Ironclad Technologies

Restaurants & shops · DeSoto, TX · Se habla español

POS-ready cabling and Wi-Fi for restaurants, bars and shops

Card reader dropping out in the dinner rush? Wired POS terminals and printers don't compete with every phone in the dining room for Wi-Fi.

The POS, the printers and the kitchen screens on their own Cat6, not on the guest Wi-Fi.

Network tune-up, $350 flat. Labor; parts are on the written quote.

Card reader or network down in the middle of service? Call or text (214) 316-8238, even late. If it needs me there, I'll give you the price and when I can arrive before I head out, often the same night.

The first look is free: by appointment, in DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Lancaster, Dallas, Oak Cliff and Grand Prairie. Any work is quoted in writing before it starts.

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A restaurant counter at night with a card terminal and a receipt printer, the cables run down through the counter top.

Every cable I run is labeled at both ends, tested, and written down, so you and the next tech know what's what.

Restaurants and bars

A POS runs on the network under it. If that network is the router the internet company left behind, shared with every phone in the dining room, that's where I start.

What POS-ready cabling includes

  • A Cat6 drop to every POS terminal, printer and kitchen screen.
  • Every drop runs straight back to one labeled patch panel, with the same label at the jack and at the panel, so your POS installer can read it: POS1, KITCHEN, BAR AP.
  • The POS and card readers on their own network, away from guest Wi-Fi. Guest Wi-Fi gets a bandwidth cap.
  • Wi-Fi that covers the dining room, the patio and the back office.
  • An as-built PDF: every drop, where it lands, its label and its test result.
  • Your passwords, logins and a one-page map of what's where, handed to you at the end. They're yours.

Whether your POS is Toast or another system, your POS company or dealer sells it, sets it up and builds the menu. I run the cable and set up the network under it before their installer shows up.

Every restaurant is priced on its own: how many drops, how far they run, and when I can work. Call for a quote.

Same label at the jack and at the panelA patch panel with labeled ports. The port labeled POS1 runs to a wall jack labeled POS1, the port labeled KITCHEN runs to a wall jack labeled KITCHEN, and the port labeled BAR AP runs to an access point.PATCH PANELPOS1POS2PRINT1KITCHENBAR APPATIO APOFFICESPAREPOS1KITCHENBAR APWALL JACKWALL JACKACCESS POINT

Event halls, shops and offices

An empty event hall with round tables and string lights, and a Wi-Fi access point mounted high on the wall.

Event halls

Access points placed for the hall and the patio, staff and the POS on their own network away from the guests, and TVs and sound for the room.

A small shop checkout with a card terminal, its blue network cable running down through the counter top.

Shops and offices

The register on Cat6, guest Wi-Fi kept apart from the register and the office, and every cable and port labeled.

What it costs

Prices are labor. Parts are billed separately, on the written quote.

Network tune-up

$350 flat

Your internet company's router swapped for a business router and firewall. The POS and card readers on their own network, away from guest Wi-Fi. A guest network with a bandwidth cap. Every cable and port labeled. A one-page map with your passwords, handed to you. The new router is a parts line on the quote.

Wi-Fi access point

$150 each

Mounted, connected and set up. The access point itself is a parts line. If there's no cable where it goes, that run is quoted after the look.

Service call

$125

For when something's down and you want it fixed. That's the first hour on site, within 15 miles of DeSoto, with a written note of what I found. Then $85/hr. Travel is only charged on paid work, and it's on the written quote. The free look never has a travel fee. It's quoted in writing before I start, and a text counts.

TV mounts

$150 up to 55 inches,
$240 for 56 inches and up

Mounted, one source connected, one remote set up. The 56-inch-and-up price includes a second person. Want the cables in the wall? HDMI, speaker and network cable only, quoted after the look. A new outlet behind the TV is an electrician's job.

Quoted after the look

POS-ready cabling, Cat6 drops, speakers and sound, and cellular backup for the POS.

After-hours work is billed at my after-hours rate, and the quote shows it. Every job comes with a limited 90-day warranty on my workmanship, in writing. Read it

Written quote before any work, good for 30 days. Deposit: parts plus half the labor to book the date; jobs under $300 are paid when finished. Signed at your home? You can cancel until midnight of the third business day and get everything back. Limited 90-day workmanship warranty, in writing. Read it

How it works

  1. Call, text or WhatsApp.

    Tell me what's going on. Then a five-minute call, so I know what to bring and you know who's coming.

  2. I come look.

    The first look is free: by appointment, in DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Lancaster, Dallas, Oak Cliff and Grand Prairie. Any work is quoted in writing before it starts.

  3. You get it in writing.

    Scope, parts, labor and total. Quotes are good for 30 days.

Questions

How much per drop?

Every building is different: the ceiling, how far the run goes, what's in the way. I'd rather give you a real number than a made-up one, and the look is how you get it. The first look is free: by appointment, in DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Lancaster, Dallas, Oak Cliff and Grand Prairie. Any work is quoted in writing before it starts.

Can you work before open or after close?

Yes. Business jobs get scheduled around your hours: before you open or after you close. After-hours work is billed at my after-hours rate, and the quote shows it.

Will the card reader drop out during the dinner rush?

I won't promise you a network that can't go down. Here's what I do about it. The POS terminals and printers get their own Cat6, so they aren't competing with every phone in the dining room for Wi-Fi. The POS and card readers go on their own network, away from guest Wi-Fi, and guest Wi-Fi gets a bandwidth cap. If the internet itself goes out, a cellular backup gives the POS a second connection. That's quoted in writing, and the data plan is in your name.

Two networks under one routerThe internet comes into a business router and firewall. The POS and card readers get their own network on Cat6. Guest Wi-Fi is a separate network with a bandwidth cap. A cellular backup gives the POS a second connection if the internet goes out.INTERNETROUTER +FIREWALLPOS + CARDREADERSGUEST WI-FIBANDWIDTH CAPCELLULAR BACKUPCAT6

Call, text or WhatsApp (214) 316-8238

Tell me what's going on and I'll set up a time to come look, by appointment. I try to answer the same day. Or email jmolina@ironclad-technologies.com. Se habla español.

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