Manufacturing Plant Assembles Complete Peplink Infrastructure for Reliable Connectivity

Manufacturing Plant Assembles Complete Peplink Infrastructure for Reliable Connectivity

The American manufacturing plant of a globally known luxury automotive marque operates several storage and production facilities in the southeastern US. With a large number of branches, and a few of these located in remote areas, this manufacturing plant wanted to invest in a more stable network infrastructure.

Challenge

The original network infrastructure of this manufacturing plant relied on dedicated fiber lines. Although this provided them with fast connectivity, fiber lines are slow to install. Additionally, these were not readily available in all of the sites making it difficult to install dedicated fiber lines in remote processing facilities.

The manufacturing plant also tried to use mobile hotspots, relying on cellular connectivity. However, the single link provided by each hotspot was not efficient in remote locations where the connection is spotty. They looked into Peplink devices for a new infrastructure.

Solution

West Networks presented this manufacturing plant with a complete Peplink infrastructure. At the headquarters, SDX routers were installed in high availability mode for uninterrupted connectivity. West Networks then deployed HD4 MBX routers at different mobile sites dedicated to storage and inventory.

At one of the remote processing facilities, an SDX Pro was installed with HD1 Domes. While in another, SDX routers with BR1 Minis. Additional BR1 Minis were placed in various RFID locations to support RFID readers. Though in multiple locations, all devices are monitored and managed through InControl 2.

To enhance the network speed, West Networks introduced the manufacturing plant to SpeedFusion’s Bandwidth Bonding. Between the headquarters and the several sites, SpeedFusion tunnels were created. This enabled a wide channel built from a combination of multiple cellular carriers. In addition to the Bandwidth Bonding technology, they found SpeedFusion’s 5G/LTE Hot Failover to be a reliable backup to their remaining fiber lines.

Showroom Deployment Highlight

As an additional deployment, the luxury automotive marque reached out to West Networks to also improve the network infrastructure at one of their showroom locations. At the showroom’s IDF (independent distribution frame), an SDX Pro was installed with Maritime 40G antennas. To connect to the showroom’s different sections and other devices, the SDX Pro was connected to an SD Switch 48-port Enterprise.

A pair of SD Switch 24-Port Enterprise and AP One AX was set up at the reception area of the showroom, as well as in the social sphere. An SD Switch 24-Port Enterprise was also installed at the showroom’s vision center. Dual 5G FlexModules were used with the SDX Pro to provide cellular connectivity. The showroom’s network relied mainly on the SDX Pro’s dual 5G modems, resulting in recorded internet speeds up to 240Mbps.

“Peplink SpeedFusion technology enables us to scale our operations anywhere with only a few days or hours of notice. Their zero day connectivity provided by the bonded cellular VPN allows us to respond to our business demands while not worrying about connectivity.”
– IT & Network Infrastructure Team

Result

Thanks to West Network’s help, the manufacturing plant was able to rapidly deploy all devices to the different sites. They were also well pleased with the constant support and responsiveness provided by West Networks.

Their network infrastructure became more reliable, secure, and scalable. Despite the large deployment, this new network was able to pay for itself within months due to its affordable and practical infrastructure.