--- title: "Hotel Wi-Fi: a managed network that protects the PMS and reviews" description: "Room-by-room coverage, guests kept apart from operations, a prioritised PMS and works with the hotel open: hotel Wi-Fi done right. No-obligation proposal." language: en url: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/hotel-wifi-managed-network-guests-pms/ source: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/hotel-wifi-managed-network-guests-pms/ publisher: DataRoad IT (DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting), Portugal --- > Room-by-room coverage, guests kept apart from operations, a prioritised PMS and works with the hotel open: hotel Wi-Fi done right. No-obligation proposal. # Hotel Wi-Fi: a managed network that protects the PMS and reviews At a glance For decision-makers short on time. - 01 In a hotel, guests rate the Wi-Fi; plan coverage by room, not by corridor. - 02 Guest network and management network (PMS, payments, door locks) always separate. - 03 The PMS needs traffic priority, redundant internet and backup power. - 04 Works carried out floor by floor or wing by wing, with rollback possible before the next check-in. ### In this article One star less on a booking platform because of the Wi-Fi costs room nights sold. A check-in stalled in front of a group costs reputation. **Hotel Wi-Fi** is not a technical amenity: it is part of what the guest buys, uses in the first minute and rates in public. That is why a hotel network must be designed and managed like a product. ## Why do guests complain about the Wi-Fi? Almost never because of the speed in the carrier contract. They complain about what they experience: - **Forgotten rooms** Great at reception, weak at the end of the third-floor corridor. Walls built to stop noise also stop the signal. - **Painful log-in** Long forms, sessions that drop at two in the morning, a single device per room. It irritates more than slowness. - **Full rooms** Fifty event attendees need capacity, not just coverage. - **Dropped calls** Someone walking down the corridor on a video call must move from access point to access point without losing the connection. **The classic mistake: one access point per corridor.** It looks sufficient on the floor plan and fails in the room. Only a [coverage survey carried out in the building](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/business-wifi-installation/) shows where the signal really reaches. ## Who is on the same network as your PMS? If the answer includes guests, there is a serious problem. Every guest is someone you do not know, connected to your infrastructure. If the guest Wi-Fi network can reach the PMS, payment terminals, door locks or reservations, one night's stay is enough to get at other guests' data. Separating the two networks is not performance tuning. It is basic security, and it is the rule most often broken, especially in smaller properties. A second layer of isolation is also needed: between the guests themselves. The laptop in room 212 must not be visible to the neighbour in 210. ## What must you guarantee the PMS? The PMS is the nerve centre of operations, and when it fails reception notices immediately. Three conditions: - **Traffic priority**: streaming from a hundred rooms must not slow down a check-in. - **Two internet connections**: most PMS and channel managers are in the cloud. - **Backup power**: reception must keep working during a power cut. Then there are the integrations: channel manager, door locks, payments, F&B. Each one can fail. Find out in advance what each does when the connection disappears. ## How do you rebuild the network without closing the hotel? With a schedule, more than with tools. A hotel does not close at the weekend for network works. We proceed floor by floor or wing by wing, aligned with occupancy and with management. Noisy work is kept for quiet hours. Every change has a way back: if something goes wrong at 11 p.m., it must be reversed before the first check-in. That is why coordination with operations management matters as much as the technical side. ## Seven questions to ask your team today - **Isolation** Are guests and management on separate networks? Check. - **Coverage** Measured in every room or only in common areas? - **Internet** Is there a second line, from another carrier, with automatic failover already tested? - **PMS** Does it have priority configured on the network? - **Power** Does reception work without mains power? - **Backups** Has the [PMS backup](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-backup-services-portugal/) ever actually been restored? - **Small hours** Who answers at three in the morning, and how quickly? A single "I don't know" is enough to justify an assessment, before a guest finds the fault. ## Why do hotels choose DataRoad? DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting manages [networks and IT for hotels](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/hotel-wifi-and-it-services/): high-density Wi-Fi, segmented networks, managed firewalls and monitoring, with 24/7 cover exclusive to the Premium 365 plan. - **11 years** **232 clients** and hotels such as LX Arch Hotel and Ouro Rossio Hotel. - **More than 138 Ubiquiti sites and 1321 devices** Under management. - **Top 5% PME** According to scoring.pt. ## Request an assessment of your hotel's Wi-Fi We measure coverage room by room, check network separation and deliver our findings in writing. 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