Let’s celebrate World WiFi Day 2021

by Marco Papavero | Jun 17, 2021 | TanazaOS, What's new

Let’s celebrate World WiFi Day 2021

20th June, Tanaza celebrates World WiFi Day 2021. The global event is organized every year by Wireless Broadband Alliance and developed by the Connected City Advisory Board (CCAB). This recurrent event of the networking industry aims to encourage not only cities and government parties but also operators, service providers, MSPs, ISPs, tech vendors, and internet dealers, to come together to deliver connectivity to everyone, everywhere.

“Connecting the unconnected”

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When is World WiFi Day?

Every 20th of June, the world celebrates the phenomenal role that Wi-Fi plays in our life by connecting people & things.

What is World WiFi Day?

World WiFi Day 2021 celebrates innovations and new projects that help bridge the digital divide worldwide. The goal is to improve consumer access in broadband-deprived areas in both developed and developing countries. Although the number of urban unconnected is highest in the Middle East and the Asia Pacific regions, connectivity remains an essential concern in Europe and North America as well. The need for urban connectivity can be due to several technological issues, often discussed by local and national political entities.

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Why do we support World WiFi Day every year

Tanaza supports the initiatives aimed at disrupting the WiFi market since the beginning. Our mission is to increase the availability, affordability, and awareness of high-quality internet access to make Wi-Fi more accessible. Tanaza creates value by freeing operators from locked-in vertical solutions that impose a software and hardware bundle.

Tanaza leverages the software and hardware disaggregation paradigm, allowing users to upgrade to TanazaOS multiple devices from different vendors. We believe that today’s market is a breeding ground for the disaggregation of software and hardware to be shared also in the WiFi networking market.
Tanaza is continuously committed, through projects and partnerships, to transforming hardware and software unbundling in WiFi into reality.

Tanaza strives to provide high-quality network services to underserved areas that have not had access due to a lack of infrastructure or high costs. Tanaza is a member of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), a collaborative community among telecom companies that work to improve the infrastructure behind global connectivity. From 2019, it continues to contribute to the project, to accelerate innovation in telecommunication networks, through standardized, open-source, and disaggregated network solutions. In particular, Tanaza launched the Open Wi-Fi System project, giving proof of the compatibility of the Wi-Fi management cloud platform with TIP’s open-AP stack software, including the OpenSync™ open-source framework.

In 2020, Tanaza joined Facebook Connectivity’s Express Wi-Fi Technology Partner Program, which facilitates network equipment operators to produce network hardware and software that is compatible with Express Wi-Fi by Facebook. This project is part of Facebook Connectivity, a collection of programs, technologies, and partnerships designed to increase the availability, affordability, and awareness of high-quality internet access. Program members are currently collaborating to connect underserved communities around the world and bring more people online to faster internet access.

Over the years, Tanaza has won numerous awards, both general and sectoral (IDC Innovator; Wi-Fi Now Best Enterprise Software; Seal of Excellence of the European Commission), and has received funding under the Horizon2020 project for the TanazaOS project.

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How to Improve WiFi Network Security

by Marco Papavero | May 27, 2021 | All articles, Cloud Management, Networking, TanazaOS, WiFi Networks, Wireless Hardware

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How to Improve WiFi Network Security

Discover how to improve the Wi-Fi security of your network deployments.

Protecting your WiFi Network from intrusion might be difficult if there is a breach in your network. In today’s world, nothing is more precious than data and to protect it from getting into the wrong hands is all you need to do. We always have to look out for malicious users trying to access networks and sensitive data that includes email IDs and passwords, and information about your bank accounts. It is important to understand that the WiFi systems extend beyond the walls of your workplace if you have not kept some security on the network. It will get difficult for you to control if someone gains access to your WiFi network. To improve WiFi security, the administrators have to constantly check their usernames and passwords to ensure that only authorized persons can connect to the network.

