Installation for a Centralized Network Topology

[konstantinos]

hello, my name is konstantinos and i have just downloaded a trial ver. for evaluation

my issue is to develop hot spots around my city with minimal hardware installation

Acording to topology 3(if i understand well) all outgoing bandwith goes out of my centrilized internet outlet!!!

i do have a hardware AP that it have RADIUS capabilitis (AUTH...etc..).
does the first spot (topology 2) works without the need of pc and ofcourse extra first spot lisence???

[alan]

Note the FirstSpot does not need AP with RADIUS capability. In fact, you can use AP with mimimal security features ( See our FAQ at http://www.patronsoft.com/firstspot/faq.php )

There is trade-off for different architectures. See http://www.patronsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=437 for a similar discussion
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[konstantinos]

THANKS FOR YOUR QUICK REPLY

I HAVE ALLREADY SHOW ALL THE POST REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT IS AN ACCOUNTING, REPORTING AND BILLING SOFTWARE RUNNING UNDER WIN.

I DONT WANT THE USE OF A PC AT MY LOCATIONS BECAUSE ACTUALLY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLACE PCS TO THE PLACES

SO, AS I SAID AT MY LOCATIONS I HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND AP CAPABLE TO RADIUS AAA support
User Authentication and Accounting
Logout Mechanism
Rich Networking Function NAT (RFC 1631)
SMTP Server Redirection
DNS Redirection
DHCP Server and DHCP relay
Transparent HTTP Proxy Server
IP Multicaset support
Security and Firewall SSL User Login Page and Admin
Configuration
VPN (IPSec/PPTP) Pass Through
Pass through IP and MAC address
Home Page RedirectioN

I AM ALLREADY USING THOSE APS AND I DO HAVE A CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF THE USER DBASE (RADIOUS).
I WANT TO UPDATE TO UPDTE MY CENTRALIZED SERVER SOFTWARE SO THE QUESTION IS IF FIRST SPOT (TOPOLOGY 2) CAN WORK AND PROVIDE ALL FUTURES U MENTION WITH THOSE AP WHICH SEEMS LIKE TO PROVIDE THE SAME FUTURES AS FIRST SPOT STANDARD EDITION

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF TOPOLOGY 2 WORKS ALSO WITH RADIOUS (NO ODBC)

[alan]

If you don't want PC on site, Scenario 3:Centralized Network Topology is your best bet.
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