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Preferred Vendors (self.networking)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by manifex to c/networking

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Do you have a preferred vendor for your network gear?

I'll go first:

Firewalls: Fortinet, ASA, Palo Alto
Route/Switch: Cisco, HPE/Aruba
Wireless: Aruba, Cisco, Meraki
Auth: NPS, ISE, ClearPass
Monitoring: SolarWinds, Auvik, PRTG
Automation: Ansible
SDWAN: PA Prisma SDWAN, Fortinet, Velocloud

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends on the load, budget for capex and opex, and what the network will be running :)

I liked HP procurve before the Aruba firmware was introduced. For wireless, I used to like Ruckus 5 years ago. Cannot stand the move to cloud management that all the WAP vendors seem to require.

For auth, the click verify of duo is pretty nice if the security of a physical OTP device isn't needed.

For firewalls.... ASA if NSA isn't in the threat profile.

[–] manifex 2 points 2 years ago

OG ProCurve was the best.