Ubiquiti WLAN Valuable Features

MarekSzafrański - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Eurofins

Firstly, I initially purchased the device to build a VPN, and one very valuable feature for me was the ability to create a layer two VPN, which was available on the legacy ER router. It allowed me to expand a subnet to a remote site, which was essential for my setup. Additionally, I appreciated that the CLI of the router was similar to other Juniper products that I was familiar with. As for my current setup, I'm using it as a wireless controller and a camera DVR. I plan to purchase newer-generation routers for building VPNs between sites. However, my infrastructure running on the ER routers is sufficient for now, and I haven't faced any issues requiring replacement parts. I am also happy with its performance. 

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Vincent Willoughby - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at CSR digital

The most valuable features of the solution are that traffic management is very easy and setting up VPNs is a very straightforward process.

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HK
Head of IT Cluster CEE at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

First of all, Ubiquiti WLAN is fixing our needs. The solution helps us to have more than one VLAN. The solution has enough power for a number of simultaneous connections. The solution can be centrally managed to some extent.

Ruckus access points were not available to us for more than one year. It took us 12 to 18 months to get the Ruckus access points. Ubiquiti WLAN has good availability, and it is much cheaper. Ubiquiti WLAN doesn't have the exact same performance and features as Ruckus. However, we don't have the same requirements as Ruckus in the countries where we use Ubiquiti WLAN.

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Ubiquiti WLAN
April 2024
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WS
Huawei Enterprise Product Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

For me, the ease of configuration is a valuable feature. 

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ReubenWazwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Radio Frequency Engineer | Wireless Solutions Designer at Optace Networks

The best thing about Ubiquiti WLAN is its price, as it is a cheap product. Anyone can buy the product off the shelf and configure it. The only advantage is that it is a cheap tool.

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Cristian Jerez - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisor - Network and IT security consultant at Agrosuper

Ubiquiti WLAN has good performance. 

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Mark  Anderson - PeerSpot reviewer
President at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

It is similar to the switches, where it is one of those things where it just works. They are very reliable.

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JM
Consultant at Cyber5

The product’s most valuable feature is the workflow-driven setup for the infrastructure component.

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ESTEE Gabriel Carpio - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at TechConek Philippines Inc.

Most of our clients prefer to eliminate the use of China brands, and Ubiquiti, being from the US, is something we can offer to them as a good alternative.

So, it's a good alternative. 

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Ehindero Moses - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Velvot Nigeria Ltd

The product is simple to use in terms of GUI and dashboard.

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Puran Rai - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at Nexus Technology

Ubiquiti WLAN's best feature is the free controller system software. We can download this software anytime without licensing fees, and once deployed, the access point instantly synchronizes with the system, which makes configuration faster and easier. Other valuable features include Ubiquiti WLAN's signal reach and penetration, single view of all access points, and captive portal system, which you can use to generate tickets for guests and allow them to log in using the password.

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Kabelo Mokwalase - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Digiata Technology Services

The solution's most valuable feature is its pricing.

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SM
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The most beneficial thing about Ubiquiti is that it is simple to deploy. I found that the access points were easy to identify on the network and they came over easily, which was an upside.

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HB
Infrastructure Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

The feature that I really like is the backup. You can save backups of this controller locally and then I can export it to wherever I want.

It notifies me when I have to update the access points. It is consistently roaming my environment and alerts me when it is not up-to-date, or if it requires my attention.

For example, it alerts me, if there is an access point that is conflicting with another access point outside of my organization and is using the same channel.

It includes a heat map, which is pretty good. I can import an image with my company or my site, and delimitate the spaces, such as where the wood is, or concrete, brick, glass and few other materials, all with built-in options on the tool. I can pin my devices won where they were installed and we know exactly the broadcast intensity of the signal.

The heat map is a nice troubleshoot tool, that helps me to manage the solution and understand if there is a complaint regarding a co-ordinant. For example, if someone complains that the Wi-Fi is not connected in some place of my sites, I can check the heat map and shows me the proper signal strength on that specific place, I know then, that where I should act, on my AP or on the client's connection to evaluate the network card for the user.

The heat map is always working well.

It has good visibility.

This solution gives me a lot of power to manage the WLAN for my company.

Ubiquiti WLAN is a very robust product to use.

They have a feature that allows you to wirelessly connect between them. If for example, the Wi-Fi has a poor connection with the network, it will look for a partner, and select the wireless from there, or if I don't have data cabling on the local, I can simply connect it into the eletric network and it will work as a wireless extension from any other devices. We barely have outages with the solution and I requires a minimal attention/effort to keep running.

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DA
Senior Manager Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The configuration is straightforward.

The initial set up is easy. All solutions at this point, at a basic level, are very similar in terms of features and items of that nature.

The pricing is very competitive and the feature sets are very good. It compares well against more expensive options.

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SM
CAD Engineer at Pro av

Ubiquiti WLAN is a reliable, stable, and robust solution.

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Director_45785 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Innate technology

The management features are valuable.

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DD
R&D Engineer IC Design at inLab Ltd

Ubiquiti WLAN has been stable, and we haven't had any issues with it. It is easy to install as well.

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ER
Director of Solutions and Alliances at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Ubiquiti WLAN's best feature is its ease of use.

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SS
Managing Director at ProcessDrive India

The management is great. It's very easy to manage. 

It has a good user interface. The controller is very good as well. 

The solution has a lot of great features. 

It has a very minimal initial setup.

The solution is scalable and quite stable. 

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SP
Managing Member at Pender & Associates

It's got good performance, and I like that I can manage it remotely.

The solution is stable.

The scalability is great.

The solution is very easy to install.

The system can be configured to optimise the network security.

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CM
Owner at Platinum I.C.T.

The solution has a pretty simple approach to WLAN.

You can manage it for free. It's just a one-off purchase.

It offers a very good hotspot manager where you can manage vouchers, credit, et cetera, right from Windows. It makes it very easy.

Everyone wants to buy a Cisco or Aruba or one of the other products, due to the fact that they have all these nice features. However, at the end of the day, they never use them. Most of the clients never use the features that they're paying a lot more money for, whereas with Ubiquiti I certainly wouldn't say that is the case.

All of the interfacing is very good.

The solution offers very nice documentation.

The initial setup is quite easy.

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NT
Group Head at VNMC

The most valuable feature is the level of security on the Wi-Fi network.

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BT
System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is not complex to deploy. 

We have found the solution to have good standard features. I didn't find anything special or specific to like per se. 

The pricing is fine. We can afford it and we enjoy the equipment.

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it_user375078 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer/Mobility Specialist at CCSI - Contemporary Computer Services, Inc.

As a turnkey solution.

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TM
General Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution is stable.

So far, it's my understanding that the product scales to our needs.

The solution works well and in the short time I have used it, I've enjoyed its capabilities.

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IK
Wireless Technician at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Ubiquiti WLAN's most valuable features are that it works well in a hybrid environment and isn't heavy on resources.

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BT
System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The product has a great management interface. We centralized all the devices which enables the possibility to see the coverage of one device in a plan. It's a nice feature. 

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CF
CTO, CIO at a university with 501-1,000 employees

I don't think it has.

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Buyer's Guide
Ubiquiti WLAN
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Ubiquiti WLAN. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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