Netloan Wi-Fi - Technical Overview

Wi-Fi Hardware


The Netloan Wi-Wi software is designed to work with a range of Wireless Access Points and Controllers that best suits your requirements and budget. As a guide we recommend using HP ProCurve hardware as it used extensively with Netloan in the UK providing solid performance and offers a wide range of functionality. Specifically, the exact HP ProCurve items are as follows:

Recommended Wi-Fi Hardware


Controller: Any of the MSM 700 Series Access Controllers.
Access Point: Any of the MSM 300 Series Wireless Access Points.

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The Wi-Fi module provides the authentication source for your library users. Access to the internet is controlled via a radius compliant gateway. Communication with the gateway is handled by Microsoft Internet Authentication Service.


The following flowchart diagram shows the process in order:





A simple network diagram of Wi-Fi in use in a netloan site is as follows: