Industries · Retail & workspaces
Billing down? Printer offline? It is usually the network.
A shop runs on its network: the billing counter, the card machine, the receipt printer, the cameras. When the router hangs or the internet line drops, the queue stops moving. Switch to the Simply5 Business Router and keep every outlet running smoothly. Guest WiFi comes with it.
What changes
- Billing stays online when an internet line fails
- Billing, CCTV and guests on separate networks
- No manual IP addresses and no on-site support calls
- Every outlet on one screen, with guest WiFi included
What retail & workspaces teams deal with, and what Simply5 does about it
- 01
Billing stops when the internet drops
- Failover
- Load sharing
- 4G failover
The situation
The internet line goes down on a busy evening. Billing and card payments stop, and the queue stands still until someone restarts the router.
With Simply5
Connect two or more internet lines to the Simply5 Gateway. When one fails it moves traffic to the next and moves back when the line recovers. Add 4G failover and a mobile data line carries the shop when every wired line is down.
- 02
No more calls to on-site support
- Monitoring
- Alerts
- Remote view
The situation
The receipt printer stops answering, or a camera has been dark for a week, and the first you hear of it is a call from the shop. Then someone has to drive there.
With Simply5
The Business Router watches the shop for you. Internet lines, the gateway, printers, cameras, recorders and door controllers show as online or offline and alert you when one drops, often before the shop notices. Open a time-limited remote view of the device and fix it from where you are.
- 03
Guests and billing on one network
- Firewall
- Private networks
- DNS filtering
The situation
Customers, staff phones and the billing computer all share one WiFi password, so one infected phone can reach the till.
With Simply5
Private and guest networks are isolated from each other by default. Put billing, cameras and staff on their own networks, and add allow and block rules and DNS filtering from the console.
- 04
No more manual IP addresses
- Automatic addresses
- Reserved addresses
- Networks
The situation
Every till and printer was given its address by hand. Two devices end up with the same one, and the counter drops off the network.
With Simply5
The gateway hands every device its address, network by network, so nothing clashes. Reserve an address for a printer or a recorder from the console, and nobody types an IP address into a device again.
- 05
Many outlets, nobody technical at any of them
- Simply5 Central
- Roles per site
- Cloud updates
The situation
Forty outlets, forty routers set up by different people, and no network engineer at any of them.
With Simply5
Simply5 Central shows which outlet, gateway or internet line is down. Settings are made in plain words and reused at the next outlet, software updates roll out from the cloud, and a new outlet is a gateway plugged in and named.
- 06
Guest WiFi, included
- Free WiFi
- Portal Ads
The situation
Customers ask for WiFi, but an open network slows the billing counter and tells you nothing about who used it.
With Simply5
Every Business Router plan includes the Essential suite of Simply5 UAM: free WiFi with a one-time code, limited by time and data per session, kept apart from the shop’s own network. Today’s offers show on the welcome screen.
WAN management: the internet side
Bring more than one internet line into the Simply5 Gateway and it decides which one carries the shop. Try it: cut a line and watch the traffic move.
All lines up. Traffic is on Line 1
The other lines stand by. Cut a line to see the gateway switch.
Failover
When a line fails the gateway moves traffic to the next one, and moves back when the line recovers.
Sharing the load
Lines can also carry traffic together, so a busy shop is not waiting on one line.
4G as the last resort
With 4G failover, an add-on, a mobile data line carries the shop when every wired line is down.
A line down is an alert
Simply5 Central shows which outlet lost which internet line, so you can call the provider before the second line goes.
LAN management: the shop side
One gateway, a separate network for each job. Billing, CCTV and guests run side by side and cannot reach or disturb one another.
A network for each job
Keep the shop’s own computers, the cameras and the guests on their own networks. They are isolated from each other by default.
Addresses handed out for you
Each network gives its devices their addresses, so nothing clashes. Reserve one for a printer or a recorder from the console.
Rules where you need a door
Add allow and block rules, port forwards and DNS filtering from the console when one network has to reach another.
WiFi and switches follow
With device licences, each WiFi name and switch port is tied to the network it belongs to, from the same console.
Everything the Simply5 Business Router does for a shop
One cloud-managed device at each outlet is the internet edge, the firewall and the failover box. Guest WiFi is one small part of it.
Networking
A network that stays up
Failover across internet lines
Connect several lines. When one fails the gateway moves traffic to the next and moves back when it recovers. Lines can also share the load.
Mobile data as the last resort
Add 4G failover, an add-on, and a mobile data line carries the site when every wired line is down.
WiFi as a fallback uplink
If every wired line is down, the gateway can come back online over a WiFi uplink so you can still reach and fix it.
Firewall and network separation
Private and guest networks are isolated from each other by default. Add VLANs, port forwards, allow and block rules and DNS filtering from the console.
No manual IP addresses
Each network gives its devices their addresses, so nothing clashes and nobody types an address into a device. Reserve one for a printer or a recorder from the console.
OfficeLink built in
The gateway can serve secure remote access to your site’s network. It needs a public static IP on your internet line.
Arrives ready
Each gateway is tagged to your order before it ships. Plug it in, name your site, and it binds automatically.
Network devices
Manage the access points and switches behind it
A hosted controller, no box to run
Simply5 hosts a TP-Link Omada controller for your site and binds your access points and switches to it. Ubiquiti UniFi is next; you can register interest today.
One licence per device, bought once
Licences come in packs of 5, 10, 25 and 50. A pack is a one-time purchase that never renews and stays with the site.
WiFi names set in one place
Create a WiFi network in the console and your managed access points broadcast it, on the network it belongs to.
Bring your own hardware
Use the access points and switches you already have. A standalone access point with no controller can be managed too.
Watch everything else
Cameras, recorders, printers and door controllers show online or offline, alert you when they drop, and open in a time-limited remote view.
Already run your own controller?
Keep it. One flat yearly licence covers every device on your own Omada controller.
Many sites
Every site on one screen
Health at a glance
See which sites are online, which gateway or internet line is down, and how many devices each site is serving.
Roles per site
Give a person every site or only the ones they look after, as an admin, a manager or a viewer of each.
Updates rolled out for you
Gateway software updates roll out across your sites from the cloud. A settings change that would cut a gateway off rolls itself back.
A new site in minutes
A new gateway is tagged to its order, so opening a site is plugging in and naming it. A replacement gateway takes the old one’s settings.
For a small team
Built for sites with nobody technical on hand
One device instead of two or three
The gateway, the firewall and the failover box are one cloud-managed device, so there is less to buy, power and look after at each site.
No networking professional needed
Settings are made in plain words in the console, and the same settings can be reused at the next site.
Fewer calls to on-site support
The gateway watches the internet lines and the devices behind it and alerts you when one drops. Most faults are seen and fixed from the console, not by a visit.
Never locked out
You manage every gateway through your Simply5 login. A lost local password never cuts you off from a site.
Live in under 30 minutes
Plug in the internet line, sign in and name the site. A new site is usually running in under half an hour.
Where to start
The Essential suite
Every Business Router plan comes with the Essential suite of Simply5 UAM. Pick the plan by how many people an outlet serves: Business Lite, Business Pro-50 or Business Pro-100.
What it is built from
Bring Simply5 to your business
Order online and your Simply5 Gateway ships already tagged to your order, ready to plug in.
Order online in India. Hardware ships to your site, ready to plug in.