hotspot-in-a-box

[rexster]

any development to build a total hotspot solution in a wl500g/x ??

like these one:
http://www.basewireless.net/products...roduct=hotspot
http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-hotspot.htm

wl500g/x is perfect candidate for it have usb port.
we can attach printer and lots other stuff to build this.

rgds,
rex.

[barsju]

Well chillispot is available as unslung package, and I belive there has been some efforts with WifiDog. Other than that I don't know what people are up to.

S.

[rexster]

afaik,
chillispot, wifidog, etc are not a complete solution.
they still need an authentication (radius) server somewhere....
also, there're no user administration,
add/remove/change users' login/pass/time/limits/etc...

while the product link i gave is a complete solution.
no server needed.

Well chillispot is available as unslung package, and I belive there has been some efforts with WifiDog. Other than that I don't know what people are up to.

S.

[snark]

they still need an authentication (radius) server somewhere

without full fetured RADIUS server (RADIUS + MySQL + something else) you can't build real hotspot
i use WiFi as transport, and Internet shares for users via PPTP VPN that i terminate on my cisco router, users authentification, authorisation & accounting works on FreeRADIUS, users have theyer own web based statistic and i have my own for manage accounts etc.