Case study: easyHotspot
coffeeshop, restaurant or hotel
easyHotspot is
perfect solution for coffeeshops, restaurants, hotels and other public spaces where
there are occasional visitors who want access to the Internet wirelessly or via cable.
easyHotspot provides
their access to the Internet secure, easy and quick without the need for specific
knowledge of your staff.
Applications
Most coffeeshops and restaurants want to offer its customers free Internet wireless
access. To provide this service, you also need control on wireless access for several
reasons:
- A location needs to ensure that only their customers are their wireless connection,
not also the customers of coffeeshops and restaurants nearby.
- the free wireless connection also means is impossible to identify user, which
may give him the opportunity of using access to attacks on other Internet sites,
electronic fraud, other crimes for which the connection owner could be liable.
In general, free Internet access service through wireless connection is implemented
in one of the following:
- access is unrestricted, no password and no encryption. The advantage is that
any connection is easy and transparent, without the need for additional knowledge
from users or your staff. The downside is obvious, ie all computers within a radius
of 100-200 meters around the site can get free Internet access through your equipment,
and your connection.
- restricted using encryption key (WEP, WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK). The advantage is
that you control who connects to your access-point, but is a relative advantage
because any wireless can be decrypted using specialized software. The timeframe
for decrypting is not given by the password complexity but the amount of traffic,
the more traffic the faster the decryption. Once decrypted, the connection may
be used by computers in the vicinity of location (see above). Disadvantage is that your
staff should be enrolled for specific settings for different types of user equipment.
As you can see, all options have drawbacks, and as of IT security
and access control there either are no implementation or there is only a false
and ineffective or complicated in terms of management solution.
Optimization and securing using easyHotspot
easyHotspot address
precisely these situations, enabling the easy use and no need for specific level knowledge
of your employees, as well as a maximum security control connections all over your
visitors.
Also, you will get significant advantage due to the elegance of the solution.
Thus,
easyHotspot equipment
will replace the existing gateway connecting directly to your Internet connection.
Your client will follow three simple steps to access unbundled Internet:
- Any connection to the wireless network will be redirected to a page the customer will
be required an access code and will provide information about how to obtain that access
code (the waiter, bartender, receptionist, telephone, reception, a.s.o.).
- Following customer demand and using an unique user name and password, your
staff will generate an access code. Access codes are generated according to different
categories and can provide access for various time periods.
- Custome will enter the access code and then can use Internet connection.
The system can be configured for paid Internet access packages and mixed (both free
and paid packages), is up to you how have them.
You will be able to view traffic reports, the number of connections per interval
time, other summary which among others can also provide better management
and better business planning coffeeshop or restaurant.