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In2Food — staff WiFi that doesn't touch the production line

A food-production facility needed staff WiFi during breaks — without any risk to operational network traffic. One dedicated VLAN, throttled, time-boxed, managed from a single dashboard.

Challenge

In a food-production environment, the operational network — PLCs, SCADA, order management — is sacred. But staff also legitimately need WiFi for breaks, lunch-time browsing, and communication with family. The two could not share a subnet.

Solution

• Dedicated VLAN for staff WiFi, logically separated from production traffic.
• Captive portal with T&Cs acceptance and POPIA-compliant consent — a staff member logs in once and is remembered for the rest of the week.
• Per-user throttling so nobody can saturate the uplink during lunch rush.
• Time-boxed sessions (60 minutes per login) to keep usage intentional.
• Web filtering to block obvious abuse categories.
• Central dashboard for the IT team to monitor usage and terminate sessions if needed.

The result

Staff get the WiFi they need without a single packet crossing onto the production network. The IT team gets oversight without micro-managing. And In2Food gets a simple, compliant, invisible layer of connectivity that everyone quietly benefits from.