Use Case 4 Design Example: In-Room Ap For Wireless And Wired Service - Meru Networks AP110 Deployment Manual

After VPN-enabled APs that are deployed in branch offices, which are geographically
dispersed, are connected to the Internet, the APs automatically establish a tunnel with the
Headquarters network.
The APs are still managed by the centralized controller, which also performs configuration
tasks, real-time statistics gathering, troubleshooting, and so on. For this particular deployment
scenario, a tunneled SSID is made available in all branch offices for visiting HQ users. The
branch office users will be connecting to a bridged SSID/wired port profile for the branch users
to share local network resources.
The following is configured for this use case:

A tunneled ESSID named "corporate" is created for corporate network access.
Corporate user security is applied to this ESSID.

The AP wired interfaces are part of a port profile named "Branch-office-wired," which is
in bridged mode. All traffic originated from devices directly connected to the wired
interfaces of the AP or from the network switch is forwarded to the local network.

A bridged ESSID named "branch-office" is created for branch-office use. The traffic
from users connected to this ESSID is also forwarded only in the local network. Wired
and wireless users can also share local network resources at the same time.

Use Case 4 Design Example: In-Room AP for Wireless and Wired Service

The hospitality industry is seeing a rise in guests' smartphones usage, but there are many
hotels still providing only wired Internet service in guest rooms. In a situation where guests
need to use smartphones or tablets to access the Internet in hotel rooms using Wi-Fi, there is
a need to deploy access points. Traditional access points are placed in hallways or common
outlets, which sacrifices the coverage and throughput requirements. Providing in-room access
becomes a huge administrative effort with tedious channel planning and costly site surveys,
and pulling new wiring can also destroy the interior decoration. Providing IPTV, IP phones, and
printers as guest services in hotels adds to the complexity of adding additional cable drops to
rooms. Figure 13 illustrates this use case.
For use by Meru Networks authorized partners and customers. 25