The administrator can also configure their network with password-protected SSIDs or even hide them to improve WiFi security. Usually, when we install the WiFi, we don’t realize much about its safety until all our devices are connected, and there is no issue with its speed or signal. However, this ignorance can make us prone to cyberattacks. We live in the age of data breaches, so it is of utmost importance that we practice certain steps to keep our WiFi network safe.

Few steps can help Improve WiFi Security:

1- Use strong passwords for accounts and access points

While setting up the passwords for our access points, we often try to use those that we can easily guess to remember them. We must not forget that changing your default username and using strong passwords is a primary step to improve WiFi security. The difficult passwords are often the safest, and the administrator must set up one that is the combination of a string of random characters. Changing the default name of your access point is crucial as the default credentials of the famous WiFi access points are widely known.

Make sure that your password is unique and strong, and it is recommended that you change usernames and passwords for your access points frequently, every 30-90 days. By doing this, it will be difficult for anyone to guess them and restrict them from consuming your data.

2- Enable SSID encryption

One of the best ways to improve WiFi security is to change the name of your WiFi network, formerly known as SSID. Changing your WiFi name will be harder for the attackers to know which type of access point you are using. To ensure full-proof network security, it is important that you must hide all your SSIDs so that other users are not able to locate them. With the Tanaza platform, you will be able to encrypt your SSID to eliminate the possibility of your access point falling into the hands of an unauthorized person.

The Tanaza platform lets you add a maximum of 8 SSIDs for each Access point. You can configure each SSID individually. By clicking on a particular SSID, you’ll be redirected to its configuration that is divided into three: Summary, Wireless Security, and Bandwidth. Encrypting your SSID is most important to have a secure access point. By default, the SSID you have added is enabled with open encryption, which means any user can access it. For encrypting your SSID, with Tanaza you can choose from the various encryption levels such as WPA2 or WPA2-Enterprise. The Tanaza platform offers a splash page editor that allows WiFi professionals to configure, edit and customize their portal.

3- Filter MAC Addresses

Every device that connects to a network has a MAC (Media Access Controller) address. It is also known as a physical address as it is the identifier of the network card, which is unique. No two devices in the World can have the same MAC address. Filtering MAC addresses is one of the critical parts of improving your WiFi Access Point security. To filter the MAC address, you have to open the configuration window in your device and list MAC addresses to connect to the network.

In the Tanaza platform, you can also blacklist a specific user’s MAC address. There are various configuration options by which you can restrict users to connect to a specific SSID.

4- Monitor WiFi users activity

By Monitoring your WiFi activity, you make sure that there is no unusual activity in your WiFi network. You need to check on your data usage how much data is used on a particular day and at a specific time. With the Tanaza platform, you can easily monitor your WiFi network’s performance by seeing the number of clients currently associated with WiFi SSID and monitoring how much bandwidth they consume.

It is one of the best ways that will improve WiFi security to a great extent. You will even be able to track your device’s traffic flow at the WiFi network and the access point level. Tanaza also allows users to analyze and track the performance of WiFi networks using statistics.

5- Choose a WiFi cloud platform with high levels of reliability and scalability

Selecting a WiFi Cloud Platform that can provide you with an intuitive and powerful user interface is suitable for enterprise and retail environments. You need to select a platform that ensures the complete security of your WiFi network. To improve your WiFi security, you need a cloud platform that offers you a configuration suitable to your needs. Tanaza is the platform that you can trust fully as they are empowering hundreds of networks Worldwide. Hundreds of IT professionals have adopted their WiFi cloud platform.

6- Manage WiFi networks with a cloud platform that guarantees 99.99% Availability

The Tanaza WiFi Cloud Platform is among the few that guarantees 99.99% availability. It is one of the percentages used to communicate the system’s operational performance. It is one of the core features of the Tanaza platform based on the World’s most reliable cloud platform service. The level of high availability is guaranteed by the internal monitoring process that includes 24×7 failure detection with rapid term response which recovers data up to the latest few minutes. The powerful AWS platform by Amazon adds an extra layer of security in terms of availability.

