Be careful with the low-end AP's like Linksys, I pretty sure they don't support RADIUS.
Ken Connell
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----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:49 pm
Subject: What is a good wireless solution for a small restaurant.
> Since many of the people on this list talk about wireless systems,
> I
> thought I could ask for some assistance.
>
> I have a customer with a chain of small restaurants, that want to
> provide wireless connections for his customers.
>
> I am looking for an inexpensive secure solution.
>
> I have heard people talking about 'walled gardens', and that may
> be the
> way to go.
>
> I have been asked about the d-link and linksys wireless routers,
> but
> have no experience with them. To date I have only had experience
> with
> long haul wireless, campus wireless and wired solutions.
>
> I don't have a firm direction from the customer yet, but there
> will be
> dozens of restaurants that will need to be hooked up.
>
> I am guessing that I could somehow use FreeRadius to provide
> centralized
> access controls.
>
> One of the prerequisites will likely be that there are NO moving
> parts
> {ie. no hard drives} on any of the devices and low power
> consumption {no
> large servers or monitors} in the restaurants. If required, the
> traffic
> could be backhauled to a centralized location over vpn's.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> --
> Guy Fraser
> Network Administrator
> The Internet Centre
> 780-450-6787 , 1-888-450-6787
>
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