Setting Up Wireless Internet for Launderette Customers
Setting up wireless Internet services for your launderette customers is a simple practice that can keep people coming back to your location. You'll need an area where you can set up a connection and secure it from the public and a good router to do this.
Providing launderette customers with access to wireless Internet is a good way to keep customers occupied while they wait for their laundry to finish. Something as simple as this is a small investment that can keep people coming back to your facility over and over again.
What You'll Need:
- High speed Internet connection
- Computer
- Wireless router
- Set up your high speed connection to your computer. You want to do this in the office area that can be locked away from the general public.
- Purchase your router. There are two basic types of routers. A Wireless-G router is good for small facilities, but a Wireless-N router will widen the coverage area. If you have a large building this is the better option because it will offer better coverage and faster speeds throughout the entire facility. It's not much more expensive for the Wireless-N option.
- Connect the router to your high speed Internet connection. You'll want to have the Internet modem connected to the router, and then the router connected back to the computer.
- Set up a wireless network. You can choose to password protect this and have the password available for customers. You can also choose to leave the network open to the public in general. Either way you want this network set up apart from your actual computer. This way your files stay safe and secure.
- Advertise your new wireless Internet services. You can include this in flyers and on website listings for your business. You'd be surprised at how much traffic something as simple as a free wireless connection can bring you.