WAP Hardware for Branding

We are thinking about Branding Hot Spots in Resturants that don't currently have hot spots. We are a weekly alternative publication in 4 states. The customer would have to provide the broadband and we would provide the WAP.

We want the WAP to enable us to control the first page that everyone views when they sign-on. We will protect ourselves from liability for hacking and viruses through the contract. We wil require that the resturants don't charge for the service.

What hardware device would you guys reccomend for this. We are hoping to spend no more than $400 per device.

The resturants could do this themselves, but we will be providing advertising in our pirnt and on-line publications if they let us brand it for them.

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loafing
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First off, your budget is going to have to be around $600 for the device...

I have used Proxim AP-2500 for this sort of thing, very happy with it. Well established product, tons of features.

D-Link has a hotspot type product. DSA-3100

Sputnik:

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Boingo has some kind of hotspot in a box product, but I think it's some kind of revenue share arrangement.

-- Paul

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Forgot to mention if you're willing to hack around, you can put Sveasoft firmware on a Linksys WRT54G.

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Their Talisman/Hotspot firmware is promised Real Soon Now. One of the guys on the forum has installed NoCat (

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-- Paul

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Thanks. The D-link looks good.

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loafing

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