Wi-Fi for restaurants and cafés
In the modern world, a guest of a restaurant or cafe values the opportunity to stay connected. High-quality Wi-Fi has become an integral part of a comfortable leisure experience — access to social networks, work correspondence, and video content is important for visitors.
LWCOM has extensive experience in implementing projects to create a wireless environment for catering enterprises of various scales. Regardless of the establishment's area, every Wi-Fi project is unique and requires attention to all details of the facility and specific business requirements.
Wi-Fi Tasks in a Restaurant
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Features of Wi-Fi in Cafes and Restaurants
- High bandwidth of the wireless network is required during peak hours of the establishment, capable of withstanding significant traffic of simultaneously connected devices
- Network segmentation into separate zones is needed — corporate for staff and public for guests of the establishment
- It is often necessary to set up user access time management with the possibility of setting time limits for visitors, which will prevent unreasonably long table occupancy
- Protection of the wireless network throughout the territory of the establishment from unauthorized access is mandatory to restrict access for outsiders, including neighbors and passers-by. "Seamless access" is important for establishments with an open veranda
- Marketing opportunities may be required to demonstrate advertising materials upon connection, show welcome pages, as well as collect analytical data about users and form a customer base
- Compatibility with various devices, including legacy and modern models, is mandatory
- Large establishments with several halls and open verandas will require seamless WiFi with uniform signal distribution across the entire area of the facility
Network Deployment Stages
- Comprehensive analysis of the customer's goals, needs, and technical characteristics required for the wireless network
- Evaluation of the cafe/restaurant premises according to layouts, taking into account the number of seats, location of walls and partitions, and staff movement routes
- Creation of a predictive model for the future Wi-Fi network
- Development of technical specifications and specificaiton, estimates for equipment supply and work performance
- Radio frequency survey of the cafe/restaurant using access point models selected at the specification development stage. Conducted to verify the predictive network design
- Making adjustments to the initial network design based on the protocol of real measurements
- Preparation of technical documentation with a detailed description of all components of the wireless network and their configuration
- Supply of a set of wireless equipment to the customer's site
- Installation of SCS and access points according to the project documentation
- Configuration of the Wi-Fi network management controller
- Integration of the new network into the existing IT infrastructure of the establishment
- Performing a post-project radio frequency Wi-Fi survey, within which the coverage quality and speed in different zones of the cafe and their compliance with the customer's requirements are checked
- Conducting fine-tuning of network device parameters to improve connection quality and minimize interference
- Handover of the wireless network ready for operation to the customer's management
- Consulting and support for the customer's IT specialists regarding interaction with the technical support of equipment manufacturers
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Expert-Level Toolkit
When working on projects with wireless networks, our specialists use professional software — Ekahau Site Survey Pro in the current version.
This tool allows for creating predictive Wi-Fi coverage models with maximum accuracy: building signal maps, calculating its propagation parameters, and correctly determining the required number of access points.
For high-precision and fast measurements, we use the Ekahau Sidekick spectrum analyzer — a compact device capable of scanning both Wi-Fi frequency bands (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) simultaneously and in real time.
During the survey, it records not only signals from Wi-Fi equipment but also radio frequency interference, which helps to obtain full information about the radio environment and localize sources of interference.
To perform measurement work in difficult conditions, a modern technical base is used, including pneumatic masts of various heights: from 3–4 meters — for small office premises, to 9–12 meters — for large warehouse, exhibition, and logistics facilities.
Such equipment ensures reliable placement of instruments, accurate orientation of antennas, and lifting of devices to the required height without stopping current operations and with minimum risk to employees.
Thanks to the presence of a wide range of access points and antennas from well-known domestic and international manufacturers (Eltex, Cisco, Ruckus, Huawei, Aruba, Extreme Networks, etc.) in the LWCOM demonstration fleet, it becomes possible to test selected solutions in practice — directly at the customer's site.
Cost of Organizing a Wi-Fi Network for Restaurants and Cafes
The final cost of the service is calculated individually and depends on: the type of facility, its area, and the customer's requirements
Benefits of Working with Us
Why LWCOM
- In the wireless services team, all employees have specialized radio engineering education and a continuous work experience in the field of Wi-Fi networks for more than 10 years
- The LWCOM project portfolio includes dozens of implemented projects for organizing Wi-Fi wireless networks, including for catering establishments
- LWCOM is a vendor-independent system integrator, which allows the company to focus on the customer's tasks and offer optimal solutions
