The document compares the performance of wireless controllers from Cisco and Aruba. Key findings include:
1. The Cisco 8540 delivered over twice the throughput of the Aruba 7240 with small and medium packet sizes as well as mixed packet sizes.
2. The Cisco 5520 and 8540 were able to utilize a higher percentage of their maximum bandwidth (85-95% for Cisco vs. 25-30% for Aruba) across packet sizes.
3. Testing found the Cisco 5520 could handle over 3 times as many wireless client authentications per second compared to an older Cisco model, using the 802.1X authentication standard.
4. TCP throughput performance was notably better with Cisco than