I've got Tik hotspots set up at a few towers and have setup usermanager for a retirement community. You definitely have more control with a Tik box but using Unifi with vouchers would be far easier.
You can still host the Unifi server at your place if they do not keep a computer running and they can print out vouchers ahead of time or at the time. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:11:44 -0500 >Thanks! > >From: Bryce Duchcherer >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 2:34 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Motel WiFi Authentication > >I did a hotel a few months ago using UniFi and MikroTik. > >We are running Hotspot service on the MikroTik (RB1100AHx2) and UserManager. > >For user account creation I put in a HotSpot printer from Technologic. It uses >API to create user accounts in UserManager so it is very easy for clerks to be >able to create users for guests. You can set limits for days, speed, data >transfer, etc. > >Itâs not cheap, and not the easiest to set up but once it is in it works >well. > > > >Check out www.hotspot-printer.com > > > >Another option, depending on the billing system they use, could be to use >radius integrated with their billing system to create users. > > > >Or, you could just enable user manager and the clerk could create users in the >web interface. > > > >If you want some more info shoot me an email off list. > > > >Bryce D > >[email protected] > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:24 >To: WISPA General List >Subject: [WISPA] Motel WiFi Authentication > > > >Not sure if I should post to UBNT or Mikrotik. Anyways we have a few motels >that we run the UniFi APs in and they offer free use of the service. Of course >its all you can eat for anyone across the street from the motel, or those who >loiter in the parking lots. I havent really stayed in enough motels to see how >they do them but whatâs a way that users can get a temp username & password >when they check in? I havent dinked with it much on the UniFi. I can see how >to do it, kind of, with hotspot on a Mikrotik, but I am not sure I would want >a desk clerk dinking with the router. I am assuming that UniFi would be easier >to use for this. Problem I have is with the few motels using UniFi they hardly >ever keep the software running, and only turn it on when they need remote help >from me. We have something similar set up with our ISP billing system for a >few campgrounds where they create their own credential then pay a few, but I >had to contract a lot of that out due to my inexperience. Maybe I need to look >into the Amazon solution. Would be cool to run UniFi on a Mikrotik router. > > > >I also assume with them being authenticated we can track bandwidth hogs >better. We have quite a few motels that have mostly permanent guests full >time, people that never leave the room constantly downloading movies. On the >unifi we could always see who they were by MAC only, but forcing someone to >log in may help with the abuse. > > > >thanks > >heith > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >_______________________________________________ >Wireless mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at avolve.net _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
