(Aruba) Airwave is having a webinar in early FEB to introduce new features in their latest AMP release. This might be worth watching just to get a feel for how their interface looks and works. It manages the majority of fat APs, thin APs, and controllers. So far I have not seen a decrease in support for my Cisco gear since Aruba bought this company. I wish Cisco had taken my advice and bought it.
I can send the registration URL (it appears to be open to customers and prospective customers), but didn't want to appear that I am making a sales pitch. If it doesn't run into the hundreds of requests, I wil send it along privately to those who ask. -jcw ------------------------------------- John Watters UA: OIT 205-348-3992 _____ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Ken Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:00 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Comments about Aruba and Cisco???? All, I am a member of an evaluation team at Florida State University considering Cisco and Aruba wireless products. We are focusing on LWAPs and controllers. For evaluation configuration and pricing purposes, we have requested from the companies information and pricing relating to configurations with 128 and 1200 APs. The Aruba LWAP is the AP125 while Cisco LWAP is the recently release 1142. The Aruba controller is the M3 while the Cisco product is the WiSM. There are other aspects, too. I know many of you have experience with Cisco and Aruba and have gone through similar experiences. I am interested in learning about any observations and experiences you have that we should consider in our efforts. Please send me your thoughts. Thanks. Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Johnson Director, Information Technology FSU College of Medicine 1115 Call Street Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300 e-mail: ken.john...@med.fsu.edu phone: 850.644.9396 cell: 850.443.7300 fax: 850.644.5584 "Please note: Florida has very broad public records laws. Most written communications to or from state/university employees and students are public records and available to the public and media upon request. Your e-mail communications may therefore be subject to public disclosure." ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
