Wi-Fi Hotspot Solution for Shopping Malls

Very few people carried their laptops to malls, but with the increasing number of mobile devices and tablets, demand for Wi-Fi internet access in shopping malls is constantly rising. Majority of mall visitors, look for Wi-Fi access to stay connected with their friends and families. With the increasing demand from users, most of the malls have already enabled Wi-Fi internet access and others are actively enabling. Shopping malls offer free Wi-Fi and some offer complimentary 15 – 30 minutes with attractive landing pages, post which the user needs to purchase coupon.

In a given scenario of shopping malls, there are several branded stores and thousands of people visiting the malls each day. So apart from the challenges of implementing a Wi-Fi network, shopping malls should also ensure proper internet access management and maintenance. In-order to ensure safe and secured internet access network for your network and users accessing it, network architecture needs a solution which allows only authenticated user traffic, controls bandwidth and maintains user logs.

24online Shopping Mall Wi-Fi access management solution comes in a robust appliance based solution in different models to suit small, medium and large networks. It is a plug-n-play solution with attractive features specially designed to enable shopping malls in offering attractive & customizable login pages, prepaid coupons, internet billing solution, bandwidth management, restricts unauthorized users and maintains complete logs of user’s activity.

Access Management

  • Inbuilt RADIUS Server
  • 802.16d & 802.16e Compatible
  • Supports multiple vendor
  • PAP/CHAP/EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS support
  • Offers inbuilt Database
  • Supports Oracle Database
  • Authentication
  • Login through client exe/web-based
  • Based on username and password
  • Interoperability
  • Authorization
  • Based on MAC and IP address
  • Re-Authorization Functionality
  • MAC Based Auto Login
  • Accounting
  • On hours, days, data transfer

Bandwidth Management

  • Committed and Burstable Bandwidth
  • Individual and Shared Bandwidth Quota
  • Bandwidth Scheduling & Fair Usage Policy
  • Restrict Users Based on Data and

Subscriber Management

  • User Life Cycle Management
  • Account ID based User Credentials
  • Create | Activate | Suspend | Renew | Archive Users
  • User Management Based Reports
  • User My Account

Package Management

  • Prepaid & Postpaid packages
  • Create Hourly and Day based plans
  • Registration & Renewal packages
  • Create Complimentary | VIP | Business Center Plans
  • Advance Renewal System (ARS)
  • Facility to Carry-Forward Quota
  • Facilitates Topup for prepaid plans

Internet Billing

  • Data Billing
  • Peak & Off-peak Billing
  • Pulse Based Rating
  • Pre-paid and Post-paid Billing
  • Customizable Multi-Service Invoice Template
  • Tax, Ancillary and Discount Facility
  • Currency Converter Facility

Coupon Management

  • Branding & Customizable Coupon Templates
  • Create Package & Zone wise Coupons
  • Facilitates Online Coupon Purchase
  • Instant coupon generation in printable formats
  • Post coupon details directly to room via PMS
  • System generated username & passwords
  • In-built Ezprint printer configuration
  • Pin Aging - Coupons with expiry date

Captive Portal Capabilities

  • Create Customizable Login Pages – HTTP enabled
  • Device Based Login Pages – Mobile/Laptop
  • Location Based Captive Portal
  • Social Media Based Authentication
  • Create Page for SMS OTP based login
  • User Self Registration
  • Promotions and Branding options

Multiple Gateway Load Balancing

  • Supports Multiple ISP Links
  • Weight Based Round Robin Traffic Balancing
  • High Connectivity Even During Peak Hours
  • Immediate Failure Detection
  • Intelligently Redirect Traffic to Active Gateways

Active Directory & LDAP Integration

  • Multiple cn Search
  • Group wise different package
  • User Life Cycle Management
  • Multiple Login Limit

System Management

  • Seamless Roaming (Wired to Wireless)
  • IP Pool Management
  • Login Once
  • Zero Configuration
  • DHCP and DNS
  • SmartNat
  • SNAT Management
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Demographic Field Option
  • Basic Firewall System
  • Syslog Configurations
  • Swift User Migration Facility
  • Data backup and restore
  • Network Management Options

Administration

  • Role Based Multiple Level Administration
  • Change Password Options
  • Multi-functionality Dashboard Facility
  • Ease of admin interface
  • Quick configuration options

Reporting

  • Admin GUI Usage Log - *Audit Reports
  • NetKapture| Weblogger | iView Integration
  • Reports in CSV/Printable/Graphical/PDF
  • Diagnostic and System Health Check Tools
  • MIS & BI Reports

SMS Gateway

  • Integrated with well-known SMS gateways
  • Manage, Try and Create Facility
  • Facilitates different message templates
  • Send message at different events – Register/Renew/Login/Logout etc
  • Offers complete log of SMS sent
  • SMPP Support

Third Party Integrations

  • CRM Integration

Payment Gateway

  • Integrated with secured payment gateways
  • Facilitates online payment receivables
  • Flexible to integrate with any payment gateway
  • Integrated with 24online payment tracking
  • Admin GUI Usage Log - * Audit Reports
  • NetKapture | Weblogger | iView Integration
  • Reports in CSV/Printable/Graphical/PDF
  • Diagnostic and System Health Check Tools
  • MIS & BI Reports