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Wi-Fi networks for hotels

Starlink, Ruijie gateways and repeaters and Tenda routers to cover whole hotels with cloud-managed Wi-Fi.

Period
2024–2025
Status
In production
Role
Technical consultant (installation, configuration and maintenance)
Partners
Bella Villa, Garden Hotel, Hotel Ananga

Problem

Hotels outside the cities have several spread-out blocks, little or no fibre, and Wi-Fi that only reaches the reception. Guests, conference rooms and the pool shared one uncontrolled network.

Solution

Starlink as the main uplink, a Ruijie gateway at reception and mesh repeaters per block, with access points outdoors and at the pool. Separate SSIDs per zone (guests, rooms, conference, pool) and remote management through Ruijie Cloud, which shows clients and traffic and allows fixing issues without a site visit.

Technical decisions

  1. 01

    Wireless mesh between blocks instead of cable

    Running cable between blocks separated by gardens and paths was costly and slow. Ruijie repeaters chained from the reception gateway cover each block and can be replaced one at a time.

  2. 02

    One SSID per zone

    Separating guests, rooms, conference and pool shows where the traffic is and allows limiting one zone without affecting the others.

  3. 03

    Cloud management for remote maintenance

    The hotels are hours away by road. With Ruijie Cloud, topology, clients and traffic are visible from anywhere and many issues are fixed without a trip.

Images

01 / 04 — Garden Hotel Ruijie Cloud dashboard with clients, 7-day traffic and ranking by SSID

Technologies

  • Networking

Verifiable results

Ruijie gateway and repeaters installed at Bella Villa
1 + 7
devices connected to the Garden Hotel Wi-Fi in one week
709

SDGs

  • SDG 9 · Industry, Innovation and Infrastructureprimary

    Starlink as the main uplink and cloud-managed Wi-Fi bring connectivity to hotels outside the cities, where fibre does not reach.