[reordered to make a bit more sense...] [originally, I wrote an answer describing how my system works]
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brynjar Hauksson > > Hi Tom > What prepaid system did you get? On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:38 am, Jeremy Davis wrote: > ... It is relatively easy > to build a prepaid card engine due to the modular approach of FreeRadius. To which I'll say "ditto" to Jeremy's comment -- I built my "prepaid" card system from scratch, and with only some minor niggles it works just fine [I think a couple of people "ended up" with a free hour, but that isn't going to break the bank around here...] The only real caveat to a "prepaid" card system is that you have to actually print some cards! If you don't print enough, well, people can't use your system. Print too many and you'll get desperate to get them "sold". If I had a computer system "on site" with the AP [and a printer, naturally], I'd have set up a terminal at the register so the employees could print a "card" [login info] on demand [and I'd have probably also used the computer system and something like nocat to do the work that the hotspot-in-a-box AP is doing] I'll be discussing my "hotspot" business at our next Linux user group meeting [this is in Pasadena, California -- if you're close enough to attend and are interested, contact me off-list and I'll point you to the group's info] The presentation is a bit of a "showcase" of using nothing but open-source tools and Linux.
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