Wi-Fi
Running cable to every corner of a caravan park means trenches, ducting and a lot of disruption. At Forest Park we did most of it over the air instead.
Getting internet to every lodge on a large site is harder than it sounds. Lodges are spread out, buildings get in the way, and cabling costs go up with every metre of trench. Guests still expect it to work the way it does at home, especially in the evening when everyone sits down to stream something.
We connected the park with “wire over the air” point-to-point wireless links, all fed from one central server rack.
How it’s put together
Instead of cabling between every location, each area of the park has its own wireless link back to the main network. We’ve installed several of these across Forest Park, each placed to reach a part of the site that needed coverage.
So the network follows the shape of the park, not just the building where the internet line comes in.
What guests get
The network is sized for normal holiday use. One person can stream in HD while others in the lodge are on their phones, all on the same connection.
It’s also one Wi-Fi network across the whole park. Guests join once and stay connected as they move around, without having to pick a new network in each area.
Knowing the moment something drops
A network spread across a whole park is only as good as the kit at the far end of it. So we built our own monitoring system, in house, to keep watch over every device on the network.
If a radio or access point stops responding, we know about it straight away. That might be an electrical fault, a storm knocking a link out, or a power cut on part of the site. Whatever the cause, it shows up on our Downtime Monitor and the team can get on with fixing it, often before anyone on site has noticed.
The snapshot here covers 24 hours: 157 devices online and none offline. For park owners it means one less thing to worry about, and for guests it means the Wi-Fi is simply there when they want it.
Where else this works
The same setup suits holiday resorts, hotels and business premises: anywhere the connection needs to reach beyond the main building without new cable runs.
If you’ve got buildings or areas your current Wi-Fi doesn’t reach, get in touch and we’ll look at whether wireless links would work for your site.