HSNM for schools, campus universities, education & libraries
Executive Summary Global WiFi Growth There is a growing trend globally where more and more service providers, network operators and enterprises are deploying managed WiFi services for their subscribers and guests to use when visiting venues and when travelling. Managed WiFi is an unexploited business opportunity for service providers and network providers. A WiFi network is a great advantage for doing business with service providers and enterprises by offering on premise platform and services.
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WiFi is Essential in Education Key Points to Grow your Portfolio of WiFi Venues There is a growing trend globally where more and more service providers and network operators are deploying managed WiFi services for universities, colleges, schools and libraries. While offering a simply fast access to get students and teachers on board, you can: • • • • •
Display both landing page and contents dedicated to teachers and students Provide Internet plans specific for teachers and students Connect students with their own Microsoft and Google account Increase students satisfaction Reach students with particular courses
“Happy students are motivated students“
WiFi for Students and Teachers Quality WiFi Experience Manage every step of the WiFi experience, create Basic WiFi for students, Premium WiFi for teachers and staff members, dedicating special splash pages and WiFi plans. You have the advantage of offering multi registration forms, different products, requesting different data to different user groups.
Welcome Portal 100% Responsive Attractive, Relevant and Intuitive Experience when Accessing the WiFi Responsive: HSNM identifies the device resolution, by recognizing whether the user is connected from a mobile device or a laptop/computer. Welcome Portal is 100% responsive and it perfectly adapts to iPhone, iPad, Android.. Multilingual: no matter where your venues or customers are based, 5 languages to choose from, plus 3 custom languages
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Login Options Fast, Simple and Secure WiFi A key success factor is to offer the end-user an attractive, relevant and intuitive experience when they access the WiFi service. Students tend to otherwise abandon WiFi, which will limit the interest. The login process is a great opportunity to engage the student with a relevant message and/or survey. These messages and the portal design may be tailored to each location and user group: specific messages for students, staff members or for guests accessing the library.
External Authentication Take Advantage of Microsoft Active Directory More and more schools, colleges, universities, businesses see it as a great opportunity to reach more pupils and improve security when authenticating. Students, employees who are included in identity stores (such as Microsoft Active Directory) can also gain access through the credentialed Guest hotspot portal. In addition to favourite social networks, HSNM can connect with external identity sources such as Microsoft Active Directory LDAP servers to obtain user information for authentication and then authorize the students.
Are Students Happy at School? Survey Students to Increase Engagement Monitor the quality of service provided to the students using surveys. Customize the graphics, the type of question and response options. HSNM surveys guarantee results in real time, saving hours of paperwork and avoiding negative reviews.
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Student Questionnaires Improved Reputation A happy student is the best advertising that your school can receive Get Feedback via site surveys and real-time feedback notification. Improve online reputation and increase published positive reviews. Real-time feedback notification Do you prefer to know any kind of disappointment of your students while still studying at your school or university? Increase published positive reviews, avoid negative ones and make your students be happy.
Keep Students and Staff Safe The On-Premise Platform to Protect Student and Teacher Privacy and Data Now more than ever, data and privacy protection play a fundamental role in running a business both ethically and correctly. All data are stored securely on your HSNM server, protecting private information about people is just as important as safeguarding other important business data.
Interstitial Video and Messages Be Proactive with Your One-to-Many Communications with Students and Teachers Need to engage students and already have an automated email? Think about adding a video so students aren’t just reading, but seeing that the message is from a real person. Use a variety of One-to-Many communication channels Students will respond better to different forms of communication because everyone has different preferences and learning styles. Create interstitial messages and videos to send personalized messages to students and teachers. Trigger message and video based on specific student age and demographics to promote a particular course or a scholarship offered by an education partner.
Radius Server
Everything Within a Unique Solution HSNM has an integrated radius server that uses AAA concept (Authentication Authorization Accounting) to manage network access.
Radius Server
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Authentication: the appliance can authenticate users via simple methods (PAP, CHAP). Many kinds of NAS are supported (LigoWave, MikroTik, Cisco Meraki, Ruckus, etc.) and a lot of client operating systems are supported, including Windows XP (SP1 and SP2) and Vista, Linux, Mac OSX, and many others.
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Authorization: both pre-authentication and post-authentication policies are supported. Polices (time and traffic credit, speed, timeouts, etc.) is stored in databases. IP addresses are allocated based on the one defined inside the appliance.
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Accounting: all common accounting methods are supported. Accounting data can be logged to internal database. Interim-update is also supported.
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Proxy (Federation): any RADIUS request can be proxied to an external radius server (Federation). Standard RADIUS realms (IPASS, @, %, etc.) are supported.
High Availability
Ensuring High-Value Services and their Continuity High availability means having systems that are designed to ensure the survival of the service while facing unexpected events, whether hardware or software type. HSNM is designed to respond to any negative events that can reasonably happen in order to keep on providing services without blocks for Customers. How it is obtained:
Round Robin Hosts: more than one HSNM provide services based on a circular order. In this way the work load is distributed (Load balancing). If a host is off or has problems, all requests arrive to other active hosts. This opportunity has been present for some time in the HSNM but the customer had to use the external DB. Data replication: allows you to have the same data synchronized in real time across multiple HSNMs. The replication system adopted is Multi Master Circular Replication "where on all the involved hosts, reading and writing can be performed and the data are propagated by each member to the rest of the group. If a host is off, or has problems or is switched on again, other hosts reconfigure themselves automatically.
Hardware Partners
Working with the Infrastructure in Place HSNM Hotspot Manager is directly compatible with Cisco, Ruckus, MikroTik, LigoWave, Cisco Meraki, Open Mesh, Cambium Network, Cradlepoint, Teltonika, Fortinet, TP-Link Omada Controller, Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar, Unify Controller.
Extend the Features of your MikroTik
Tight MikroTik Integration
HSNM allows obtaining the maximum of integration as auto-configuration of the router, scripts are generated by HSNM, plus dynamic Walled Gardens based on the configuration inputs on active Ad campaigns and dynamic update of the gateways configurations. • •
Auto-configuration + self set up PPPoE support
Excellent addon • Hight level Captive Portal features • Emphasis on Graphical design • Network and AP monitoring • On-time warnings of the network health
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