All of my customers are through wireless medium. There are a handful with the credit card processing machines you see everywhere (the blue thin ones). No complaints. 90% of these units have a 10baseT (that's ten not one hundred) Ethernet port. I have seen a couple that DO NOT have an Ethernet port.
Every provider I have ever talked to supported both mediums. Every customer will thank you greatly for moving them to Ethernet instead of dial up - transactions are at least a tenth the time. Call the merchant, say you want to use Ethernet instead of phone (you may need dial tone for this migration period!!!) and they'll tell you what to push. http://www.floridamerchantunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/vx510_39.jpg Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Ben West <b...@gowasabi.net> wrote: > I am curious if anyone has experience providing wireless service to small > businesses who use a POS credit card system. > > My own chats with various small biz owners here in St. Louis suggests that > their merchant account providers tend to expect a twisted-pair phone line > and/or dedicated DSL/cable, no wireless. > > I imagine this may vary depending on who actually provides the merchant > account, but has anyone received feedback from such providers about their > expectations for serving the credit card machines wireless? E.g. must you > use dedicated, encrypted wireless links (as common sense would suggest), > and/or VPNs, or must the POS machine sit on a dedicated LAN, etc? > > Thanks. > > P.S. By POS I mean Point of Sale, to avoid any confusion. ;) > > -- > Ben West > http://gowasabi.net > b...@gowasabi.net > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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