Jim Conner wrote: > I am going to bid on setting up a wireless hotspot for a hotel. It has 300+ > rooms, so theoretically it could have 300+ wireless users signed on at once. > I've been looking at various hardware manufactures. One router I've found is > the D-Link Airspot - DSA-5100 - Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway. It's about > $2700 USD. It would do the job with the correct number of WAPs. I've been > looking around for hardware that is comparable and/or cheaper that will do > the job. Any one here have any experience doing stuff like this? If so, am > I pointed in the right direction? Any ideas/suggestions would be > appreciated. > >
If this list is an inappropriate place to post this type of question, it would only be because of the nature of most postings here tend to be social, political, and theological. Two places I can think of that this would be addressed in spades. (not all links are verified) http://www.80211hotspots.com/ This one is associated with www.internet.com http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-wireless/archives/ Also part of the internet.com empire. Last time I checked, it was a very high volume list. Lots of knowledgable people though http://archives.part-15.org/listarchive.asp?maillist=wisp Also a high volume list and has lots of knowledgable people there. I tend to dislike D-Link mainly due to my interactions with their soho based equipment. I've not used the commercial variations. Others I'd suggest taking a look are are Mikrotik (http://www.mikrotik.com), StarOS (http://www.staros.com). Some open source ones are: http://islay.dyndns.org/sesame/sesame.html http://www.publicip.net/ http://www.lessnetworks.com/ Some other websites to investigate would be: http://www.personaltelco.net/ http://www.howtoforge.com/wifi_hotspot_setup http://www.lessnetworks.com/ http://www.seattlewireless.com/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
