setting up a free hotspot
A simple mom and pop store is looking into setting up WIFI for an RV park (back of facility) and customers on two sides that would access the wifi from outside the store. The wifi is to attract users to the store rather than to set up a business.
Here is my guestimate of what would be required, though I'm looking for good suggestions. Note that this should run without a PC present other than to set it up.
Take the dsl and feed it to a router such as di-804hv. [I've had good luck with both DLink and SMC gear, with DLink providing better support.] Now I have 4 ports For each side of the building,connect a high power wap like Senao NL-2611 CB3 Plus. I like the idea that they are powered over the ethernet since they means only one walwart in the system. On each outside wall, a flat pannel antenna such as
I'd like the user about 200ft away to access the system with a low power wifi card. I've done easily twice that distance using a 250mw card and a homemade biquad, so I am assuming the reciprocal would be true.
One last thing...Is there a way to prevent users on one side of the building from accessing their wap, going through the router, then hacking a user on a different wap connected to the router. That is other than the users making sure file sharing is turned off.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by miso in Wireless Networking
