[Help] Setting up "free wifi" in a restaurant

[koeksGHT]

Get a Ubiquiti access point. Flawless operation and easy to set up. Even people parked in the street can access it...

+1 UniFi Enterprise access points!

Setup a demo hotspot today with one.

 

[Budza]

Gratitude for the advise guys. You'll never believe it but the previous owners and mangers were so useless and ran the place so badly that when we were looking around the restaurant and cleaning up we found all the hardware for wifi already installed. We asked them and they didn't even know it was there LOL. So yeah, we got a guy out to get it back up and running, cost R200 and that's that! . Right now its set per IP address, so if you connect it logs your IP and allocates you 100mb (just a trail basis) for 24hours and then it resets.



Sure thing, as soon as I win one of these iPad or cool gadget competitions

250-500MB, c'mon!

What is your line speed?

 

[beesknieg]

Just trust me when i say this is your all in one solution: http://www.ubnt.com/unifi

 

[Budza]

Just trust me when i say this is your all in one solution: http://www.ubnt.com/unifi

What do those go for? I'm looking for a small home office unit, something like this: http://www.dbg.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=1_8_60&products_id=870

 

[b@nD]

Great !

Just trust me when i say this is your all in one solution: http://www.ubnt.com/unifi

Thanks for this link and suggestion
Do you have personal experience of this solution ?
Is there a local supplier ?
Where can one find prices ?

Thanks again

 

[fragtion]

Thanks for this link and suggestion
Do you have personal experience of this solution ?
Is there a local supplier ?
Where can one find prices ?

Thanks again

scoopdistribution.co.za

 

[grahame]

I need to re-visit this subject, some 3 years later.
Any advice now, to answer the same question?

 

[Sinbad]

Unifi still.

 

[AfricanTech]

Unifi still.

Seconds.

Two local suppliers afaik - scoopdistribution and dbg.co.za (I think Takealot sells the AP's as well)

 

[grahame]

Thanks guys

 

[grahame]

Unifi looks the way to go. I'm now looking for an installer. Any suggestions in Gauteng (Pta, Jhb)?

 

[PsyWulf]

In fact,the Unifi management tool now offers its own Token/Coupon generation service with a "lower" security access requirement ie. can give reception access to generate tokens with specific expiry and its own "Walled Garden" to keep miscreants at bay

 

[SauRoNZA]

Mikrotik with Hotspot Manager.

 

[Diesal]

UniFi all the way - nice UI and setting up hotspot functionality is a breeze.

I have two at home, tried combining with the Mikrotik hotspot manager but I lack the skillz, as a stand alone solution they work well.