Better connectivity, remote access and morale for a packaging-focused advertising agency.Client identity and identifying details are withheld for confidentiality. This project centred on building one resilient network across an office and creative studio to ensure seamless connectivity. In fact, the goal was to implement one resilient network across an office and creative studio setup to unify their infrastructure.
The business challenge
This approximately 30-person agency needed dependable connectivity in both its main office and a separate creative studio. It also needed stronger work-from-home performance and protection against Internet and storage outages. As a result, one resilient network across an office and creative studio became essential to supporting modern work demands.
What MacWorks 360 implemented
- Built a point-to-point wireless bridge between the main office and garage studio.
- Improved Wi-Fi coverage in the secondary workspace and nearby outdoor break area.
- Configured automatic office Internet failover between providers.
- Provided a secondary VPN URL for home users to select after an Internet-provider failover.
- Established offsite RAID and storage recovery.
- Deployed 1Password across the organization.
- Optimized remote access for approximately 30 employees.
Business results
- The studio gained dependable access to the main office network without a separate Internet service.
- Office connectivity changes providers automatically during a qualifying outage.
- Remote employees can restore VPN access by selecting the alternate connection URL.
- Improved work-from-home performance increased flexibility and employee morale.
- Offsite recovery and managed passwords strengthened resilience and security.
An important technical distinction
Office Internet failover is automatic. Remote VPN reconnection requires the user to select the alternate URL, so the VPN transition is intentionally not described as seamless.
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Experience behind the work
Reviewed by Richard Russell, founder of MacWorks 360, with more than 20 years of Apple IT consulting experience.