Choosing the Right RFID Reader for Access Control: 6 Questions to Ask Before Buying

Ask these questions when selecting an RFID reader for user-authentication and access control so that it will meet your needs.

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Passwords, PINs and physical keys are so yesterday. Today's employees, students, tenants and consumers are used to accessing all kinds of locations, goods and services with the wave of an ID card or smartphone. But few people think about the technology that makes this happen: the RFID reader. The right reader makes all these transactions seamless. Here are the questions you should ask when selecting an RFID reader to ensure it meets the needs of the users on your campus.

No application replicates another. That's why a variety of readers are available with different capabilities, form factors and attributes. These include readers with or without an integrated housing, models with or without internal antennas, units that can be remotely programmed and others that will work with all major RFID technologies globally.

John Villegas is the VP of sales and business development at ELATEC, a leader in the design and manufacture of RFID and mobile device readers for user authentication and access control. This article originally appeared in CS sister publication RFID Journal and has been edited.

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