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NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router

byHuawei
in SD-WAN
5.0
2025

Overview

Product Information on NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router

Updated 13th October 2025

What is NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router?

NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router is a software designed to manage enterprise network connectivity, routing, and security. It enables integration of wired and wireless connections, supports high-speed data transmission, and facilitates branch interconnection by delivering functions such as VPN, firewall protection, and intelligent traffic management. The software assists organizations in simplifying network deployment and optimizing resource utilization by supporting cloud access, dynamic routing protocols, and centralized management. It addresses business requirements for secure and reliable data exchange between headquarters and distributed branches, enhancing communication efficiency, reducing operational complexity, and improving overall network resilience.

NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router Pricing

NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router software follows a hardware-based pricing model, where charges depend on the specific router model and selected configuration. Pricing varies based on features, capacity, and licensing options such as routing protocols and network management functions, with additional costs for advanced modules and support services.

Overall experience with NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router

IT MANAGER
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Predictable Latency and Smoother Collaboration Noted With Huawei AR Routers”

5.0
Dec 8, 2025
Huawei AR routers have been quite stable in our R&D scenarios. We constantly run heavy patent searches, algorithm training, model deployment tests, and cross-border team meetings - so we're very sensitive to latency and bandwidth scheduling. Since rolling out the AR routers, latency and jitter have become more predictable, and remote collaboration feels much smoother.
Sales Director
50M - 250M USD, Services (non-Government)
CRITICAL

“Buying the product was easy - getting help to make it work wasn't such a good experience”

3.0
Nov 13, 2018
Difficulty and most frustrating in getting support to implement once purchased from Huawei Re-seller. Got there eventually but it was certainly painful.

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Gartner Peer Insights recognizes vendors who meet or exceed both the market average Overall Experience and the market average User Interest and Adoption score through a Customers’ Choice distinction.
2025
For Market:
SD-WAN

About Company

Company Description

Updated 26th April 2024

Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions. The company's main focus is to enrich human progress through innovative technologies. Huawei aims to ensure that connectivity is a basic need, emphasizing the importance of access to ICT and the benefits it can provide to a wide audience. The firm specializes in creating customer-focused innovations and establishing strong partnerships, developing capabilities across carrier networks, enterprise, consumers, and cloud computing sections. With operations in over 170 countries, Huawei has a significant global presence. The company's objective is to digitally connect every person, home, and organization in order to achieve a comprehensive connected, intelligent world. Through this, Huawei works to narrow the digital gap, facilitating access to broadband services.

Company Details

Updated 26th April 2024
Company type
Private
Year Founded
1987
Head office location
Shenzhen, China
Number of employees
10001+
Website
https://www.huawei.com/en/

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NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router Likes & Dislikes

Like

First, large-volume search workloads run more smoothly. Our backend frequently pulls massive patent datasets and image files, and high-concurrency queries used to overwhelm the network. Now, automatic traffic scheduling spreads the load more evenly, preventing sudden congestion. Second, cross-country video meetings have improved significantly. When our teams in the UK and Singapore join calls, we used to deal with pixelated video and audio delays. With faster link switching, the meeting experience is much more stable. Lastly, operations work is lighter. The visualization tools make it easy to see which interfaces or applications are acting up, so troubleshooting is noticeably faster.

Like

Once in and working has proven very reliable.

Like

The stability is impressive. Even in remote construction sites with weak infrastructure, the device maintains a high online rate, and link switching is fast enough to avoid service interruptions. What's more, management efficiency is high. The visualized interface is intuitive, and centralized policy distribution significantly reduces the operational burden on project teams. The security capabilities are robust, with multi-level protection well-suited for safeguarding critical engineering data.

Dislike

That said, there are some downsides. For example, the initial policy planning took a lot of effort - we have many business lines and complicated external database access paths, so mapping everything clearly wasn't easy. Also, some older servers in our test environments aren't recognized accurately, so I often need to manually tag traffic.

Dislike

Complex/confusing set up instructions for someone new to the product

Dislike

The initial configuration is relatively complex, requiring specialized experience, which means new staff need time to adapt. Some advanced features have limited compatibility with older on-site equipment, occasionally requiring extra tuning.

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NetEngine AR Series Enterprise Router Reviews and Ratings

5.0

(49 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
86%
4 Star
12%
3 Star
2%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.8

Integration & Deployment

4.7

Service & Support

4.7

Product Capabilities

4.8

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  • IT MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Predictable Latency and Smoother Collaboration Noted With Huawei AR Routers

    5.0
    Dec 8, 2025
    Huawei AR routers have been quite stable in our R&D scenarios. We constantly run heavy patent searches, algorithm training, model deployment tests, and cross-border team meetings - so we're very sensitive to latency and bandwidth scheduling. Since rolling out the AR routers, latency and jitter have become more predictable, and remote collaboration feels much smoother.
  • IT MANAGER
    10B+ USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Huawei AR Routers Enhance Network Stability Across Challenging Worksite Conditions

    5.0
    Nov 29, 2025
    The Huawei AR routers have delivered solid performance. In our environment—characterized by dispersed locations, complex onsite conditions, and diverse business scenarios—the network's consistency and reliability have noticeably improved. Daily office work, engineering document transfers, and onsite video backhaul all run more smoothly than before.
  • IT MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Integrated AR Router Enhances Efficiency and Speed, Demands Specialized Setup Experience

    5.0
    Dec 21, 2025
    AR routers have powerful functions, integrating the capabilities of routers,switch,WAC,AP. In the past,multiple devices occupied space and were complex to deploy and maintain,especially for ten thousands of stores across the country.Now one device solves our problem.and their wlan network transmission speed is fast.Daily office work,document transfers,and onsite video backhaul all run more smoothly than before.
  • NETWORK ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Ease of Integration Highlights AR6121 Router's Strength

    5.0
    Jan 4, 2025
    Setting up the AR6121 offers fantastic flexibility and choices, providing numerous benefits for our financial institutions customer's network infrastructure I can testify to that because am on the team while we configure and integrate the device (Router) with other solutions found in the data center of those customers.
  • Manager of IT Services
    1B-10B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Huawei Routers Elevate Company Image via High-Quality Live Broadcasts

    5.0
    Nov 16, 2024
    Our company often conducts product launches, training lectures and other live activities. After using Huawei AR6710-H and AR5710-S routers, the stability and image quality of live broadcast are greatly improved. Viewers can watch live broadcasts more smoothly without missing important content due to network problems. Moreover, the high-quality live broadcast also enhances the company's brand image and attracts more potential customers to pay attention to our products and services.
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