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