The hotel is a wireless real name, deployed on an old network and deployed on a new network are two very difficult levels."I'll do whatever I want."The old hotel renovation program is..."You can do whatever you want with the conditions."Frankly, many manufacturers' programmes are designed to meet the criteria of new networks and have been changed when they encounter hotels in old web environments.
The most common forms of the old hotel network.
The first is..."One broadband plus a few home routers."This is a typical network of small hotels and economic hotels: the operator gives a broadband, the front desk has a home router, and the guest room AP is an independent little router. The whole network is not centralized, with each AP being divided. To be Wireless authenticated, it needs to be added a single gateway up there, where all traffic is collected and certified and released.
The second is..."Old corporate AC plus aAP but solids haven't been updated for years."The network structure itself is reasonable, with AC thinning AP deployments, but the equipment may have been over seven or eight years old. The AC solid version is old and does not support a new Portal protocol or re-direction. The modification option in this case is not about changing equipment; it is about running the authentication process without replacing the core equipment.
The third is..."Operator hosting"The network of hotels is the same as operators, and the ownership of equipment does not belong to hotels or the network is in the hands of hotels. This situation requires a real name certification modification that must be negotiated with the operator, either it takes over some of its control from the operator or it provides the certification module.
How do you get to the old network?
The old network is most afraid to move the core equipment. Once the core switch or AC is restarted or replaced, the entire network is broken and the old device is not necessarily reset 100%. So the safer way to adapt is by the gateway.——NATHHEL_AUTH_GATEWAY is not connected to the core chain, but rather draws the flow that needs certification through strategic routers or tactical DNS as a bypass.
The advantage of by-passing deployment is that it has the least impact on the network: even if NATSHEL_AUTH_GATEWAY is in trouble, it will affect the authentication process at best and not break up the network. The disadvantage is that the bypass program requires a network equipment configuration capability, and old equipment does not necessarily support a strategic route or strategy DNS.
The problem of inadequate export NAT and IP resources
An old hotel has a common problem: the IP address on the public network is very small, and probably only one or two. This is a difficult task for authentication logs to get out through one or two Internet IPs.
The solution is to make a two-tier MAC binding and IP association log on Authentication Gateway, recording the MAC address, assigned private network IP, authentication time, corresponding public network IP and time periods for each certified device. This would ensure the integrity of the retroactive source even if the NATSHELL_AGATEWAY layer did not provide logs itself.
Uneven wireless signal coverage leads to a problem of authentication disconnection
Wireless AP deployments in old hotels are usually based on coverage needs a few years or even ten years ago, and many rooms have signal blind areas or weak signal zones. Residents can connect to WiFi in their rooms with only one or two cells, the authentication process involves multiple HTTP interactions, and poor signals coupled with high drop-out rates increase the probability of certification timeouts.
This is not a problem that the certification system itself can solve, but it should be clear to the hotel when you do the wireless real name adaptation of hotels.——If wireless signal coverage is not in itself, the authentication experience will be affected. It is recommended that a round of wireless signal mapping be done before the remodeling project to identify problem areas for wireless optimization and then deployment of certification systems.
How do you control the risk of solid upgrades from old equipment?
Sometimes old switches or ACs do not support some of the network features required for authentication and must be upgraded. But the old equipment is high-risk for upscaled, which can turn bricks into a possible loss of configuration after upgrading.
When upgrades have to be made, complete configuration backup is recommended and the upgrades are preceded by a validation process on the pre-positioning or similar test equipment. The upgrades are scheduled at the lowest occupancy time (usually early morning working days) and are prepared in advance for rollback programmes and emergency spare parts.
The wireless real name certification of hotel hotels is not an advance in technology, but a test of respect for the current network conditions. Without respect for the current network conditions, forcing it to push according to the ideal approach, 89 times a wall.——It is recommended that the network be modified and certified, as well as wireless coverage optimized."Let the certification go."This is the goal, and other network adaptation needs are set in second phase. This allows for a controlled project cycle, risk management, and delivery before further optimization can be considered for a steady period of time.