I will in the next week or so install a wireless network for a hotel/motel. Can anyone advise if there is a special type of equipment I should be using? There are 3 floors in the hotel... Do you think a simple linksys router would do the job?
Errr...setting up a wireless network for a hotel is a rather complicated task. It's not just done by installing a WLAN router.
You will have to think about...
- ranges / placement of the APs (you will need more then one)
- the connection of the APs to the gateway
- the gateway itself
- security
- an ISP
- billing and accounting?
- teaching the personal how the system works
- and interface where the homeland security guys can plug in (USA only) ;-)
- a thousand other things
At first you may need an access point and a laptop. Go through every room with the laptop while placing the AP on the floor to find out how many APs you need and where to place them.
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