7- Verify security levels for the cloud management platform you use

It is necessary to verify the security levels for the cloud management platform that you are using. Tanaza ensures complete security that will protect you from potential breaches in your network. They use Amazon AWS as a secure cloud services platform. The access to the core systems is not protected by passwords only, but also any remote access will be restricted by IP address. The firewalls highly protect their systems. For monitoring the access and potential threats, a 24×7 services logging is operative. From the user’s point of view, all sensitive data is secured with highly controlled and restricted access.

It is important that you secure your access point to save your data. Securing your WiFi can be done by configuring them with strong encryption protocols that prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your WiFi network. Tanaza focuses on the importance of data protection which is why they are considered best to improve WiFi security. They comply with the EU regulations and ensure that their tools are sufficient to protect personal data. Securing your network must be the top priority of any organization and if you have a platform that will remotely monitor your network’s performance is a gift. Start managing your devices today with Tanaza, the WiFi cloud management platform.

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How to boost WiFi signal

by Marketing Team | May 18, 2021 | Cloud Management, Network Monitoring, Tanaza Account Management, TanazaOS, WiFi Networks

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How to boost WiFi signal – Tips to improve wireless strength

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How to boost WiFi Signal is an easy task with Tanaza. Read our easy tips to improve wireless network strength.

Slow internet frustrates us the most when we are doing some important task and are in dire need of fast internet connectivity. In today’s time, WiFi is a utility that is as important as water and electricity, and if you experience a weakened or dropped WiFi connection, it can be quite annoying. WiFi is a fickle thing, and it is very much possible that its speed may vary dramatically from one day to another. It is also expected that sometimes you won’t get the speed promised by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Several factors influence your WiFi speed, and it will be crucial if you have a brief knowledge about them to avoid such scenarios.

You might want to know how to boost your WiFi signal to get things going quickly with your work. There are several ways by which you can think of boosting your WiFi signal. If your internet is not working at the speed at which it is supposed to, this might be the right time to consider a few upgrades.

How to boost WiFi signal in 7 easy steps

First of all, before considering changing your IP or changing your WiFi access point, it will be good if you try to troubleshoot to diagnose the issue by yourself. Here are the seven easy steps that will show you how to boost your WiFi signal:

1- Run a Speed Test

There are plenty of reasons depicting why you have less WiFi signal, and it’s an excellent way to start with the basics. Run a speed test to see whether you are getting the promised speed by your Internet Service Provider. Your speed will depend on your ISP and your internet plan. To check your internet speed, try speedtest.net or google and type ‘Internet Speed Test’ in the search bar. Check your speed if it is up to the mark, and if not, run the same test with a cable to the router. If after running both tests the result is the same and you are not getting the desired speed, then go to step 2.

2- Reposition/ Relocate your AP to boost WiFi signal

If your access point has passed the speed test, but your WiFi signal is still dropping, it might be because of its poor positioning. You need to place your access point in a location with less interference. Not all places are suitable as materials like metal, wood, plastics, cardboard, and even walls can disrupt a WiFi signal to an extent. The WiFi signal becomes sluggish as they have trouble penetrating the solid materials.

The best place that is considered to put your WiFi is a central location as it will have the best chance to reach the extremities of your site. You can even see a slight boost in your WiFi signal by elevating your access point above the floor level.

It’s a fact that your access point location will affect your WiFi coverage. To have a significant boost in your WiFi signal, you must place your AP in an open space, away from the walls and obstruction. If your AP is placed behind any wall right now, you will see a drastic improvement in your WiFi signal just by changing the location.

3- Update Your AP Firmware

It is one of the crucial things you can check on your access point. The manufacturers always work towards improving the software to get more speed and enhanced signal out from them. If you have updated AP firmware, it will also protect you from the growing number of large-scale malware attacks.

