Case Study: Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort achieves reliable, scalable cloud-managed Wi-Fi with Extreme Networks

Family-Owned Resort and RV Park Chooses Extreme for Ease of Deployment and Network Management

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is a family‑owned casino, hotel and RV park in California that relies heavily on Wi‑Fi for guest services and mission‑critical gaming operations. Facing a legacy controller‑based WLAN that created a single point of failure, limited AP choices and caused roaming and capacity issues, Jackson Rancheria chose Extreme Networks — deploying ExtremeWireless access points and ExtremeCloud™ IQ to replace the controller bottleneck and support modern 802.11 capabilities.

Extreme Networks implemented a staged, cloud‑managed rollout (AP1130s for the RV park, AP230s for hotel/remote B&Bs and a dense dual‑5GHz design in the casino) allowing remote management and local authentication. The deployment covers a 100‑space RV park with four outdoor APs, 22 APs for hotel rooms plus six for the conference/concert spaces, and supports ~1,400 client devices alongside 1,700 slot machines; results include seamless gaming‑to‑support communications, increased network visibility, simplified management without onsite staff, and lower ongoing licensing costs thanks to Extreme Networks’ architecture.

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort

Dan Rehart

IT Manager