Fortinet FortiWLM Previous Solutions

Zachary Wheeler - PeerSpot reviewer
President / CEO at Secure Solutions Center LLC

Fortinet is our lead product, with Aruba being a close second. Both of them have been outstanding to use, and whenever they release a new product, I would like to use it. For example, I'm going to buy a FortiVoice phone system, just because I've had such great success. I'm so pleased with what we've done up to now that I want to see how much more they can do.

Everybody touts Ubiquiti and how great Ubiquiti is, but my number one thing with Ubiquiti is that I don't feel like it's a real enterprise solution. I'm sure a lot would disagree with me, but I find the interface very difficult to use. We are highly impressed with the ease of use of Fortinet. I was using some of the Ubiquiti products, and the reasons for switching were:

  • Ease of deployment
  • Physical quality in terms of what it feels like in your hand
  • 24/7/365 support with hardware replacement plans

As a reseller, we provide support for the systems that we sell, but our objective, as crazy as it sounds, is to build systems that don't fail. If and when they do, the objective is that the replacement device is on-site, a lot of times even before the client realizes that there was an issue. That's kind of impressive.

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FransLegdeur - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Falco Networks

I have used Cisco previously and I don't see any specific differences from Fortinet FortiWLM or other vendors.

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MR
Owner at Mar Consulting Services

Previously, we were using Meraki. We are getting better coverage, better throughput, and a more stable connection with Fortinet FortiWLM.

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PM
IT and IT Security Consulting at MacTaggart IT Security

Before Fortinet Wireless, I was working with Aruba. Aruba was not bad and we did use it quite a bit before it was bought by HP. But it did not have the same capabilities as Fortinet. We also used ASUS [a name derived from PegasusAccess Point for some time. I have used modified third-party firmware called Tomato that can help control the behavior of different routers from other manufacturers. I also used DD-WRT [DD is the German car numberplate code for Dresden, Germany; WRT is "Wireless Receiver/Transmitter"] which is another third-party firmware solution.  

When we started, we were using Linksys hardware a lot and then we switched to ASUS hardware. Then we went with this special firmware Tomato released for our ASUS hardware. That was a good solution and it was our main product for a while. It was a progression over time.  

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RW
Network Engineer at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Our previous wireless solution was Cisco. That was our first wireless solution. We used Cisco 3500s and 3700s. We needed to upgrade so we could handle more bandwidth, because the access points that we had were starting to get overloaded, and older.

When we were looking for a solution, that's when we did the tests. We got a few in, in a couple of buildings, and did some tests. We wanted to see how the Fortinet solution worked. That's what really sold us on it: how easily they integrated with everything else - because we had the FortiGate - and the way it just popped into the environment.

As a result, we started looking further into the switches. When we did our upgrade, we upgraded the switches at the same time that we upgraded the FortiAPs. We were able to greatly increase the security on our entire network.

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MD
Senior Network Engineer at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

Although I have worked with Fortinet (Meru) for several years, my current employer chose Meru prior to my employment.

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DA
Sr. Director, IT at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We switched primarily due to feature functionality and cost. It offered a lot more value.

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PP
Senior Technical Support Executive with 11-50 employees

We have deployed solutions from D-Link and NETGEAR for certain clients, although they have not needed to have the depth of features that are offered by Fortinet Wireless. These include both security options and the facility for providing a guest network.

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AA
Works

We used to have some HPE equipment. We switched from those old access points. We use Fortinet as a preferred vendor, but if a customer wants or needs to use equipment from other vendors, we sell equipment from other vendors.

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RR
IT Infrastructure at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have used Sonic Wall and Palo Alto products before, yet we have definitely found Fortinet to be more straightforward.

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SB
Syssense at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

For critical infrastructure in healthcare and government, we find Aruba a better solution for their requirements.

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