M.S. Ramaiah University, Bangalore
Problem
- 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
Solution
- Deployed Campus Series UniBox controllers in active-active configuration
- Designed solution to handle 12000+ concurrent users
- 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
Result
- 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%
Student Housing, Toronto
Problem
- 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
Solution
- 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
Result
- 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, Noida
Problem
- 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
Solution
- 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
Result
- 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