As mentioned throughout this group there are easily a dozen or more home grown and opensource tools being used and all are very good but they all seem to require quite a bit of work to configure. here is the solution we are looking to roll out. First any wireless AP's will do in this scenario but I recommend using hardware that supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz so that slower cards don't bring down the speed of everyone else or consider using different spectrum for say the B protocol... just a thought there.
So here is what we are planning to roll out. SputNik 720 which is about 230 from sputnik.com and this is used as the gateway allowing captive portal, transactions for usage etc. Then for the AP we are going with 2 open-mesh radios which are very inexpensive and are also easy to conceal. If you are interested in more details on exact hardware let me know and if you have a space that you are currently setup to do coworking and want it to be more reliable let me know and maybe I can help. Chris Johnson http://www.untangledsolutions.com Our coworking client is blankspaces.com On Apr 1, 10:31 am, lanceball <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > I've just opened up a new coworking space in Asheville (htp:// > locomotivity.com). Right now I've got a decent wifi setup with both > an encrypted and unencrypted network. No splash screen or anything > like that - you just connect and you are good to go. > > I'm curious about other coworking spaces and whether you are using a > captiveportalso users have to log in. There are a few reasons why I > think this is an ideal setup. Mainly I want to monitor bandwidth usage > and lower P2P priority etc; and eventually plug it into some coworking > software (e.g. my not-yet-even-alphahttp://github.com/lance/planomatic) > so that I can easily track things like 10-pass cards. > > I've seen the page of recommendations on the wiki > -http://coworking.pbwiki.com/WirelessNetworkRecommendations- and > there's a lot of good info. But I'm curious if any of you space owners > doing something like this already? If so, what's your setup? > > Thanks > Lance Ballhttp://locomotivity.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