Malware can infect your access point, which can steal its bandwidth and spreads itself across the network to other devices. It is pretty easy to update your access point. Launch your web browser on your computer and connect to your access point’s network. You will get an option of updating your current AP firmware once you log in with the admin username and password. You will easily find the update process in the administration interface, so you need to hit that update button.

However, if you use Tanaza with each firmware update you will benefit from the latest security patches and new and improved features. What’s more, Tanaza allows you to manage all your multi-vendor access points from a single dashboard as well as manage unlimited networks and appoint collaborators to subsets of your networks and organizations. Discover all the features of Tanaza the WiFi cloud management platform.

4- Add an extra WiFi AP to your network

Suppose you are not experiencing any significant boost in your signal after trying the techniques mentioned above. In that case, you might want to consider adding an extra WiFi AP to your network. All-access points are part of a single wireless network and share the same SSID and password, due to which you will remain connected throughout your place. You can also add one or two ‘Extenders.’ WiFi Extenders are small devices that amplify the WiFi signal and extend its coverage. You need to plug in these devices near your WiFi access point so that they receive a solid and reliable signal.

Learn more about how to calculate the number of access points required when deploying a WiFi network.

5- Switch the radio channel and select a less congested channel

Signals from other wireless networks can have a significant impact on speed. Let it be microwaves, cordless telephones, or various electronic devices. There are multiple WiFi channels on which WiFi access points are broadcasted. If you are experiencing a loss in signal, switch the radio signal.

There are two wireless frequencies in WiFi access points. One is 2.4GHz, and the other is 5GHz. Though there are 13-14 channels, we use three non-overlapping channels that are 1, 6, and 11. By default, most of our networks are on channels 1, 6, and 11. Since they are the ones that avoid interference, we use them a lot which is why we get less speed. On the other hand, 5GHz, wireless frequency has 23 non-overlapping channels, so it has more speed but comparatively less range.

The Tanaza platform allows you to monitor and select the radio channel that is not used by many networks in your area. Learn more about how to configure the radio mode channel with Tanaza

6- Check the number of concurrent users within the network

You need to check the number of concurrent users within a particular network or access point. These are the users who are connected within a network or distributed among various APs. Now let us say if there are more users connected to a particular access point, you will feel the lack of signal in your WiFi network.

In such a case, using the ‘Roaming’ concept will be helpful as it can automatically shift users to another AP, which usually has a stronger signal. It will only work in case there are multiple APs set up in a particular workplace.

Learn how to calculate the number of APs you need for the number of concurrent users you plan to give.

7- Check if your device is a legacy device and upgrade your AP with antennas

If your WiFi access point has an internal antenna, adding an external one will significantly help transmit a stronger signal. You can choose between various types of antennas, such as omnidirectional and directional antennas. The omnidirectional antennas are those which send a signal to all directions. The directional antennas, on the other hand, send a signal to only one direction. However, directional antennas are considered a better option as they send a signal in one specific direction. It is better because you might not be experiencing weak spots in your network in every direction. You can improve the WiFi signal by pointing your external antenna in the direction where the signal lacks. Upgrading to an external antenna is a great way to boost your WiFi signal at your workplace without buying an additional access point. If you have tried searching everything on boosting WiFi signal, let us assure you that these seven steps are proven and tested ways of boosting your WiFi signal when you are experiencing slow internet connectivity. Always remember to have an encrypted password-protected Access Point so that only authorized persons use it. Using the latest WiFi technologies will also help prevent the poor signal in your WiFi.

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7 reasons why MSPs should invest in cloud WiFi solutions

by Marco Papavero | May 7, 2021 | Cloud Management, Network Monitoring, Tanaza Account Management, TanazaOS, WiFi Networks

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7 reasons why MSPs should invest in a cloud WiFi solution

Nowadays, MSPs need to be equipped with the right technology to provide their customers with cloud WiFi solutions. Instead of deploying expensive, non-scalable on-premises solutions or cloud key controller-dependant networks, migrate your customers’ network deployments to the cloud and go peace of mind.

