D-Link Launches Airspot Line of Combo Public/Private Internet Gateways

D-Link launched the first in its line of affordable Airspot Public/Private Gateways aimed at small to medium-sized business that wish to create a public hot spot to cater to Wi-Fi enabled mobile consumers and businesspeople while maintaining access to its own private LAN. The D-Link Airspot DSA-3100 is a complete hot spot gateway that provides a firewall, DHCP server and router functions for both public and private broadband Internet access. From the gateway’s web-based configuration menu “command center,” the administrator can limit user access according to specific MAC addresses, direct customers to custom-designed welcome pages and manage web access and session times. It can manage up to 250 user accounts in its database and it also supports POP3, RADIUS, and LDAP external authentication for larger-scale Airspot networks. For instance, a coffee shop customer could purchase a cup of coffee and thirty minutes of Internet access, receiving a printed ticket with an assigned hot spot username and password. Bandwidth allocation can be limited per user to ensure quality service for all users.
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