We made another dashboard… you NEED a dashboard! Because we made it… you got
problems no one is seeing or cares about because DASHBOARD.
My snark aside, the information is appreciated, JJ. Nice to hear the analysis.
When I hear Secret Sauce, my internal Google Translate says Vendor Lock.
Lee
Yep so... maybe one thing I should clarify - with Fortinet APs you don't need
their switches for any of the WiFi portfolio. For the FortiGate-managed APs you
DO need a Fortinet firewall, even if it's only purpose is to act as a
"controller" or "gateway"; meaning you don't have to replace your
Fortifantastic, JJ- thanks for sharing that. I know every solution is "better"
when same vendor is used for switching and WLAN under the Single Glass of Pain
paradigm, but I can't be the only one contemplating our WLAN future decoupled
from the desire to also change out thousands of switches.
Ah. Nope I haven't seen any larges ones yet. No truckloads of AI for you! Their
go-to changed from (legacy MC) controllers to FG-managed, with cloud (AFAIK) in
a distant 3rd . I may get in trouble for saying that, and it's likely changing
as all the vendors are (as you noted) leveraging the
All,
There is a common theme in this thread, cost. Has someone suggested to I2 that
they add NetAlly/Ekahau to its consortium purchasing plans?
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I think it is reasonable for Ekahau to enforce their license, especially when
licensing it for multiple team members may be cheaper than using a third party.
Then again, if pushing the envelope of the licensing is what made it less
money than using a third party, perhaps shifting that work
