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A hotspot gateway is a device that provides authentication, authorisation and accounting for a wired or wireless network. Typically they are used to control access to the Internet on a public wireless network; usually this would be in order to charge for the service or restrict access to certain users e.g. via a wireless hotspot on a holiday park. A hotspot gateway can also be used for guest (free of charge) user connectivity by offering instant Internet access without the need for configuration changes to the network setup of the client computer or any resident client-side software.

•In practise the hotpsot controller is a supplementary router that sits between your local network and your broadband connection controling all user traffic to the internet.

•Most of the smaller controllers also include on-board wireless interface which can be used for local users; these users are also managed by the controller.

•The smaller controllers have the option to interface to a POS ticket printer which can be used to print tickets for on-demand users

•They can automatically generate user accounts both for fee-based or free broadband access

•They also typically include powerful, supplementary firewalls for increased network security

Once your controller is configured then it can automatically provide access authentication using a simple username and password control. These users can either be by a built-in, prepaired user-base or they can be created on demand. Most of the hotspots even support instant payment type services using, for example PayPal. With instant payment the hotspot will automatically interface with PayPal user charging - ideal if you want to run an unattended charging service.

From the end users point of view, all they see is a simple logon popup box when they first attempt to connect to the internet. At this stage they can enter the username and password you've created for them or, if using instant payment, they can simply goto the charge site (e.g. PayPal) and pay for their connection.

Solwise is able to offer a range of different hotspot controllers with varying user and broadband capacity and a range of features. So, whatever the size of your application, there will be a hotspot controller to suit.

At present there are three controllers available from Solwise:

Capacity and Performance

WAS-103

WAS-105

Network Interfaces (Mbps)

10/100
10/100

WAN Ports

1
2

Configurable Load Balancing

n/a
Yes

Local Accounts

2,000
3,069

On-demand Accounts

2,000

Concurrent Users
(Recommended)

100
100

On-Demand PayPal

No
Yes
Ticket Printer Option
No
Yes

User List Upload

Yes
Yes

User Control by Data/Time

Data or Time

Data or Time

Built-in Wireless

Yes
Yes

Walled Garden

Yes
Yes
RADIUS Support
Yes
Yes

Custom Logon/off and Authentication Pages

Yes
Yes

Site-to-Site VPN

No
No

Share Built-in User Base

No
No

Form Factor

Wall Mount
Wall Mount

The WAS-IWE3200 is our starter controller but don't be misled by it's beginner status. It has many of the features only seen on the more expensive models including large user-base, 2 WAN (broadband) ports with load balancing. It also has an optional ticket printer for on-demand users and will also work with a centralised RADIUS server (so that you can easily share a single user-base amongst multiple controllers).

The WAS-103 has a similar capacity to the IWE3200 but has greater flexibility including Multiple User Policies (controlling seperate firewall/router/schedule/bandwidth configurations), PayPal on-demand, instant payment for users, and charging based upon data or time. It also supports RADIUS authentication as well as other types of server authentication methods e.g. POP3/LDAP/MS NT etc.

The WAS-105 is the next model up from the WAS-103 model. Differences include the ability to use a seperate ticket printer, paypay or credit card authentication and dual WAN ports.

 

 


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