Wayne Stallwood wrote:
There are a few wireless hotspots in Bury but hardly anyone seems to use them.
The best one is the Lounge bar in Hatter street (a few doors up from my Office) they have completely unencumbered and free Internet access.
Do you know what software they use?
A few of the Greeneking pubs have either MyCloud or Purple Patch. The MyCloud ones are next to useless to me because I can't get out on ssh and VPN's won't work over them (I refuse to use a untrusted network any other way) and the Purple Patch ones annoy me because despite being a BT OpenZone they don't accept the OpenZone credits I get from my ISP. Oh and both of them are a pain to sign up to using anything other than I.E.
You've got me thinking. If the big networks are so appalling, what software is out there to set up a wireless hotspot with free software?
A quick search on the usual haunts turns up:
* Public IP ZoneCD - http://sourceforge.net/projects/publicip/ * Less Networks Hotspot Server - http://sourceforge.net/projects/lesshotspotserv/ * Linux LiveCD Hotspot Server - http://www.wifi.com.ar/english/hotspot.html * mysqlWisp - http://openisp.net/mysqlWisp/ * WiFiAdmin - http://wifiadmin.sourceforge.net/
Public IP ZoneCD looks quite good.
Has anyone ever done this?
P.S. Sorry for sending this email to you privately by accident Wayne.