Offer customers seamless network solutions with zero on-site network infrastructure required. This further means no unnecessary wiring and other internet essentials. Deliver a network management service that is centralized and is scalable, managed from anywhere in the world as it’s all in the cloud.

Reasons to invest in cloud WiFi solutions as Tanaza

#Reason 1: 24/7 Monitoring

MSPs need to have resources that allow them to monitor at any time during the day or night. The modern world no longer operates on an office hour schedule; it rathers functions around the clock.

Tanaza enables MSPs to monitor 24/7 WiFi networks’ performance indicators thanks to real-time statistics. It works both at the network and access point level. With Tanaza, MSPs can guarantee their customers 24/7 monitoring with our cloud-based network management platform.

Analyze and track the performance of networks and access points using historical statistics. Furthermore, configure access points and networks proactively based on the data collected over time. Additionally, make adjustments to network-wide configurations based on the number of client devices connected to an SSID, measure bandwidth consumption and WiFi channels distribution for each AP.

#Reason 2: Improved security in the cloud

Since the beginning of COVID-19, there has been a significant increase in the number of data breaches, as the pandemic has forced companies to move their business to remote operations. As such, security has become a significant issue. According to a recent Kaspersky report, over 666 million records containing sensitive information were compromised in 2020.

Businesses now more than ever care about their network security. Tanaza’s communication architecture and protocols have been designed to ensure the highest levels of security and reliability. The traffic coming from client devices and access point management, which passes through a 256-bit SSL encrypted tunnel, are entirely separated for safety.

Furthermore, Tanaza domains are certified, and the platform is hosted on Amazon Web Services to ensure the highest levels of reliability in the market. In addition, Tanaza continuously releases security patches to deliver the latest platform enhancements to keep cyber threats at bay. Read what Tanaza does to prevent a data breach.

#Reason 3: Cloud-based disaster recovery and data backup

As everything is hosted in the cloud, data doesn’t get lost. Data related to network configurations set up by users in the Tanaza dashboard is stored on a Database using Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). Instead, data specific to network analytics, like devices’ statistics, is saved on No-SQL databases hosted on AWS servers.

Tanaza grants 99.99 % availability. This level of High Availability, or HA, is guaranteed by internal monitoring processes, which include 24×7 failure detection with rapid team response, recovering data up to the latest few minutes.

#Reason 4: Increased efficiency

Tanaza is a centralized management platform with vendor-agnostic capabilities. It allows MSPs to manage multi-vendor WiFi access points from the cloud seamlessly.

Manage an unlimited number of networks and access points from a single platform. Appoint collaborators to specific subsets of networks and organizations with the multi-tenant role-based feature.

The Tanaza Operating System works with the most commercial access point brands and also runs out of the box on selected OEM WiFi access points for a plug-and-play experience. Discover the devices that work with Tanaza

#Reason 5: Cost saving

Tanaza allows you to make substantial savings due to the elimination of expensive hardware controllers in the architecture and reduced on-site maintenance interventions.

Besides, compared to other professional cloud WiFi solutions available in the market, Tanaza’s flexible licensing system allows you to reduce your CAPEX significantly. Tanaza WiFi cloud management is a SaaS that helps you to start managing a few access points and then scale when you need it. Discover Tanaza’s pricing plans.

#Reason 6: Automated IT tasks

Schedule WiFi network maintenance to minimize slowness and load peaks after a long uptime.
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Get an overview of your network’s health status and use historical and real-time data to better understand the performance of your networks.
Remotely reboot WiFi access points at a specific hour and weekday.
Users can enable email notifications on Tanaza to receive information about the status of the access points in real-time.

#Reason 7: Troubleshooting tools

Tanaza has a set of embedded tools that allows MSPs to troubleshoot networks in the cloud with no need for onsite travels.

Also, with the Tanaza operating system, the access points are not rebooted when a new configuration is applied; also, in multi-SSID environments, the clients are not disconnected from their SSIDs when another one is re-configured.

