You can buy a portal from Valuepoint or any of the other manufacturers of them.
You can use a PC running Mikrotik. Pay 40 bucks for the hotspot license. You can use a PC running Chillispot. Then, connect their existing Linksys APs. That way you are using a certified motherboard (a PC) and already certified access points. Stay away from Mikrotik Routerboard (neither the board nor the radios are Part 15 certified in that configuration). Stay away from DDWRT firmware in a Linksys unless Linksys (or the DDWRT developers) can show you that using firmware other than with which the unit was certified using allows it to still maintain certification. You'll probably find out you get blank stares when you try. The DDWRT firmware allows you to adjust the power far beyond that which was approved. Ralph -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:29 PM To: WISPA General List; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Subject: [WISPA] hotspot Hi, We have been contacted by a hotel that would like us to install some type of access control on their wireless service. Currently they have 6 or 8 Linksys AP's connected via ethernet back to their main switch. Their Cisco router is providing DHCP. The problem is they have a lot of people using their service "around" the hotel area (parking lot, businesses next door, etc.) and so they would like to have just a very basic authentication system (username / password). Any suggestions for something inexpensive? Something that would also act more like a bridge (two ethernets) so we could just plug and play? thanks, Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
