By: Paul Facey
Does your office utilize a wireless network? If so, what would happen if that WiFi connection crashed or wasn’t functioning at peak performance? Employees depend on their connection to not only do their job but for inter and intraoffice communications. Whether they are connecting with their computer, cell phone, printer, or another device, their connection to the outside world relies heavily on this. Therefore, truly, there is no time for downtime.
As a business leader, what can you to do help lessen the chances of an outage occurring? You can partner with a leader in the IT and Communications industry and let them take the worry off your shoulders. When you subscribe to Managed Networking from Networks Plus you instantly have peace of mind when it comes to your wireless network!
1. All WiFi equipment is provided by the Networks Plus team. This means no more guessing about what type of access points or switches are needed. Our team handles all the math and design of your WiFi network. This way, if your organization grows, the WiFi can grow right alongside it.
2. All maintenance is handled by our team. This includes managing the software, firmware, and equipment updates required to keep the network as secure as possible. In addition to the software, our team also tracks the uptime status of the equipment. This ensures the wireless access points, switches, and all supporting software is replaced when it no longer meets current security requirements or is not functioning as expected.
3. We specialize in 'Done-For-You' Troubleshooting. If your WiFi performance slows or coverage becomes insufficient due to an office expansion or re-organization, our team will locate those bottlenecks, poor coverage areas, and performance issues to keep your wireless network performing at its best. In addition, we will help optimize the placement of access points in your environment to ensure the most efficient network possible.
4. Security is one of our primary concerns for all clients. To help protect your Wireless Network(s) our team will review the wireless security plan with you to ensure that the best measures possible are being implemented. This includes areas such as wireless security types, internal guest network isolation, wireless key complexity, key change frequency, as well as limiting the hours of your guest network. Our Networks Plus team will sit down with you to cover the reasons why all of this is so important.
5. Wireless Network Passwords and Keys should be rotated semiannually. Oftentimes this is something easily overlooked. Our team will reach out regularly to remind your organization of this, along with making recommendations if more sophisticated access restrictions are needed.
We understand how difficult it can be to keep up with current security standards with everything else you have on your plate – like focusing on the overall success of your organization. Let our team handle your wireless network and switch management so you can take care of what matters most to you.