What do you get if you switch to Tanaza cloud WiFi solution

Features
100% Cloud-based (No AWS instance needed)	✔︎
Centralized Management	✔︎
24/7 Remote Monitoring	✔︎
Auto rollback capability	✔︎
Zero-touch provisioning	✔︎
Multi-vendor compatibility	✔︎
Multi-site management	✔︎
Multi-organization management from a single dashboard	✔︎
Role-based administration at no extra cost	✔︎
Flexible subscription plans (license transferable to any access point)	✔︎
Manage unlimited networks and APs at no extra cost	✔︎
SSID management	✔︎
Network troubleshooting tools	✔︎
Built-in Hotspot	✔︎
Integration with third-party apps like Cloud4Wi, Classic Hotspot and Express Wi-Fi by Facebook	✔︎
Standard Customer Service Support	✔︎

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Discover Tanaza’s Splash Page Editor

by Marco Papavero | May 6, 2021 | Cloud Management, Partnerships, Tanaza Account Management, TanazaOS

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Discover Tanaza’s Splash Page Editor – No Coding Skills Required

Tanaza’s no-code splash page editor allows you to easily create Wi-Fi landing pages perfectly designed for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

Why a splash page can be handy for Guest WiFi

A splash page created according to specific design rules allows you to provide an exclusive web page to guest WiFi users, before accessing the Internet.
At the same time, it is a helpful tool that enables you to obtain from users who connect to a WiFi network contact details like email, name, and more.
Tanaza’s No-Code Splash Page Editor allows you to create a flexible splash page in few clicks.

How to Create a Splash Page for Guest WiFi

Editor functionality overview

Here is a brief overview of the possibilities that the Tanaza No-Code Splash Page editor allows you to create. Respecting the cardinal principles of web design, the splash page is divided into 3 main blocks, editable with paragraphs <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, etc., in full compliance with SEO hierarchy:
– Header
– Body
– Layout

A simplified way to create a perfect splash page in just a few clicks

It is possible to insert texts, images, buttons, and forms within each of these blocks.

It is possible to adjust the size of the spaces of each element with the margin and padding functions, modify the text parameters (including line spacing, font height, style, alignment, etc.) and define the position of the elements within the page thanks to simple directional cursors.

Background, text, and button colors can be configured as classes. This drastically reduces the editing time of multiple elements within multiple splash pages.

For instance, imagine that you want to simultaneously change the same class of color for 20 <h1> or 20 paragraphs of text. Without this exclusive feature, it would be necessary to open 20 different tabs and waste precious time editing every single heading tag or section, with the risk of making mistakes in the color change.

On the other hand, the color assignment function for classes allows users to change the color of all the desired elements belonging to a defined set in one click. Just like a professional web designer would do with CSS code.

No user data collected thanks to click-through login

Tanaza has implemented a new essential privacy feature in its powerful and flexible splash page editor. It’s the click-through login button. Users don’t need anymore to fill out useless authentication forms or create an account to go online. In this way, they can avoid exposing their own personal data.

Tanaza perfectly understands the need to combine high-level technology and elegant design. The click-through login button is 100% personalized: you can set background and text colors, choose the margin style, increase or decrease the size dimensions of the button, testing infinity ways of creativity.

Discover more about how to configure the click-through login.

WiFi voucher login to control the Guest WiFi Experience

Tanaza has implemented also a new feature to control the Guest WiFi Experience: the WiFi Voucher Login. The WiFi Voucher login allows the user to go online by providing a predefined voucher code through the splash page editor. They are valid for every on any desired splash page.

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Complete control of the final result in multiple resolutions

When the splash page is almost ready, it is essential to check multiple resolutions to ensure that each design element is displayed correctly on PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

The preview function allows users to preview the final result on multiple resolutions so users can adapt the layout in real-time.

