Solutions
Hot Spot Case Study
Intelligent Solutions for Hotspot Providers
What's in it for Hotspot Providers?
Hot spot providers can save time and money with IntelaBox. IntelBox enables hotspot providers to:
• Lower capital costs by leveraging mainstream PC, networking and 802.11 access point hardware
• Lower operating costs by taking advantage of plug-n-play provisioning and centralized management of all wireless access points deployed in the field
• Offer free Wi-Fi, or keep all the revenues they generate— IntelaWave Control Center has a monthly charge per Access Point and Repeater
• Enhance network security by enforcing SSL-encrypted authentication, performing MAC address tracking and allowing VPN pass-through
• Plan for the future by tracking bandwidth usage per AP and customer
• Choose any business model whether for free, marketing supported or paid wireless access
• Muzzle bandwidth hogs and ensure that only paying customers get wireless access
• Easily scale from one hotspot to hundreds
• Strengthen their brand by using customized captive portal pages for customer login
• Build wireless networks on a foundation based on industry standards, not proprietary lock-in technologies
How IntelaBox works for Hotspot Providers
• Complete Use of IntelaWave's Hosted Access Point Control Center .
• iWAPs use name services to communicate with IntelaWave Control Center over the Internet.
• Once a IntelaBox-Powered AP finds IntelaWave's Control Center over the Internet, it downloads its configuration and provisions itself.
• Network adminstrators can use the IntelaWave Control Center to create captive portal and redirect pages, define user policy , enable/disable new account registration, remotely update IntelaBox-Powered APs under management and more.
• The iwAP200 is a rugged, outdoor range-extended access point for hotels , multi-tenant dwellings, campuses, metropolitan zones, marinas—virtually any public-access application.
• The iW AP 160 provides four wired 10/100 Base-T ports so you can extend your managed network to include wired devices and any third-party wireless APs.
• End users who associate with hotspot access points are prompted to sign up for service via a customized captive portal page.
• IntelaWave Control Center enables hotspot providers to track bandwidth usage by customer or AP. Also, the Control Center enables network administrators to track and generate reports on the status of every AP under management 24x7.
• Want to time-limit end-user access to the network? Just add the IntelaBox Module for Pre-Paid Access to your Control Center server, and you're in business.
• IntelaWave Control Center 's open-schema interfaces make it easy to integrate with third-party billing and settlement software. Hot spot providers can flexibly define service offerings based on their unique business model.
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