ProCurve Wireless Guest Access Solution


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	Visitors to your organization no longer expect to be greeted just with a cup of coffee and a handshake. They also expect access to your wireless network so they can be as productive as possible. Deploying guest access over a wireless network provides visitors with tools they need to help grow their business and yours. It also creates a sophisticated and positive image of your company with customers, partners and other visitors. ProCurve’s guest access solution delivers secure, monitored access to guests without compromising the security of a corporate network. ProCurve’s network foundation does that through a unified wired and wireless infrastructure.

Environments to consider

The business value of wireless guest access can be found in its many uses, including:

Businesses wanting to enable guests to connect to internet
Retail stores giving access to temporary workers
Customer briefing centers or demo centers
Airports giving different levels of access to travelers and contingent workers
Hospitals giving patients access to internet
Training institutions giving access to trainees
Transit business centers enabling network access to business people
Universities giving guest access to visiting faculty
Companies enabling access to temporary joint development teams
Vendors or suppliers wanting to manage inventory, re-order parts from customer sites

Customer Benefits

ProCurve’s wireless guest access solutions deliver:

Secure yet flexible
Flexible access that gives guests the ability to access Internet without compromising the security of the enterprise network.
Ease of provisioning
Guest provisioning can be easily handled by any designated person, reducing the burden on IT organizations.
Control and visibility
ProCurve’s solution provides granular control of the guest traffic and visibility into network activities. The administrator can control access by time of day, duration of day and location.

What comprises the solution?

ProCurve’s wireless guest access solution is comprised of hardware and management software to deliver a rich set of capabilities:

Hardware

Hardware ProVision ASIC switches with Wireless Edge Services module and radio ports, or stand alone access points to provide wireless coverage.

Guest portals are built into hardware to simplify provisioning of guests. To implement advanced security capabilities like role based access, quarantining devices or guest roaming can be implemented with radius server based guest authentication using ProCurve’s NAC 800 Controller.

Management

ProCurve Manager Plus, a highly integrated management platform, includes plug-in modules that deliver specific features. Those include locating a guest device, threat management and role-based access – all delivered via a single console.