Some examples of splash pages that you can create with the Tanaza editor

At Tanaza, we are proud of our splash page editor feature-set, which can meet everyone’s creativity needs. For this reason, together with our team of designers, we have created a layout catalog with some helpful information. We hope this catalog can also be an inspiration to create your splash page.

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WiFi Apps for Network Monitoring, WiFi ADV, Hotspot Management and much more

by Marco Papavero | Apr 29, 2021 | Cloud Management, Partnerships, Tanaza Account Management, TanazaOS

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WiFi Apps for Network Monitoring, WiFi ADV, Hotspot Management and much more

Tanaza released its own software marketplace and adding new Wi-Fi apps from Independent Software Vendors.

The Tanaza Marketplace Wi-Fi improves the Tanaza network ecosystem with additional solutions for network monitoring, Wi-Fi advertising, hotspot management, client identification, and several managed Wi-Fi services for MSPs, ISPs and SPs.

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Fing

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Accurate identification of client devices connected to your networks.

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Historical statistics

Network monitoring

Keep track of the status of devices and connected clients over time.

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Hotspot

Manage user access through the use of voucher codes that limit duration and quota.

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Third-party integrations

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Tanaza, the most flexible network management platform

Tanaza is a comprehensive and flexible SaaS platform for IT professionals to manage Wi-Fi networks in the cloud. It’s the only software in the market that works with multi-vendor networking hardware.

At the core of Tanaza, a powerful Linux-based operating system provides extra security layers that protect hardware against cyber-attacks thanks to the security patches delivered via upgrades within the platform and extendable to all devices in one click.

Tanaza has key capabilities that render network management effortless, like zero-touch provisioning, centralized management, remote monitoring & reporting, comprehensive Hotspot, cloud-based control-plane, and easy to use interface.

Tanaza’s Wi-Fi marketplace

Tanaza features the own WiFi marketplace that allows customers to seamlessly enable third-party WiFi apps, integrations and add-ons compatible with Tanaza on any Wi-Fi access point managed through the platform. Tanaza integrates with:

Fing

With Fing, network administrators can identify client devices connected to their own MSP, ISP, SP networks, improving network visibility and executing network troubleshooting from the Tanaza all-in-one platform. Fing allows to easily distinguish Wi-Fi clients such as smart TVs, smart scales and other IoT devices, or laptops, smartphones and desktop computers that do not have MAC randomization enabled.

Fing Add-on brings to the Tanaza platform the powerful client identification technology created and made popular by Fing. The app counts more more than 100 million downloads and it’s now part of Lansweeper Embedded technologies.

The Fing Add-on is included at no additional cost and pre-enabled on all Tanaza accounts.

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MyWiFi Networks

MyWiFi Networks is the guest Wi-Fi monetization integration that allows extending the Tanaza cloud ecosystem with advanced WiFi analytics tools, marketing integrations, sales CRM and ADS manager.
Build your custom splash pages, analyze the customer data from multiple dashboards and channels, organize them in the embedded Sales CRM and create Wi-Fi advertising campaigns using the access points managed by Tanaza as advertising touchpoints.

MyWiFi Networks is an advanced guest Wi-Fi Monetization Platform with social data collection, marketing automation & real-time visitor metrics. MyWiFi Networks transforms existing hardware into a “Guest Wi-Fi with Social Connect” experience that collects valuable consumer data, collects visitor metrics, and automates proximity marketing campaigns.

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Classic Hotspot by Tanaza

Classic Hotspot is a versatile hotspot platform compatible with multiple access points to manage public hotspots from the cloud. Wi-Fi network administrators can set up and monitor free and paid Wi-Fi hotspots, featuring a captive portal with social login (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and voucher-based authentication.

Furthermore, Classic Hotspot allows IT admins to enable the captive portal functionalities on access points to manage the Guest Wi-Fi access. Therefore, users can authenticate themselves through the captive portal and register to the Wi-Fi network using their credentials.

