[120438] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wifi hotspot software needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Lyon)
Mon Dec 21 15:17:51 2009
In-Reply-To: <4B2FD36B.9000105@csuohio.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:16:50 -0800
From: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com>
To: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Check out Mikrotik:
http://www.mikrotik.com/
-Mike
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Michael Holstein <
michael.holstein@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>
> > I am consulting with a new player in the internet field and I am
> > looking for suggestions for hotspot wifi software.
> >
> > GPL would be great, but I know some of the stuff out doesn't have all
> > the features.
>
>
> DD-WRT can do this on a variety of hardware. If you use it on higher end
> gear (meaning not a Linksys wrt54gl) you have to buy a license, but it's
> pretty cheap. They use Chillispot as the underlying "captive portal".
>
> Play with it on a $50 WRT54GL and see if it meets your needs.
>
> The developers will also do custom coding and branding if you toss a
> reasonable fee their way.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Holstein
> Cleveland State University
>
>
