Salons

Hair and beauty salons

One access point and one box; nothing else needed. Customers connect while they wait in the chair, and the records stay in a silent box in the cabinet.

One AP + box is enough
No IT staff needed
Per-user speed cap
Fanless and silent

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Ninety minutes in the chair, phone in hand

During colour or a blow-dry the customer's hands are free; out comes the phone for Instagram videos and chats with friends. 'What's your Wi-Fi password?' is the most common question in the salon. It is written on the mirror, unchanged for years, and nobody knows who has connected.

When three customers stream video at once, the booking software or the card terminal slows down. One person's app update cuts everyone's internet, and there is nobody in the salon to notice or manage it.

There is no IT person in the salon, and there never will be. The solution has to be set up once, run quietly in a corner, and come to mind only when the SMS credit runs low.

Law 5651 and salons

A hair or beauty salon that opens Wi-Fi to its customers is, like a cafe, a collective-use provider under Law 5651. The law expects internal IP assignment records to be kept, protected with a timestamp and retained for 2 years. A small salon does not change that expectation; the box keeps the records on the device in the cabinet, deletes expired days itself and writes the deletion to the audit trail. If the salon is inside a shopping centre or arcade, take legal advice on who carries the duty; either way the box produces the salon's own records.

This page is not legal advice; confirm your obligations with your legal adviser.

Installing in the salon

1
The box goes next to the existing modem, in the cabinet under the till; it is fanless and makes no noise.
2
A single AP covers the whole salon and broadcasts the 'Salon-Guest' SSID on the guest VLAN. Your existing AP can be used; no extra licence is needed.
3
The booking PC, card terminal and music system stay outside the guest network; if the music system has to use Wi-Fi it passes without the portal via MAC exemption.
4
The salon's logo and colours go on the portal and the post-login redirect points to your Instagram page; customers land on it as soon as they connect.

Sign-in method

SMS code
Coupon
Remembered device

The customer sits down, types the code that arrives on their phone and is online. Regulars are not asked again at the next appointment thanks to device remembering. If you like, print a coupon for the appointment day and hand it over with the appointment card; it expires at the end of that day. Recommended plan: the standard template, 10/5 Mbps, 2-hour session, 15-minute idle timeout, 2 devices, 1 GB per day. The per-user speed cap means one customer's video does not slow the salon's booking system.

Ready-made plan templates

Speed, session and device count are set per plan on the box, independent of the access point brand. The values below are our own lab recommendations and can be changed in the panel.

Recommended for this sector
Standard
Cafés, restaurants, shops, bakeries, salons, gyms
Speed (down / up)
10 / 5 Mbps
Session
2 hours
Idle timeout
15 min
Devices
2
Daily quota
1 GB
Remembered device
Off
Keeps tables turning; a guest who wants more gets a coupon from the till.
Conference
Events, fairs, waiting lounges, cinemas, bank branches
Speed (down / up)
5 / 2 Mbps
Session
4 hours
Idle timeout
10 min
Devices
1
Daily quota
500 MB
Remembered device
Off
Low speed and one device for many simultaneous users; capacity 250 concurrent devices.
Staff-guest
Offices, factories, office towers, logistics, tutoring centres
Speed (down / up)
20 / 10 Mbps
Session
10 hours
Idle timeout
30 min
Devices
3
Daily quota
None
Remembered device
30 days
Registered users or coupon groups; separate groups for suppliers and subcontractors.
Extended stay
Hotels, serviced apartments, dormitories, hospitals, residential complexes
Speed (down / up)
15 / 5 Mbps
Session
24 hours
Idle timeout
30 min
Devices
3
Daily quota
5 GB
Remembered device
7 days
No new code every day; in dormitories the remembered window can span the whole term.

What is recorded

The verified phone number (stored encrypted, masked in the panel)
Device MAC address and the assigned internal IP
Session start and end
The daily SHA-256 hash chain and RFC 3161 timestamp

What is not recorded

Which accounts or videos were opened
Message and call content
The customer's appointment or treatment details
The salon's own booking and payment traffic

Example scenario

Example scenario: a six-chair neighbourhood salon

Problem: The Wi-Fi password was written on the mirror and the neighbouring shops used it too. On Saturday afternoons the card terminal slowed down. There were no records, and the owner thought Law 5651 was something for cafes.
Solution: A box went into the cabinet under the till and an AP onto the ceiling. The standard plan was applied: 10/5 Mbps per person and a 2-hour session. The card terminal was moved off the guest network. The salon's logo and Instagram page were added to the portal, and device remembering was switched on for monthly regulars.
Outcome: The password came off the mirror; the neighbours can no longer get on. The card terminal is unaffected on busy Saturdays because guest traffic is separate and capped per person. The box sits silently in the cabinet; the owner's only task is buying an SMS pack when the credit warning arrives.

An illustrative example; no real business is named.

Frequently asked

I don't know anything about computers. Who installs it?

The box plugs in next to your existing modem; the AP goes on the ceiling or wall. Your electrician can do it, or we can guide you through it. The portal design and plan come ready; after that, the only routine task in the panel is keeping an eye on SMS credit.

Instagram videos eat the salon's internet. Is there a fix?

On the standard plan each customer gets at most 10 Mbps download and a 1 GB daily quota. Even with three people streaming at once, total consumption stays bounded. Your booking PC and card terminal are outside the guest network, so they are not affected anyway.

Will my regulars have to enter a code every visit?

No. Set device remembering to something like 30 days and a customer who comes monthly is not asked again. If the phone uses MAC randomisation it may ask for a code again; that is the phone's privacy setting, not the box.

Does the box fit in a cabinet? Is it noisy?

The box is fanless and silent, and a small cabinet or shelf under the till is enough. It needs no fan, no screen and no day-to-day maintenance.

How much SMS credit will we use?

Every new sign-in is one SMS; with device remembering on, regulars take no code, so usage drops. Credit comes in packs of 1,000, 2,000 and 10,000 SMS, and you get an e-mail warning when it falls below 100. You can also connect your own SMS provider account.

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