lutful
Premium
join:2005-06-16
Ottawa, ON
2 edits | reply to jdmarti1
Re: Hotspot
said by jdmarti1  :I like the MT because it is so flexible, any way to do what I need? Another system that will work as well or better in this case? Since you are happy with MT HotSpot solution, there is really no reason for you to switch.
The HotSpot feature in MT is relatively new but a large ISP/WISP customer base has ensured that Mikrotik fixes bugs quickly and adds features to bring it upto par with other HotSpot solutions.
Joe Mahaffy was one of the early MT HotSpot users and wrote a good how-to guide that was used by many early adopters in late 2003. [ fament.com is now wisp-router.com ]
»www.gpsinformation.org/hotspot/m···cle.html
If MT is not meeting someone's needs - there are other options like Sputnik. »www.sputnik.com/
Many choices are available for the APs including DD-WRT, that are managed by Sputnik's server software called Control Center. Carriers can run their own control center for 10,000 hotspots while while a Cafe offering free WiFi could use Sputnik's free service. Most other providers fall in between and can use Sputnik's paid service or purchase their own server. |
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robbin
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
1 edit | What does he do regarding the need for printed tickets if using Mikrotik?
[Edit] Your last link does not work. |
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lutful
Premium
join:2005-06-16
Ottawa, ON
| Mikrotik prints a pdf ticket - one per page - but John Eckert showed a cool script that reads Mikrotik internal table and prints out tickets using a Windows application.
But his myadvise.de server in Berlin is down. BEWARE myadvise_dot_com is a trojan site  |
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jdmarti1
Jack
join:2004-06-15
Oilton, OK | Next question - if I use the Zyxel unit, how do I set it up so that I have say 4 AP's on different floors, with just one printer at the office?
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»magicwisp.com |
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robbin
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
| According to the user manual, it has a four port switch built in. I have not actually used one, although I have used other ZyXEL products. Their documentation is good as is the ZyXEL forum here.
user manual
This should be one of the "rebranded" Handilink units polk5 referred to earlier to in the thread. I believe there are a number of members here using this router or predecessor with good luck (with whatever brand name is on it). |
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polk5
join:2001-12-29
New Orleans, LA
1 edit | Yes, It has 4 hardwired ports on it. I really like the newer handlink unit because you can throttle the users bandwidth. Im not sure if Zyxel carries that one yet. I think its the wg-601 handlink. |
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