Are some students consuming all the broadband bandwidth? Internet blackout during examinations? Location-based access restrictions for students and other similar policy controls are some of the controls that campuses need.

Securely allowing your visitors & contractors to use Internet access is another challenge. Most campuses share a common Wi-Fi hotspot password (WPA2-PSK) which ends up being shared or public over time, providing little security.

With growing security concerns, particularly from unverified visitors in public Wi-Fi hotspots, most campus owners are looking for ways to track the network activity of Wi-Fi users. Having logs to investigate cybercrimes is critical for any public hotspot.

Campuses often act as an ISP providing paid campus broadband services to on-campus student housing and usage-limited monthly plans. Managing the recurrent billing and collection of such services is a key challenge to the monetization of services.

Self-service tools to allow users to check their network activity, view usage, pay bills, and change network passwords are crucial to running any public Internet hotspot service on campus.

Complying with local laws and ensuring objectionable content is blocked is a key requirement of campus networks. There are today thousands of websites linked with terror networks and cybercrime which may adversely impact the student community.