Resident WiFi: a private network for every resident, across the building
MDU, student accommodation, elderly care and build to rent. Each resident's private area network follows them across the building, with mDNS reflection so AirPlay and Chromecast stay in their own bubble.
- ~1 million residents
- Five-year Murray State deal
- University of New Brunswick on iPSK
- 60% fewer move-in tickets
Their own devices, invisible to everyone else
- Residents' devices find each other, so casting to their own TV works.
- Nobody else's devices appear in their cast list.
- The network follows them across the building.
Proof
Community networks, at scale
Murray State University signed a five-year deal for Purple PSK WiFi, and the University of New Brunswick runs iPSK on Purple.
- ~1M
- students and residents on Purple community networks
- 60%
- fewer helpdesk tickets at move-in, US university housing across 40 buildings
- £12k
- a year saved on patient iPads for family calls, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
- 53,000+
- students roaming between campus, city and trams in Newcastle
- 5 years
- Murray State University's deal for Purple PSK WiFi
Add-on: Purple Shield
Add protective DNS for residents with Purple Shield
Purple Shield bolts onto Access or runs standalone. Set a different DNS policy per VLAN and by time of day, so staff, guests and residents each get the filtering that fits them, with dashboard analytics. Page loads up to 500% faster and 20 to 40% less web traffic. Try it free for 30 days.
FAQ
Common questions
Can residents cast to their own TV?
Yes. mDNS reflection keeps AirPlay and Chromecast inside each resident's private network.
Does the network follow a resident around the building?
Yes. The private area network goes with the resident's key, not with a room.
How do students get on at move-in, with no MDM?
They sign in once in the Purple app with their university account, Microsoft, Google or Okta, and their private network is ready on every device. Consoles and smart TVs get their own passcode from the app, on the same private network. US university housing across 40 buildings saw 60% fewer helpdesk tickets at move-in. Their private network follows them across the building.
Map your halls
We map residents, staff and building systems onto three SSIDs, block by block. All in a 45-minute design session.
- Get your three-SSID plan in 45 minutesTell us what runs on your WiFi today, and a Purple network engineer maps it with you.
- Map your SSIDs onto threeOpen, secure and xPSK, on the access points you already own. You leave with the plan.
- Prove it on one site firstJudge the result on tickets and audit evidence, then roll out.
Your design session
45 minutes. Your estate. A plan you keep.
Led by a Purple network engineer. No slides. You keep the plan.