AP

How it works

• It plugs into your wired network and broadcasts one or more Wi-Fi networks.
• Business models are powered through the same cable and managed from one screen, so a second or third unit shares the settings of the first.
• Each Wi-Fi network can be kept apart, so guests and staff never share the same space.

What can go wrong (example scenario)

A six-person clinic ran the whole office on the ISP's modem Wi-Fi. Patients joined the same network as the practice server. One patient's infected laptop scanned the network and found the server's open file share.

How WILDCARD handles it

Network covers the firewall, switch and on-premises authentication. Access points sit on that same network, typically with a staff Wi-Fi and a guest Wi-Fi that cannot see each other.

• A dental office needs coverage in every operatory plus a guest network for the waiting room.
• A law firm wants staff Wi-Fi tied to their Microsoft 365 login and nothing else on it.
• A retailer needs a point-of-sale network separate from customer Wi-Fi.

Example scenario: A small café-bookshop had one consumer router behind the counter. The point-of-sale tablet dropped offline every time the shop filled with customers on the free Wi-Fi. Two ceiling APs with a separate guest network fixed the drops, and the till never shared airtime with a customer's video call again.

A question owners ask

Can't I just use the Wi-Fi on my internet provider's modem?

For a one-person shop, perhaps. Once you have staff, a server or customers on the Wi-Fi, you need APs that separate guests from the business and cover the whole space.