[120439] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wifi hotspot software needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Mon Dec 21 15:19:22 2009
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:16:01 -0800
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4B2FD36B.9000105@csuohio.edu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
so can open-wrt and you can run it on something like:
http://www.ubnt.com/products/rspro.php
which is a lot more flexible than a consumer ap and the price starts at
about $80 before you add radios.
Michael Holstein 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
>