Managed WiFi Solutions for Marinas
Boat owners consider the Internet WiFi Hotspot to be an essential amenity at any marina. Most marinas already offer some type of wireless Internet service for visitors due to the demand for this service. Some marinas also provide a computer at the main office where visitors can check email. However there are drawbacks.
Characteristics.
- • High performance Internet gateways that are simple to install
- • Plug and play: the easy to use wizard speeds installation
- • Custom login page with client branding, choose from 12 backdrops or create your own design
- • Protect with the built-in disclaimer; the legal disclaimer can be edited
- • Seven login options are available
- • Authenticated access uses codes that are generated and managed on the unit
- • A firewall protects the business network from hackers with PCI DSS compliance
- • Master bandwidth control, and individual bandwidth settings for each code
- • Content filtering is available to ensure a family friendly Internet service
- • Monitor Internet utilization through comprehensive reports
- • Access code API for PoS and PMS applications
- • Remote access and configuration
- • Free Cloud management service
Marinas owners face risks by offering an open WiFi Hotspot. Risks vary from getting the business computers and PoS hacked, to getting sued for illegal downloading of copyrighted files.
Guest Internet Hotspot gateways have a firewall that is PCI compliant and protects your business computers and PoS from hackers. The P2P blocker is another important feature that prevents visitors sharing copyrighted files, ensuring that there is no risk to the marina owner of copyright lawsuits.
Provide free access for visitors, or use the gateway credit card billing feature to charge for the Internet service through your PayPal® business account. Ensure that the Internet service is shared equally between all the visitors by regulating the bandwidth of each user.
You might wonder "why do I need a Hotspot gateway? What are the benefits?"
We are here to help you!
Why do I need a Hotspot gateway?
If you offer or are planning to offer Internet access to your visitors, you will need to ensure that your network is protected and everyone has access to the Internet
without any visitors using the service unfairly.
A Hotspot gateway is a device that provides authentication, authorization and accounting for a wired or wireless network.
The Gateway has different types of access methods which are selected according to the business' requirements in order to control who has access to the network:
- • User agrees to the terms and conditions of use
- • Business provides a code (paid or free) to the user
- • User provides personal information (e.g. name, phone number, email address...) in order to connect to the Internet
What are the benefits of Guest Internet Hotspot gateway?
Guest Internet is market leading Internet Hotspot Gateway with content control.
Our low cost Internet Hotspot Gateway has no extra charges or monthly fees and provides the following:
- • Easy to install and manage
- • Free lifetime support
- • Promote your brand with a custom login page
- • Protect your network against malicious users
- • Fully manage public Internet access
- - Different types of login (agree with disclaimer, email login, and login with a code)
- - Setting limits to all the users or to individual codes - time limit, speed limit and data limit
- • Manage your units remotely with a free Cloud service
Guest Internet at a glance
Guest Internet products are completely web based, easy to setup, install and manage.
The GIS units offer 3 custom login page options:
• One of the 12 default background images can be selected when setting up the unit
• Upload a JPG image for a custom background
• Fully customized web page - for more information, please click here.
The admin interface is very easy to use, when you first install the unit, the wizard will guide you through the setup process.
We also have and online documentation that can help you at any point, from setting up and configuring to more advanced settings.
You can see our documentation here.
The GIS Cloud gives access to one or to many GIS products to be managed remotely, there is no limit to the number of products that can be monitored and managed using the Cloud portal,
and no limit to network growth.
For more information on the GIS Cloud, click here.
Our solution for Marinas
- • Gateway supports one or more outdoor wireless access points
- • 150Mb/s throughput
- • Credit card billing option
- • Peer to peer P2P blocking that prevents illegal file downloads
