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| My brother-in-law has just acquired a hairdressing business and would like to offer wi-fi to his customers, he has asked me to set it up for him, which I am able to do with no problem. My question is what would you recommend, a network using consumer equipment ie. a home network with wireless router or business targeted equipment ie. signing up with a wi-fi business provider. Thanks in advance. PS - Just an afterthought, what would the security implications be for each type of network?
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| Security implications - nightmare if it's just "open". I would use a "hot spot" kit.
Doesn't mean you have to charge, but each customer gets their own ticket with their own log information. If you fancy a bit of DIY, software here for how to turn the £40 Linksys WRT54GL into a hotspot http://usemynet.biz/
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But check you get the right model of that router.
We have just had 2 in a row that wont reflash  (I have one in bits on my desk with wires soldered to it  )
Cheers,
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Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you, but my connection went down . Anyway, thanks for your advice I'll certainly look into the "hotspot" idea.Cheers.
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Intel C2D E2180 Running at 3.3Ghz Arctic Freezer Pro 7120 GB 8MB SATA I HDD (System)320 GB 16MB SATA II HDD + 500 GB SATA II HDD (JBOD)2GB Corsair DDR2 5400 ASUS 8800GTS 320MBAntec 900 Samsung Syncmaster 226BW Rig 2 - Kids XP Pro SP2ASRock Dual VSTAIntel C2D E2160 Running at 2.7Ghz250 GB SATA II HDD1 GB DDRII 5400 GeForce 6600LE
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