ARA TIKASYSTEMS

Onsite infrastructure

The gear your business runs on, set up properly.

Every quote, booking and invoice depends on things nobody thinks about until they stop working: the internet connection, the router, the Wi-Fi, the power and the place your files live.

We put that layer in properly, write down how it is set up, and connect it to the systems that run on top of it — so it is one setup, not a pile of boxes from different people.

Connection and Starlink

The problem
The internet drops out or crawls when everyone is on it, or there is no decent fibre where you are. Quotes sit in the outbox, EFTPOS hangs and the job app won’t load.
What goes in
The right connection for your site — fibre, wireless or Starlink — and, where a drop-out would stop the day, a second connection that takes over on its own.
What you get
A connection you don’t have to think about, and someone who knows how it is set up when it does play up.

Network and router

The problem
A router the provider sent years ago, the Wi-Fi password on a sticky note, and nobody sure what is plugged into what.
What goes in
A properly set-up router and network, with staff, guests and shop devices like EFTPOS kept apart, and the settings written down for you.
What you get
A network that belongs to your business and doesn’t depend on one person remembering how it works.

Wi-Fi coverage

The problem
The Wi-Fi works at the front desk but not out in the workshop, the yard or the back of the shop.
What goes in
Wi-Fi points placed where the work actually happens, set up as one network that phones and tablets join once.
What you get
Your team can use phones, tablets and job apps wherever they are working on site.

Power backup

The problem
A short power cut takes out the internet and the EFTPOS — and some of it doesn’t come back on by itself.
What goes in
Battery backup on the gear that matters most: the connection, the network and the server.
What you get
The essentials ride through a short outage and come back cleanly after a longer one.

Onsite server

The problem
Business files spread across laptops, USB sticks and personal accounts, with no real backup if a laptop dies or goes missing.
What goes in
A small server on site for shared files and backups, with a copy kept somewhere else as well.
What you get
Your files in one place your business owns, and a second copy if something goes wrong.

Two layers, one stack

The physical layer is only half of it

A fast connection doesn’t help if enquiries still get lost, and a good website doesn’t help if the internet drops out every afternoon. We look at both together: the gear on site, and the websites, follow-up, quoting and admin systems that run on it.

Some of our project work includes this side — the menu board on a takeaway’s shop TV, and the network and server we run for our own business.

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Internet or Wi-Fi letting you down?

Start with a free Systems Review. One review covers both the gear on site and the systems that run on it, and shows you what to fix first.

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