Wireless & Wired Networks · Michigan · Since 2015

Networks Built to Actually Work

From a 5-AP retail store to a 60-AP resort, from a Petoskey law office to a manufacturing floor in Cadillac — we design, install, and support wireless and wired networks across Michigan.

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The Daily Reality

If You’re Reading This, One of These Is Happening

Most Michigan businesses live with one or more of these for years. They become “just how the network is.” They don’t have to be.

Wi-Fi Drops in Meetings

Zoom freezes. Customers wait. The host stand can’t take card payments. Every dropped connection is a small failure that compounds — and your team stops trusting the network.

Dead Zones

The far corner of the building. The basement. The patio in summer. Coverage that should be there but isn’t, because the original install was sized to a floor plan, not the way you actually use the space.

Random Outages

The whole network goes down for 8 minutes, comes back, and nobody knows why. Reboot the box, hope for the best, and pray it doesn’t happen again today. Productive, that’s not.

Flat Network

Guest Wi-Fi sees your POS. Your security cameras share the same broadcast domain as your office workstations. A compromised guest device is one mistake away from your payment system.

Cabling Spaghetti

The network closet looks like a war crime — patches running every direction, no labels, three generations of cable, half of it not actually connected to anything. Adding a phone takes 45 minutes of detective work.

No Visibility

Something is slow. Is it the ISP? The Wi-Fi? The firewall? A bad cable in conference room B? Without a managed network you’re guessing — and so is whoever you’re paying to fix it.

What We Actually Do

Design · Install · Support

  • Site surveys. RF mapping, signal-strength testing in the actual building, not on a floor plan.

  • Structured cabling. Cat6/6A, fiber backbones, properly terminated MDF/IDF closets.

  • Wi-Fi deployment. Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and 7 access points sized to actual density and use patterns, with seamless roaming and mesh where it makes sense.

  • Managed switching. PoE+ switches, stacks where needed, redundant uplinks where it matters.

  • Next-generation firewall. IDS/IPS, content filtering, geographic blocking, and integration with the rest of your security stack.

  • VLAN segmentation. POS, guest, IoT, staff, and security cameras isolated by default — the foundation of every network we build.

  • Multi-site networking. Site-to-site VPN, SD-WAN, central management, and consistent configuration across every location.

  • 24/7 monitoring. Alerts that fire before a user notices something is wrong — included with every site management agreement.

Built for Michigan Conditions

Where We Work, What We’ve Solved

Most networking problems aren’t technical — they’re physical. Old stone buildings, three-season cottages, manufacturing floors, lakefront resorts. We design for the building, not the spec sheet.

Marinas & Lakefront

Outdoor-rated APs, dock-to-shore wireless links, seasonal cutover for three-season properties, and weatherproofed cable runs for the long-term realities of waterfront Michigan.

Hotels & Resorts

Per-room AP density that actually handles a full house. Branded captive portal, PMS integration, and seasonal-staff onboarding flows built for tourist economy turnover.

Restaurants

Isolated POS VLAN, kitchen-display network, guest Wi-Fi that can’t reach card data, and tablet support for online-ordering platforms. Built for the Friday night rush, not the slow Tuesday.

Manufacturing & Shops

Floor-rated equipment for harsh environments, IoT and SCADA segmentation, and Wi-Fi tuned for RF-noisy spaces where consumer-grade gear fails within months.

Retail & Multi-Site

Identical configuration across every location, central monitoring from one dashboard, and a standardized rollout playbook for new stores so location number 4 looks exactly like location number 1.

Professional Offices

Law firms, optometry practices, insurance agencies, accounting offices — secure, segmented networks with the audit documentation your compliance and cyber-insurance carriers ask for.

Platforms We Deploy

Two Platforms. Deeply.

We picked Ubiquiti UniFi and TP-Link Omada because they get the best result for Michigan small business — reliable hardware, centralized management, segmentation built in, no recurring licensing nightmares. We deploy what fits the building, the budget, and the operational reality.

Ubiquiti UniFi

Our default for most engagements. Best-in-class hardware, single-pane UniFi controller, no per-device licensing, and a mature ecosystem from access points to switches to door access.

TP-Link Omada

Strong price-performance, especially for budget-sensitive deployments and dense Wi-Fi coverage in small spaces. Same centralized-controller model with a different cost curve.

