how to setup a hot spot?

[chenZ]

Dear all,
I run a small shops sells beverage, recently, I'd like to add a wi-fi hot spot for my customer, I googled lots of paid solution, which is too much cost for me as it isn't a profit driven service.

I also checked the forum, some friends also got similar situation I'm facing,
A guy referred a restaurant owner to have a look at a B&B owner's post... which isn't helpful at all, the B&B owner just like to enable the wifi without session control.

some one offered a solution (a I.T guy from a hotel, who also recommend the solution to his management) , the PublicIP(http://www.publicIP.net) .... I googled a lot, and it is not called PublicIP, it's ZoneCD, and the free version of it(website was http://www.publicIP.net), and commercial version was at www.publicIP.com ...

this project discounted around Sep, 2009,



if there any solution for me to share my Wi-Fi connection, but with a session control, which I can give out the user name and password, for maybe half hour or one hour.


thanks a lot.

 

[krieg]

You can try looking at www.mikrotik.com if you willing to spend some money on a router. I would suggest the rb750 for less than R500 keeping it independent from your network. Try browsing the forums as their products are mostly used in Internet Cafe's.

 

[grok]

Dunno much about these things, but I just saw this product that might be what you're looking for on the Esquire specials page (http://www.esquire.co.za/specials/2012_01_25WLS.html)

Intellinet GuestGate HotSpot Gateway: http://shop.esquire.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=803996

Product page: http://www.intellinet-network.com/en-US/products/5316-guestgate-hotspot-gateway

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[murray654]

Heres some info I found helpful :

• Mikrotik : how to set up a wifi hotspot
• If that scares you then go for something like Skyrove
• There is also dd wrt. Check this tutorial.

Incidentally, the cost of Skyrove scared me.

The need to store user information elsewhere when using dd-wrt meant additional cost.

So I now have a mikrotik hotspot.

 

[Mr.CookieMonster]

I think you should buy a Wi-Fi ADSL Modem, then buy an uncapped account (1, 4, 10mbps) Then set wifi on your modem. Then put a password, change password every month, and walla you have a wi-fi hotspot

 

[murray654]

I think you should buy a Wi-Fi ADSL Modem, then buy an uncapped account (1, 4, 10mbps) Then set wifi on your modem. Then put a password, change password every month, and walla you have a wi-fi hotspot

The OP says he wants to limit to 30 minutes to 1 hour. Your solution is not going to do that.