations or features do work as advertised. Urgent areas of improvement would be customer support, better tuned default settings, and documentation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Wireless writes "Stellar solution with good stability but the visibility needs improvement ". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ruckus Wireless, whereas Huawei Wireless is most compared with D-Link Wireless, Aruba Wireless and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Huawei Wireless report.
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It has an aesthetically pleasing GUI for configuration. The most valuable feature of Aruba Wireless is application monitoring. It helps the user to have a better vision of what is happening in their network. I have found the Access Point (AP) group profile feature extremely useful. It makes deployments look easy. It has helped in making deployments easier. It delivers constantly, there is no break in the internet using these devices. It also automatically gets connected when the internet comes back. Failure is very low. The performance and the application monitor. You can select the applications you want to use and block on your network With the central management system, I'm able to access each device. I can configure one device and then it provisions all the other devices with the same configuration, rather than my having to configure them one by one. | The solution is easily managed compared to other wireless solutions. The solution's roaming feature is very nice. When you move to another place it automatically changes the access point. It's one of the most valuable features. That would be more of engineering at this point. I'm from more of the business side. It's pretty much doing the standard installations with portal integrations and integrations with the Mac. |
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The urgent areas of improvement would be customer support, better tuned default settings, and documentation. For a more senior tool, a local application monitoring related to IoT vendors would be useful. They should provide usage guides and solutions to frequent problems. They should simplify the configuration flow. Additional detailed reporting for client traffic would be a great addition. What I would like to have with these kinds of devices is the most enhanced security. For example, if I could apply security from wireless devices, that would be great. I would also like more enhanced reports on user adoption, who is getting what bandwidth. I would like to be able to customize Captive Portals. The management system would be better if it were more polished, if it had a better interface like, for example, Meraki | The solution should offer more integration with third-party servers and devices. The technical support needs to be improved. They also need to produce some more technical guides. Improving the visibility, control offered, and cloud management would all be very helpful. Also how you can monetize the information you get from Wi-Fi controllers should be improved. |
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Get multiple bids/quotes, and talk to the representatives about the limitations of the product; pretty standard. It's not expensive. That is the reason we switched to Aruba. Pricing is competitive. Licensing is needed to maintain access to the latest firmware, which wasn't made clear originally when we started with Arbua (or things changed, I'm not sure which). I would just say, make sure you budget for it. A recent change is that ClearPass licensing is superb. It counts user-based instead of device-based, for BYOD on-boarding. AP signal strength and price. I know this is a competitive market, but APs should not cost so much if they do not cover a large area. The system was very good, but we needed to upgrade in order to adapt for our needs, and doing so with Aruba would have been more expensive. Besides paying for the APs, you need to pay a license each year for their use. Therefore, watch out for that and do the best you can to keep costs down. I am aiding in transitioning my organization to a different wireless solution due to the cost. We need to expand our network and the cost of new APs and an upgraded controller have proved to be prohibitive compared to similar solutions on the market. | Information Not Available |
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Views 50,647 Comparisons 43,046 Reviews 29 Average Words per Review 325 Avg. Rating 8.4 | Views 3,819 Comparisons 3,492 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 326 Avg. Rating 7.3 |
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Also Known As | |
| Aruba WLAN, HP WLAN, HP Wireless | Huawei WLAN |
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| Aruba Networks | Huawei |
Overview | |
| Aruba deliver superb Wireless performance and multi-user MIMO aware ClientMatch to boost network efficiency and support the growing device density and app demands on your network. | Huawei WLAN products are compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac standards to establish high-speed, secure, and reliable wireless network connections for indoor and outdoor applications.WLAN products can be used in enterprise offices, schools, hospitals, large shopping malls, exhibition centers, airports, and more. |
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Learn more about Aruba Wireless | Learn more about Huawei Wireless |
Sample Customers | |
| Consulate Health Care, Los Angeles Unified School District, Science Applications International Corp (SAIC), San Diego State University, KFC, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities | Anhui Agricultural University (AAU), China Everbright Bank |
Top Industries | |
University31% K 12 Educational Company Or School12% Comms Service Provider12% Healthcare Company7% Software R&D Company24% Comms Service Provider19% K 12 Educational Company Or School8% Retailer6% | No Data Available |
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Small Business32% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise40% Small Business26% Midsize Enterprise11% Large Enterprise64% | No Data Available |
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