Additionally, businesses that provide Wi-Fi to their clients can collect valuable data and segment it for their marketing campaigns. The authentication methods enable Wi-Fi network administrators to gather email addresses and verified phone numbers from their Wi-Fi users. As a result, data in the Classic Hotspot platform can be viewed, downloaded, and exported to third-party software.

What’s more, by collecting customer data, businesses can run highly tailored marketing campaigns. Classic Hotspot integrates with third-party platforms like Mailchimp, the automation platform for email marketing service. Lastly, Classic Hotspot Captive Portal is available in more than 60 languages, and it integrates with the Tanaza Wi-Fi cloud platform to manage and monitor Wi-Fi networks.

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Cloud4Wi

Cloud4Wi is the advanced cloud-based guest Wi-Fi management solution with location analytics and marketing functionalities. Thanks to Cloud4Wi, companies of any type and size can create value for all company stakeholders in compliance with privacy regulations without adding any complexity.

The platform allows for in-depth customization of the Wi-Fi onboarding experience, from effortlessly branded Splash pages and localized content to fully personalized data consent management. Furthermore, Guest Wi-Fi usage can be monitored through advanced analytics dashboards, which help companies understand user traffic trends across time and space and gain additional insights on device types, authentication methods, returning users, and much more.

More importantly, users can easily manage network access policies, ensuring high-quality Wi-Fi services without incurring excessive traffic consumption. In addition, monetize guest network access to lower the TCO of your Wi-Fi infrastructures or display third-party advertisements based on the customer’s location attributes to maximize the likelihood of conversion and marketing spending effectiveness.

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Social WiFi

Social WiFi is the customer data platform that allows you to passively build an internal customer database, rich of marketing and sales valuable information. The platform has social media login features that gather business activities and extra customer information, minimizing user clicks and marketing costs.

With Social WiFi, business activities can also improve online review scores and rankings, asking every customer for a review after their visit, or sending branded review requests at the right time for you and your business.

Social WiFi is also GDPR compliant.

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ADS4WiFi

ADS4WiFi is the complete advertising management and campaign delivery platform to monetize guest Wi-Fi hotspots through targeted ADS.

Ads4WiFi enables MSPs, ISPs and SPs to earn additional revenue through targeted advertising while enabling advertisers to reach a highly engaged audience.
Through full-customized and revenue-tracking landing pages, AD Spaces, banners and video banners, Wi-Fi providers can create high-performing marketing campaigns to promote products, services, and programs. In any moment, it’s possibile to check real-time insights from detailed analytics dashboards and make aware changes to increase the conversion rate.

Network providers may organize campaigns that are targeted at low cost or short lived, highly targeted, specific-purpose campaigns.
Whatever the advertiser’s goals, a campaign in Ads4WiFi groups the related banners for that purpose together, and allows the banners to share a set of common properties, such as the campaign start and end dates (if they have these), how the campaign priority should be calculated (normal, contract, exclusive) to meet the delivery requirements, and certain delivery restrictions.

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Why Tanaza?

Tanaza software upgrades existing Wi-Fi networks.
Tanaza works with the most common easy-to-procure Wi-Fi access points available in most countries, such as Ubiquiti, MikroTik, TP-Link. If a device model is not supported yet, Tanaza may support it on request for medium to large network deployments. Discover all devices compatible.
IT teams do not need to deploy any hardware controller. Tanaza is 100% cloud-based and ready to use with no need for AWS instance deployments.
Our platform provides unlimited scalability.
It’s powerful and it has an intuitive user interface.
The Tanaza team can help you to select the best hardware that runs the Tanaza Operating System out-of-the-box from our OEM partners for a plug-and-play experience. Discover the Tanaza Powered Devices.

In a nutshell, Tanaza provides higher flexibility on the hardware side, allowing IT professionals to select the hardware that offers the best value-for-money and significantly increases the Wi-Fi deployment ROI. Furthermore, it gives freedom from hardware lock-in, always allowing to deploy services consistently across sites and independent of the hardware.

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