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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. WWW.TP-LINK.COM
TP-LINK Helps Texas Roadhouse Build
Reliable Network
CUSTOMER PROFILE
Name: Texas Roadhouse
Scale: 420 Restaurants
Industry: Restaurant
Location: USA
Challenge
• Aggressive deployment of network-enabled devices
With the rapid expansion of Texas Roadhouse, there is a
signicant number of devices (PCs, Servers, POS machines,
APs and video surveillance cameras) that require network
connectivity in each of its locations. Texas Roadhouse is
very happy about its business growing, but on the other
hand, the customer growing results in a more demand on
• Robust security to guarantee the privacy of customer
information
As a lot of customers use the retaurant’s Wi-Fi to check
Facebook, Twitter or even to pay their bill online, a breach
of customer information would be a disaster. Thus, for the
privacy of customer information and data, the network
solution needs to guarantee secure external connections in
addition to preventing attacks.
• Cost-Eective devices deployed over approximately
300 locations
Since Texas Roadhouse owns over 400 stores in 46 states,
they need a large amount of devices for all of their stores.
Even small savings on each switch will represent a
considerable reduction in the price of the project, so
aordability is important.
Costumer Background
Texas Roadhouse is a chain
restaurant with 420 restaurants in
46 states of the United States, each
serving lots of customers for dinner.
It is an American chain restaurant
that specializes in steaks and
promotes a Western theme. Texas
Roadhouse is not just a family restaurant and not just a
steak restaurant, but a place where people of all ages can
come and have a great meal and great fun for a great price.
The company has been growing steadily since it was
founded in 1993.
Challenge
• Aggressive deployment of network-enabled devices
With the rapid expansion of Texas Roadhouse, there is a
signicant number of devices (PCs, Servers, POS machines,
APs and video surveillance cameras) that require network
connectivity in each of its locations. Texas Roadhouse is
very happy about its business growing, but on the other
hand, the customer growing results in a more demand on
• Robust security to guarantee the privacy of customer
information
As a lot of customers use the retaurant’s Wi-Fi to check
Facebook, Twitter or even to pay their bill online, a breach
of customer information would be a disaster. Thus, for the
privacy of customer information and data, the network
solution needs to guarantee secure external connections in
addition to preventing attacks.
• Cost-Eective devices deployed over approximately
300 locations
Since Texas Roadhouse owns over 400 stores in 46 states,
they need a large amount of devices for all of their stores.
Even small savings on each switch will represent a
considerable reduction in the price of the project, so
aordability is important.
could sustain, and to provide
redundancy in case one of the links
fails. Thus the device can make the
POS machine connection stable and
serve customers who are online
without crashing.
• VLAN, Port Isolation,
IP-MAC-Port-VID Binding and ACL
for network security
The rich L2 features like VLAN, Port
Isolation, IP-MAC-Port-VID Binding
and ACL guarantee network and
connection security. And the
easy-to-use web interface is also
convenient for the sta to use.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Building 24 (oors 1, 3, 4, 5) and 28 (oors 1-4)
Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan
Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
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its Wi-Fi from customers’
smart-phones and tablets. And the
added devices like POS machines,
APs, and video surveillance cameras
make the network more crowded.
Thus, Texas Roadhouse requires a
network solution with large
capacity to meet the demands of its
restaurants’ many individual
networks.
• Old POS systems often crashes
and dropped Wi-Fi upsets
customers
The solution should be a highly
stable network, as the existed POS
system sometimes crushes, and any
system failure or unavailability will
result in a substantial loss. What’s
worse, Wi-Fi crashes make
customers upset when they are
trying to use their smart devices.
Solution
After evaluating a number of possible vendor solutions,
Texas Roadhouse chose the TL-SL3452 as their edge access
switch in order to upgrade their network.
• Being equipped with 48 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports for
exible connection options
The TP-LINK JetStream L2 managed switch (TL-SL3452) is
equipped with 48 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports, 2
10/100/1000Mbps RJ45 ports, and 2 Gigabit SFP slots. The
large number of RJ45 ports makes it possible to cover the
demand of PCs, Servers, POS machines, APs and video
surveillance cameras.
• Link Aggregation for higher stability
TL-SL3452 has the function of Link Aggregation, which is to
combine multiple network connections in parallel to
increase throughput beyond what a single connection
• Lower than other venders to be cost-eective
With the excellent cost control, TP-LINK’s solution
provides outstanding-performance at a reasonable price.
Thus TP-LINK oers the lowest price among all the
vendors.
could sustain, and to provide
redundancy in case one of the links
fails. Thus the device can make the
POS machine connection stable and
serve customers who are online
without crashing.
• VLAN, Port Isolation,
IP-MAC-Port-VID Binding and ACL
for network security
The rich L2 features like VLAN, Port
Isolation, IP-MAC-Port-VID Binding
and ACL guarantee network and
connection security. And the
easy-to-use web interface is also
convenient for the sta to use.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Building 24 (oors 1, 3, 4, 5) and 28 (oors 1-4)
Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan
Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
Specications are subject to change without notice.TP-LINK is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright ©2015 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. All rights reserved. WWW.TP-LINK.COM
Solution
After evaluating a number of possible vendor solutions,
Texas Roadhouse chose the TL-SL3452 as their edge access
switch in order to upgrade their network.
• Being equipped with 48 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports for
exible connection options
The TP-LINK JetStream L2 managed switch (TL-SL3452) is
equipped with 48 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports, 2
10/100/1000Mbps RJ45 ports, and 2 Gigabit SFP slots. The
large number of RJ45 ports makes it possible to cover the
demand of PCs, Servers, POS machines, APs and video
surveillance cameras.
• Link Aggregation for higher stability
TL-SL3452 has the function of Link Aggregation, which is to
combine multiple network connections in parallel to
increase throughput beyond what a single connection
Result
• The POS system never crashes and customers enjoy
Wi-Fi stability
Texas Roadhouse bought over 400pcs of the TL-SL3452 in
total and implemented the switches into a majority of their
restaurants. The newly updated network infrastructure is
performing well, and Texas Roadhouse is experiencing no
crashes with their POS systems as they were previously,
which saves a lot of unnecessary cost causing by POS
system crush before. In addition, customers in each
restaurant are enjoying stable Wi-Fi, and better Wi-Fi
becomes a big hit with diners.
• Lower than other venders to be cost-eective
With the excellent cost control, TP-LINK’s solution
provides outstanding-performance at a reasonable price.
Thus TP-LINK oers the lowest price among all the
vendors.
