The part of the work nobody sees until it fails: the link, the switch, the recorder and the server that everything else depends on.
Challenge
One flat network carrying tills, cameras, staff phones and customers, a single internet line, and backups nobody had ever restored.
Solution provided
Router and network segmentation separating tills, staff and guests, dual-line balancing with failover, a customer hotspot with vouchers, camera coverage with a recorder and monitored health, local and cloud servers with scheduled backups, documented restore paths, and power planning for sites with frequent outages.
Technologies used
MikroTik, VLAN segmentation, hotspot, NVR and IP cameras, Linux servers, monitoring and alerting
Public result
Failures are now visible within seconds instead of being discovered by a customer, and a restore has been rehearsed rather than assumed.