ProCurve Wireless Guest Access Solution

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.

ProVision Switch 5400zl with Wireless Edge Services zl Module and radio ports

Required

Optional

PoE-enabled switches

»	ProCurve Switch 2650-PWR

»	ProCurve Switch 2626-PWR

»	ProCurve Switch 2600-8-PWR with Gigabit Uplink

»	ProCurve Switch 3500yl-24G-PWR

Unified Management software with ProCurve Manager Plus

»	ProCurve Manager Plus

»	ProCurve Mobility Manager 2.0 (WLAN mgmt and locating clients)

For enhanced security*

»	ProCurve Identity Driven Manager (IDM)
	To provide role-based access to guests

»	ProCurve NAC 800 Controller
	To secure the network from unauthorized users and devices

»	ProCurve Network Immunity Manager
	For threat management after the user or device connects

^*Requires radius based authentication.