Providing guests in a modern restaurant or café with a hotspot can significantly increase the appeal of any location. With the WLAN solutions from LANCOM, guests benefit from a WLAN guest network in such a way that they can comfortably use the Internet with their mobile smartphones, tablet PCs or laptops—while being securely and completely separated from the internal administrative network. For a significant increase in efficiency in work processes, wait staff also have the option of taking orders with the help of a WLAN-enabled hand-held device, and transmitting the order directly to the checkout system, kitchen, or drink serving station. Needless to say, WLAN access for the guests and for taking orders can also be made available on the patio or outdoor areas of the restaurant, since a robust LANCOM outdoor access point is ideal for outdoor areas.
- Customizable and flexible creative leeway – whether with proprietary logos, texts or images—the welcome page of the Public Spot can be easily tailored to your own requirements. Even displaying pre-defined websites is possible (walled garden feature), so that, for example, the menu of the restaurant or its own website is shown to the guest without a prior login to the hotspot by the guest. For more details see the chapter Default and customized authentication pages.
- No access by unauthorized persons to internal data – secure separation of the networks within a single infrastructure is ensured with VLAN or Layer 3 tunneling. For more details see the chapter Virtualization and guest access via WLAN controller with VLAN.
- Convenient setup and configuration – a user-friendly setup and configuration wizard guarantees the easy setup of hotspots. For more details see the chapter Basic installation of a Public Spot for simple scenarios.
- Simplified guest access – The integrated Smart Ticket function ensures that guests receive their login data for the Public Spot conveniently and automatically via text message (SMS) or e-mail. Or as an alternative, vouchers can be printed out. For more details see the chapter Alternative login methods.
