SMC's Instant Hot Spot Melds Wired, Wireless Worlds - The Customer Experience
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Once set up, using the SMC EliteConnect Wireless
Hotspot Gateway is quite simple. Customers can access the Internet in two ways.
The easier way is to have a clerk print out a receipt with all the needed
information. For many sites offering the service for a small fee or for free,
the clerk method will be ideal.
Customers can also choose to self-authenticate and
pay, if the device is set up for those services. After associating with the WAP
or plugging into an associated wired connection, the customer launches a
browser. The SMC Hotspot redirects the browser to an authentication screen where
the customer can log in.
The unit supports wireless speeds of up to 802.11g
and wired speeds up to 100M bps. Access proved to be fast and easy and should
serve any hot-spot user quite well. SMC has done a very good job of simplifying
hot-spot deployment and has made its Hotspot a reality for most any business
with a broadband connection.
