Managed WiFi Solutions for Internet Cafés
An Internet café used to be a business for very technical people only. Now anyone can start an Internet café business quickly with minimum expense by installing a Guest Internet gateway. The gateway manages all aspects of the business, including customer billing.
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
Several controls are essential for an Internet café operation. If users are connecting their own computers wirelessly, then it is important that peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software is blocked to ensure that the Internet café business is not held responsible for copyright infringement. It is also necessary to regulate data speeds to share the resource between all users. Depending on the policies of use, content filtering may also be applied to Internet traffic.
Two options are available for charging customers: they can pay with credit cards, or purchase a ticket from the counter.
Use the gateway credit card billing feature to provide free regulated access and charge for the high-speed service using the PayPal® credit card processing service.
When customers wants to pay cash, the Internet café can give a receipt with an access code using GIS-TP1 ticket printer and tablet touch screen. The ticket printer generates the customers pass code and logs each transaction.
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 Coffee Shops
- • 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
