Providing internet service to visitors is increasingly a necessity, whether we are talking about a shopping mall, an educational campus, or a corporate office. Good guest internet service reflects well on how IT services are managed inside the company, and visitor information can be processed with analytics techniques that produce valuable business insight.
Offering guest internet service does, however, bring significant challenges for a correct implementation, among them: network access portals, bandwidth control, and protection of corporate resources. Cisco addresses these issues through its two wireless product lines: Meraki and Aironet.