Texas

Texas' Largest Recreational Hotspot - Lake Conroe, TX

The Challenge

"D-Link's long history of creating great products at affordable prices made them the only choice for this complex project." - David Herr, Chief Technical Officer

Based in Houston, Texas, Westlin Corporation is an Internet technology and entertainment holding company engaged in a variety of innovative business segment ventures. One such undertaking, a massive wired lake project in Montgomery, Texas, sought to provide reliable, high-speed Internet access to the Del Lago Resort and Conference Center at beautiful and popular Lake Conroe. The Westlin Corporation had the resort building itself wired with broadband Internet access, but wanted to find a way to keep the Del Lago guests connected to the high speed-internet connection from any and every part of the resort, whether attending a conference or playing a round of golf or even while fishing and boating on the lake. Lake Conroe covers 22,000 acres, and finding a way to cover such a vast area, especially over water, posed an interesting problem for Jarvis. Undaunted and up to the challenge, Westlin Corporation set about searching for a viable wireless networking solution capable of providing reliable coverage over such an expansive area.

The Solution

By focusing on crucial attributes such as dependability and price-point, the Westlin Corporation found the solution they were looking for in D-Link's AirPlus DWL-900AP+ Enhanced Wireless Access Points for indoor use, D-Link's AirPremier DWL-1700AP Wireless Access Point for outdoor use and D-Link's AirPlus DWL-650+ Enhanced Wireless CardBus Adapters for accessing the network via notebook computer. Key factors within D-Link's AirPlus products such as reliability over a large, multi-client network, ease-of-use for resort patrons, standards-based performance for interoperability and possible future upgrades along with D-Link's commitment to low cost, facilitated Westlin Corporation's successful high-speed Internet deployment project.

	D-Link's AirPlus DWL-900AP+ Enhanced Wireless Access Point The D-Link AirPlus DWL-900AP+ Enhanced Wireless Access Point provides four operating modes including a point-to-point bridge, and a point-to-multi-point wireless bridge. It can also serve as a wireless client, or can act as a repeater for creating or expanding a wireless network.
	D-Link's AirPremier DWL-1700AP Outdoor Wireless Access Point The D-Link AirPremier DWL-1700AP Outdoor Wireless Access Point operates over long distances and is designed for harsh outdoor environments. With die-cast watertight housing and a built-in lightning protector, this is robust outdoor Access Point is also versatile enough to be configured to perform as a wireless router.
	D-Link's AirPlus DWL-650+ Enhanced Wireless Cardbus Adapter The D-Link AirPlus DWL-650+ Enhanced Wireless Cardbus Adapter enables laptop users to connect to the Internet over wireless networks without the hassle of having to disconnect and reconnect wires.

Benefits

The Del Lago resort is now powered by more than 60 D-Link DWL-900AP+ AirPlus Wireless Access Points, DWL-1700AP AirPremier Outdoor Wireless Access Points and DWL-650+ AirPlus Wireless Cardbus Adapters, enabling wireless coverage to over three-quarters of the man-made 22,000-acre Lake Conroe. Resort patrons can travel to virtually any location within the Del Lago resort community (including the middle of the enormous lake) and connect their laptop computer to the Internet with a D-Link AirPlus DWL-650+ CardBus Adapter or any standard IEEE 802.11b/g Cardbus adapter. Access is obtained from Westlin Corporation's state-of-the-art underground bunker, which provides wireless access, via D-Link's AirPlus DWL-900AP+ Enhanced Wireless Access Points, directly back to the high-speed fiber transport to the Internet.

"We selected D-Link to help bring wireless connectivity to our wired lake project because of their product advantages and our experience with their reliability," said David Herr, Chief Technical Officer of Westlin Corporations. "D-Link's long history of creating great products at affordable prices made them the only choice for this complex project."

The Del Lago Lake Conroe hotspot, operated by Westlin Corporation and powered by D-Link AirPlus Access Points and Laptop CardBus Adapters, is the largest wireless Internet hotspot in the entire state of Texas.

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