How does BOINGO work ?

They partner with hotspot providers, either one at a time, or multi-location providers. The Boingo client logs in using special logins and authenticates to their own servers.

You can become a Boingo-only hotspot, or add it to the hotspot you already have.

This is explained in different places on their web site.

From a previous thread here:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:

That page refers to the Linksys "Boingo in a Box" and is dedicated to Boingo. For an existing WAP that has some authentication scheme already, there is a different process.

The Boingo page mentions Pronto. If a Boingo subscription were usable at Boingo, Wayport, Pronto and T-Mobile sites, that would be a tremendous boon.

Am i right in thinking that the WRV54G hotspot features require a separate RADIUS server for user authentication ?

Are there any hotspot devices out there that do their own authentication ?

I think there is some mumbling about using the Boingo authentication servers. I don't know that it is radius.

David Taylor was testing a self-contained unit a while back.