Town of Gawler

The problem

The Town of Gawler required a modern, scalable network platform to support its transition toward a cloud-based operating environment and broader Smart City initiatives.

This included reliable connectivity between council infrastructure and external data centre services, along with sufficient internet capacity to support both internal systems and public Wi-Fi across key areas such as Murray Street.

The solution also needed to provide strong security controls, including protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, while remaining scalable for future growth. Caznet was engaged through a competitive public tender process to deliver this solution.

What we did

Caznet delivered a fully integrated connectivity and infrastructure platform, combining fibre, internet, security and data centre services under a single provider.

We deployed a private dark fibre connection between the Town of Gawler council offices and the Your DC data centre in Edinburgh Parks, creating a dedicated, high-performance link into enterprise-grade infrastructure.

Over this connection, we provided a 1 Gbps internet service (initially provisioned at 500 Mbps and scalable as required), always-on DDoS protection with full traffic scrubbing, and a segmented network design to support both corporate systems and public Wi-Fi services.

Following the initial deployment, Caznet also provided data centre co-location services at Your DC, enabling the Town of Gawler to host critical infrastructure within the same facility connected by the dark fibre.

This created a tightly integrated architecture where the fibre link delivers both secure, private access to council-hosted systems in the data centre and high-speed internet services through the same platform — a hybrid environment combining on-premise access with data centre-hosted infrastructure, without reliance on third-party transit or complex multi-vendor arrangements.

The solution was further designed to support future expansion, including higher bandwidth services, additional VLANs, and integration with Infrastructure as a Service platforms.

The result

The Town of Gawler now operates on a secure, scalable and future-ready infrastructure platform aligned with its Smart City strategy.

Council systems are hosted in a professional data centre environment while remaining directly accessible via private fibre, improving reliability, performance and security.

Public Wi-Fi and corporate services are delivered over a resilient, protected internet platform with built-in DDoS mitigation.

By consolidating connectivity, internet, security and data centre services under a single provider, Caznet reduced complexity and created a clear, scalable foundation for future digital initiatives.