Security Built In

Every Network We Build Is Segmented by Default.

Most network breaches aren’t sophisticated — they’re an unsegmented guest network that touches a payment system. We treat segmentation as the foundation, not the upgrade.

  • VLAN separation by default. Staff, guest, POS, IoT, security cameras — each on isolated broadcast domains. The single biggest scope reducer most networks are missing.

  • Firewall with IDS/IPS. Next-generation firewall, geographic blocking, content filtering enabled out of the box.

  • DNS filtering on every VLAN. Known-malicious domains blocked at the resolver before they ever reach a workstation.

  • WPA3 where the gear supports it. 802.1X authentication on networks where the threat model demands per-user identity.

  • Guest captive portal. Branded, opt-in capture for marketing, completely isolated from every internal network.

  • Documented configuration. Network diagrams, VLAN map, firewall rules — the artifacts your cyber-insurance audit and compliance questionnaires will ask for.

By the Numbers

A Decade of Building Networks in Michigan

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How an Engagement Works

Walkthrough · Design · Install · Manage

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Site Walkthrough

Free, about 60 minutes. We see the building, walk the spaces, ask how people actually use the network.

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Design + Fixed-Bid Quote

Diagrams, AP placement maps, vendor and cabling list, with the monthly site-management fee included.

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Install + Cutover

Phased or after-hours so service isn’t disrupted. Old gear de-cabled and removed.

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Ongoing Site Management

Included on every quote. No install-and-disappear.

No Install-and-Disappear

What Ongoing Site Management Covers

Every NTS network project includes a small recurring fee for site management. The network we build doesn’t drift, doesn’t go stale, and doesn’t become someone else’s problem when something needs to change. Here’s what’s included for the life of the system:

Controller hostingYour network’s brain lives on our infrastructure — no on-site box to die.

Firmware & maintenanceAPs, switches, and firewall updated on a tested schedule.

Basic administrationAdding users, adjusting SSIDs, opening ports, simple firewall rules.

Quick config changesSame-day for existing infrastructure — no project ticket needed.

Network monitoringProactive alerts when something looks off, before users notice.

One number to callYou, your staff, or your IT person — we’re the support contact.

Questions We Hear All the Time

Network Projects — FAQs

Always. Networking quotes that arrive over email after a 5-minute phone call are guesses. Building layout, materials, existing pathways, density — these only get answered in person. The walkthrough is free, takes about an hour, and ends with you knowing what we’d propose before we ever send a number.

Both, depending on what you have and what you’re trying to accomplish. If your existing gear is current-generation and supports the architecture we want, we’ll re-use it. If it’s the limiting factor, we’ll propose a replacement and explain why. No bias toward replacing things just because we’d rather sell you new ones.

Yes — most multi-day jobs run after-hours or in phased segments specifically to keep your business running. We work hospitality, retail, and restaurants where downtime during business hours isn’t an option. Tell us when you can’t be down and we’ll design the cutover around it.

Yes. We deploy outdoor-rated APs, run weatherproofed Cat6 or fiber, and design dock-to-shore links for marinas and lakefront properties. Northern Michigan’s tourism economy means a lot of our network projects include outdoor coverage zones, three-season structures, or seasonal cutover requirements.

Controller hosting, firmware management, basic administration (users, SSIDs, simple firewall rules), quick configuration changes on existing infrastructure, proactive monitoring, and one number to call when something needs attention. It’s a small monthly fee built into every project quote so the network we install doesn’t drift or become someone else’s problem.

Yes. Cyber insurance underwriters increasingly require documented network segmentation, firewall configuration, and access control. We design every network to meet those requirements and provide the documentation your renewal questionnaire asks for — VLAN map, firewall ruleset, MFA configuration, monitoring evidence.

Project pricing depends on the size of the space, the number of access points, the cabling required, and the equipment selected. After a free site walkthrough we put a fixed-bid quote in writing — one number for the project, plus the monthly site-management fee. No surprises, no scope creep, no hourly nickel-and-diming.

Ready When You Are

Stop Rebooting the Box.

Build a Network That Works.

Schedule a free site walkthrough. We’ll see the building, listen to what’s been frustrating you, and quote a real solution in writing — including the recurring site management that keeps it working long-term.

Real Humans, Real Conversations

844-959-5040

Northern Technology Services · Petoskey, MI · Serving Michigan since 2015