Edge-Core Wi-Fi Hotspot Gateways

Steps of Guest Login thru Token/Voucher WiFi with & Email Verfication

• Guest will enter the venue and connect to open WiFi and redirected to a Captive Portal or login page.
• Guest will move to reception and get the Token and enters the user name & password on the login page
• Once successful validation of token guest will be redirected to enter his email ID
• Guest enters email ID and a verification link is sent by Edgecore Hotspot gateway to guest email ID 
• Guest will go to his email and clicks on verification link to enjoy WiFi as per the Voucher/Token Plan. 
• WiFi Voucher/Token Plan - Each WiFi Voucher/Token can be bound to various policies so that each user enjoy interruption free WiFi

1. Speed Limitation per user (512Kbps, 1Mbps, 10Mbps etc)
2. Data Limitation Per User (1Gb, 2Gb, 10Gb etc)
3. Limit Number of Simultaneous devices login per account
4. MAC address binding to avoid unauthorized WiFi Access

• Guest can also be redirected to a website after successful authentication to increase traffic which is good for SEO
• An auto E-mail with full list of Guest visited will be sent by Controller to Marketing department every week/month/year etc.

Seamless Integration with Micro Opera & IDS PMS

Typically found only in network access gateways, Edgecore has taken the Opera PMS interface and integrated it directly on the EWS-series gateway-controllers, becoming one of the only WLAN solutions on the market to offer the PMS interface directly in the same box together with AP management, user authentication, and user policy enforcement. This design allows hotels to significantly reduce initial infrastructure investment without sacrificing on any of the functionality.

Enterprises and organizations need to have complete visibility of all Wi-Fi users on their network in order to prevent, identify, and fend off potential intruders. Edgecore's WLAN solution supports both 802.1X and browser-based authentication, ensuring the proper identification of network users before granting access to the network. Existing external authentication databases such as LDAP, POP3, NT Domain, and RADIUS can be easily enabled by network administrators and uniformly enforced across all deployment sites. Additionally, captive portals are fully customizable for web-based authentication of visitors or guests, utilizing authentication options such as social media, e-mail, or SMS.

Combined with Edgecore’s Service Zone architecture, network administrators can quickly enable multiple unique Wi-Fi login pages per deployment depending on various access point locations. Each login page is fully customizable to show unique branding or location-based advertisements, and can also be designed with customer-defined data fields for collecting relevant data for analytics and marketing.

Edgecore provides the perfect solution to address the coffee shop Wi-Fi squatter dilemma. By limiting free Wi-Fi access by duration or time, venue owners can better maintain open seats for new purchasing customers. Multiple billing plans can also be enabled to create tiered Wi-Fi service with different usage quotas, price, and network access privileges. Finally, a tablet-based billing plan selection interface provides a simple way to create accounts for guest.

With readily available interfaces between the Edgecore controller to external platforms such as payment gateways and social media, Edgecore's simplifies the deployment and configuration for guest self-registration in public Wi-Fi deployments. Current available interfaces include:

• External Payment Gateways (e.g. PayPal, WorldPay, SecurePay)
• Social Media Platforms (e.g. Facebook, Google+, VK)
• Oracle Micros Opera PMS
• SMS Gateways
• Ticket Printers

Edgecore Wi-Fi comes with standards-based enterprise level security and data encryption, preventing potential vulnerabilities such as man-in-the-middle. And with advanced security features such as Rouge AP Detection, Station Isolation, and built-in Layer 2 Firewall on the access points, network administrators can enhance the security and robustness of the wireless network. Finally, detailed user access and network activity logs allow for close monitoring to ensure that users are adhering to corporate network policies.

In many deployment scenarios it is often desirable for a single Wi-Fi network to have the capability of offering differentiated service levels. Edgecore's solution provides network administrators with the ability to pre-define multiple user roles, and assign unique access policies that take effect at different times and locations in the wireless network. The integrated access control functionality includes: 

• Bandwidth Control
• Traffic Classification & QoS
• Firewall Profiles
• Routing Policies
• Concurrent Sessions Limitation
• User Idle Timeout 

With increasing security regulations in both public and enterprise Wi-Fi deployments, WLAN solutions need to be able to effectively track all network activity. Edgecore offers a complete set of logs & reports from its monitoring interface, including user browsing histories, NAT conversion logs, and all authentication related events. Furthermore, the guest Wi-Fi platform allows administrators to aggregate unique user information such as social media profiles, cellular numbers, or e-mail addresses for detailed analytics or troubleshooting.

No Recurring Costs

Edge-Core Comes with 3 Year Warranty & Life Time FREE Firmware Upgrades & Updates. There are NO RECURRING LICENSES for Any Functionality 

Bandwidth limits can be enforced for each individual user and for entire groups of users. Application: Intelligent ISP network bandwidth allocation.

In addition to enterprise-grade security and encryption, Edgecore access points also come with a built-in layer 2 firewall for blocking unwanted network traffic before they enter the wired network. One of the unique benefits is that administrators can also block unnecessary multicast or broadcast traffic from being transmitted by the AP, which in turn reduces network congestion and improves overall wireless performance

Edgecore allows network operators to independently configure tunneling between the remote APs and the central EWS gateway-controller to fulfill specific security and performance requirements. For instance, for corporate employees requiring stricter security, all of the data traffic can be tunneled back to the gateway in the headquarters for unified policy enforcement. On the other hand, for guests or visitors that may not need the same level of security, the data traffic can be allowed to exit to the Internet locally to reduce bandwidth consumption and increase client application performance.