Secure wireless Internet access extended to guests at every Cisco location worldwide.

Article Summary:

Cisco IT invites guests from hundreds of businesses to visit Cisco locations, for executive briefings, tours of Cisco’s data centers, and other business events. Previously, guests did not have a means to access their corporate VPN from Cisco sites. Today Cisco IT has deployed both local Layer 2 and global distributed Layer 3 hotspots for guests visiting Cisco offices worldwide.

This wireless case study describes the wireless hotspot deployment, including:

• The architectures and process for installing local Layer 2 and global distributed Layer 3 hotspots
• The legal considerations of providing Internet access to guests
• Challenges of the deployment and how Cisco IT overcame them