Certification wouldn't matter on this; he's not looking to use any wireless functions on the product. It's a straight Ethernet based solution.
DD-WRT may be controversial as a wireless solution, but it makes a pretty good router for a $50 device (IPTables, OSPF/BGP/RIP, PPTP VPN, IPSec VPN, Radius support, more). Wireless is only one portion of DD-WRT and can be turned off. There are also some commercial ones that keep the nice embeded aspects for a few hundred. -- Clint Ricker Kentnis Technologies 800.783.5753 On 3/29/07, Doug Ratcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Then why doesn't Mikrotik GET their boards FCC certified? I know it's cheap but if 1000 of us WISPs spend $5k each to certify it, vs MT spending $5k once and charging an extra 5 bucks, I'd rather do that. Annoying to say the least. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] hotspot > You can buy a portal from Valuepoint or any of the other manufacturers of > them. > > You can use a PC running Mikrotik. Pay 40 bucks for the hotspot license. > > You can use a PC running Chillispot. > > Then, connect their existing Linksys APs. > > That way you are using a certified motherboard (a PC) and already certified > access points. > > Stay away from Mikrotik Routerboard (neither the board nor the radios are > Part 15 certified in that configuration). > > Stay away from DDWRT firmware in a Linksys unless Linksys (or the DDWRT > developers) can show you that using firmware other than with which the unit > was certified using allows it to still maintain certification. You'll > probably find out you get blank stares when you try. The DDWRT firmware > allows you to adjust the power far beyond that which was approved. > > Ralph > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:29 PM > To: WISPA General List; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com > Subject: [WISPA] hotspot > > Hi, > > We have been contacted by a hotel that would like us to install some > type of access control on their wireless service. Currently they have 6 > or 8 Linksys AP's connected via ethernet back to their main switch. > Their Cisco router is providing DHCP. The problem is they have a lot of > people using their service "around" the hotel area (parking lot, > businesses next door, etc.) and so they would like to have just a very > basic authentication system (username / password). > > Any suggestions for something inexpensive? Something that would also act > more like a bridge (two ethernets) so we could just plug and play? > > thanks, > > Travis > Microserv > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 3/28/2007 > > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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