Guest Access for Visitors
The Challenge:
Employees aren’t the only mobile users in corporate networks. Visitors such as customers, resellers, training attendees and contractors compose a transient group that requests and/or requires Internet access for official and personal use. With the rise in Wi-Fi clients embedded in laptops, users are beginning to expect ubiquitous Internet access. Accommodating guest access on a one-by-one basis – whether through the wired or private corporate wireless network – is cumbersome, timeconsuming and generally not practical for IT organizations and users alike.
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The Solution:
The same wireless network used for employees can offer secure, on-demand guest access, too. Proxim’s wireless LAN access points can securely support private (for the company) as well as public (for visitors) networks. Access to the company network and data remain secure and available only to authorized employees – and visitors access only the Internet using the same wireless access points. The wireless access points will ensure that every guest gets on the network, preventing support calls to the IT organization – as well as the time and expense of manual guest access setup. In case of high guest usage of the network, IT administrators can priortize users and traffic appropriately.