A free upgrade to all users, Evolution Gateway has now been upgraded to v1.5 with all the following features added. Even more reason to move your hotel to the leading cloud platform from Fourteen IP.

WLAN management

Manage all your wifi networks through Evolution Gateway Supported modes:

• Open
• WPA1 – PSK

–  802.1W

• hotspot

Personal Area Network support

Personal area network / conference network in control of the guest

A personal Area Network is dedicated guest network where the guest can connect all his devices and communicate with other pre-installed in-room devices such as the TV. A personal Area Network can be created by setting up a unique wireless SSID controlled by the guest with a PSK only the guest knows. Another way is by joining an 802.1X network where the guest is automatically placed in his own guest / room VLAN.

802.1X onboarding

Support for automatic WiFi profile installation on Apple products

WiFi signal strength reporting

Available today on Ruckus ZoneDirector™ or SmartZone™

Bandwidth utilization reporting

A clear calendar overview showing the percentage of network utilization at any given moment.

Deeper network analytics

This release offers new ways to analyze the usage on guest statistics on your network

• Summary report
• Bandwidth utilisation report
• Recurring vs new guests
• More text based reports
  • Bandwidth utilization par service tier
  • Bandwidth utilization per location

• Notifications or web hooks that can be triggered by a wide range of events.

Survey incentives

Incentivise your customer for completing a survey

• Free upgrade to a higher tier
• Allow creation of a Personal Area Network
• Allow on-boarding on the secure 802.1X network

Guest portal page

The guest portal has a lot more options and is even easier to use.

• Postpone the login process after a survey is completed
• Use the portal only for secure guest on-boarding
• Managing the guest portal page is even easier using the new visual
• Support for the v3 einterface from Marriott

WIFI re-authentication

Evolution Gateway now supports networks that perform MAC address authentication as a method of joining the WIFI. This has the added advantage that a guest can be placed in a unique VLAN supporting the Personal Area Network functionality.

Other improvements

• Location tracking integration Xirrus
• You can manually add MAC addresses to an existing account
• PMS field policies (only match part of the guest name)
• WLAN AP info in network view (firmware, model, status)
• SSH tunnel support (instead of direct connection to AP)
• Currency can be set per service tier
• Account template

Authenticate a guest based on an account template will create a new account with similar settings leaving the template intact.

• Security – White list support
• Automatic cleanup of accounts after a period of inactivity
• Performance improvements

For more information on Evolution Gateway contact Evolution Gateway