Thanks Chris,
mmm changed my mind they take 15% >Yes I had a look at ZoneCD and another one which is cross platform called >Linspot plus ControlAP and Chillispot. I was looking for some feedback >from someone who was using something on Mac. I think I'll download >Linspot tonight and have a look at it. Regards Neville >>Anyone know of a good OSX solution for managing wireless hotspots ? >>Prepaid card type thing... >>Like in Hotels. > >Wow, I missed this email, sorry. > >Does it have to be an OS X solution? > >You can check out PublicIP.net They have something called ZoneCD which is >a linux based solution. However, it is also designed to be a simple >bootable CD, so you really don't need to know linux. You just need a >compatible computer. Everything else is done thru admin config tools. The >machine specs they call for are fairly basic, and you can probably turn >up a compatible machine by rummaging thru the garbage (I know I recently >thru out a bunch of compatible machines). > >I have not yet used ZoneCD myself, but I did look into it a while back >for a project. I'm sure it has matured even further since I looked into >it. > >Oh, did I mention ZoneCD is a free product. > >I don't know if it offers a way to do prepaid card setups, but I know it >does allow you to lock out anyone that doesn't have authorization >(similar to hotels where you can connect to the hotspot, but can't go >anywhere except their logon web page until you authenticate with the code >the hotel gives you). > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net> > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
