Education WiFi

Large university in South India that caters to over 18000 students Over 16 campus buildings housing different departments Automate user registration and enforce authentication of students, staff and visitors Over 500 DLink access points and 16 different VLANs Highly redundant and failsafe architecture

Deployed Campus Series UniBox controllers in active-active configuration Designed solution to handle 12000+ concurrent users SMS/OTP two-factor authentication was implemented and user logs were maintained for one year. Automated student registration using approval-based method and MIS integration Enforced access and bandwidth policies for each group of users Maintained access logs and browsing history of each student

Significant improvement in uptime of the WiFi network in the campus Reduced WiFi complaints by 50% after automating registration and enforcing single sign-on Increased average browsing speed per student by 60%

Bell Canada was upgrading Internet infrastructure in student housing near universities Needs reliable and high performance controller for managing user access and bandwidth Network needed to support HD video, Gaming consoles, video conferencing and streaming Needed controller that provided full control, diagnostics and usage analytics

Bell Canada deployed UniBox controllers for managing the wireless infrastructure Seamlessly integrated with existing Cisco and Ruckus infrastructure Provided zero downtime with failover architecture Implemented multi-WAN for bandwidth aggregation and bandwidth control policies

Improved network performance by 70% within 1 year Reliable and free Internet increased occupancy for student housing by 30% Residents were able to easily setup new devices like gaming consoles on the network

Sharda University is one of the largest universities in North India with 20,000 students Needed campus wide WiFi network with reliable network controller Needed to handle 1 Gbps Internet backbone and evenly distribute Internet bandwidth Prevent Internet misuse, track student usage, logs browsing activity and filter URLs

Deployed UniBox controller for managing 200 acre campus network with failover architecture Created customized login and student registration process with email and phone verification Setup bandwidth rules, access policies and web filtering to track all student activities Implemented separate access network for visitors and staff

Managed network reduced network downtime and improved average browsing speed Helped system administrators keep student activities in check Reduced network complaints and provided greater visibility into the network