Simply5 CloudLAN · Private rooms
A private network your people can join from anywhere
A Room is a private, encrypted network you invite people into. Use it to reach the office from home, to give a team one fixed internet address, or to link machines in different places as if they shared a switch.
Free room to start, paid plans by the month
OfficeLink rooms are included with every Simply5 UAM site at no extra charge.
Hosted at your site, or hosted by us
Both are joined the same way, from the same app. What differs is where the room lives.
OfficeLink room
Your own Simply5 Gateway is the server. Invited people reach the office networks you choose, by address or by name. Included with every UAM site; needs a public static IP.
CloudLAN room
Simply5 hosts the room in the cloud. Members reach each other and the always-on machines you add as hosts. No hardware at any site.
TeamVPN
Send a member’s internet traffic out through the room. Everyone appears from one fixed address you can allow at your cloud provider, bank or server.
Hosts and the networks behind them
Adopt a server with a short code and it can share the network behind it: a cloud private network, or the storage server in the back office.
Share a service by link
Publish a web service running inside a CloudLAN room on a team-only link, or on a public HTTPS link, without opening a port anywhere.
Keys stay on the device
Rooms run on WireGuard. Each device makes its own key and only the public half ever leaves it.
Invite, see, and remove in a few clicks
A room is managed by the people who own it, not by a network engineer.
Invite by email or SMS
Send an invitation and the person joins from the Simply5 ID app. An administrator can also set up a member’s device for them.
Members see each other, or only hosts
Choose whether members can reach one another, or only the hosts. Hosts-only suits contractors and outside teams.
Usage and audit
See usage per member and a record of who joined, who was invited and what changed.
Apps and standard clients
Simply5 ID for Android and Windows, a host agent for Linux servers, and a configuration file or QR code for any official WireGuard app.
Names, not just addresses
Every device in a room gets a name, so people connect to a machine by what it is called.
Room traffic is never cut
If a room reaches its monthly TeamVPN allowance, internet exit pauses; traffic between members and hosts carries on.
Who uses a room
Anyone whose people, machines or customers are not all in one building.
Developers
Share a service running on your own machine with your team on a team-only link, and debug together when you are apart.
Software vendors
Make a client-server application reachable from anywhere, with no change to its code.
Digital agencies
A team spread across cities signs in to client accounts from one fixed address, so the logins are not flagged as unfamiliar.
IT administrators
Remote access that is easy to run: invite a person, see who is connected and remove them in a few clicks.
Business owners
Reach your business applications and your file server from home or on the road, securely.
DevOps teams
Allow one fixed address at your cloud provider and reach private servers without opening a port to the internet.
What people reach through a room
If it runs on a machine you can add to a room, your people can use it from anywhere.
Accounting and business software
Client-server applications such as Tally, Sage and SAP, used from anywhere as if you were in the office.
Cloud servers
Virtual machines on AWS, Azure or DigitalOcean, and virtual private servers at any hosting company, reached on their private addresses.
Self-hosted web apps
WordPress, Magento or your own internal tools, kept off the public internet and open only to the room.
File servers and storage
The shared drive or the storage server in the back office, by its name.
CloudLAN plans
Plans belong to your organisation and are bought from Simply5 Central for 30, 90 or 365 days. A year costs less per month.
Free
Try a room with your team
No charge, no card
- One room per organisation
- 10 members and 1 host
- 1 GB of TeamVPN a month
Solo
One person, several devices
Bought for 30, 90 or 365 days
- 3 members and 1 host
- 10 GB of TeamVPN a month
- Shared static address
Team
A small team
Bought for 30, 90 or 365 days
- 10 members and 3 hosts
- 100 GB of TeamVPN a month
- Shared static address
Office
A whole office on one address
Bought for 30, 90 or 365 days
- 10 members and 5 hosts
- Unlimited TeamVPN, under fair use
- Your own dedicated static address
From order to live
- 1
Create a room
An OfficeLink room from your site console, or a CloudLAN room from Simply5 Central.
- 2
Invite people
By email or SMS. They open the invitation in the Simply5 ID app.
- 3
Add hosts
Adopt the servers and machines the room should always reach.
- 4
Connect
One switch to join the room, a second to send internet traffic through it.
What you get
Included
- Encrypted with WireGuard
- Invitations by email and SMS
- Per-member usage and an audit record
- Device names inside the room
- Works with official WireGuard apps
- OfficeLink included with every UAM site
Order online in India. Hardware ships to your site, ready to plug in.
Simply5 CloudLAN at work
See the situations each kind of venue meets, and how they are handled.
Education & housing
Colleges and universities · Schools · Hostels · Student housing and co-living
- Students and faculty by cohort
- Fair use in hostels
- Residents who come and go
Retail & workspaces
Shops and showrooms · Retail chains · Cafes and restaurants · Offices
- Billing stops when the internet drops
- No more calls to on-site support
- Guests and billing on one network
Ready when you are.
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.