D-Link Wireless Access Points vs. SonicWall SonicWave Series

Best in small networks & appropriate in industrial areas. AP works fine in any temperature & location (in remote locations office or remote location). Open area wireless connectivity is good with good range. Simple VLAN management and management are good. Backup and restoration is very good. Small home offices using wireless network work awesome.

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Helps ensure a better user experience by designing a wireless network optimized for your environment. The wireless network's safety and satisfaction are improved for the company. Even more important is the need to protect the information that travels over it and that is where SonicWALL wireless network security, in a nutshell, provides a solution with true excellence.

• Due to multiple switches in a single network environment, communication issues are common; therefore, productivity is effected. After installing D-Link Wireless, we resolved these kind of issues in our network.
• One windows solution make management easy via D-Link Wireless.
• Logs and troubleshooting is now easily handled. Pictorial form help in configuration and users management.

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• Includes three models: the first is a sleek ceiling mount unit, the second a compact wall mount unit and a rugged unit for outdoor deployments
• Uses secure installations around air gap sealing The sonic shape of the access points provides 802.11 waveform
• It also uses the latest capabilities, such as multi-user, to improve wireless performance.

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• Hanging issues are common in large scale networks. Even wireless controller is hanged in peak hours.
• Issues in VLAN configuration and port configurations.
• Cost is high in front of other brands.

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• To troubleshoot the issues it is difficult to take console access and then resolve it.
• It cannot work independently.
• Logging options are not there, and for logs and reports, again another tool or appliance is required.

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We studied and selected D-Link due to usage in a limited area, and it is a very cost effective solution; therefore, D-Link Wireless AP and D-Link Wireless Controller [were] selected for our organization. We also [researched] Cisco, but Cisco was an expensive product and not appropriate in our required area or task; therefore, we selected D-Link.

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Sometimes it takes a little bit of work to set up personal allowlists and exclusions using RegEx to allow things that ordinarily should be blocked. But it is still a breeze to do.We used to use Watchguard years ago, then moved to SonicWall SonicWave Series.

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• Organizational needs are fulfilled [which] means return on investment.
• Smooth connectivity increases productivity. Yes, we are satisfied in this area.
• Management and troubleshooting are core features & very quick in production area.

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• Negative effect on time to setup.
• Expensive and not intuitive.
• Works well once setup.

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