I'm planning to holiday-let my home soon, possibly through sites like Stayz or Takeabreak.
In looking at comparable homes that are listed on the sites, most holiday home owners seem to offer free internet to guests, presumably using a similar sort of wireless hotspot arrangement to those used by hotels, motels, cafes, etc.
Do anyone know how these are set up, in terms of hardware, software, etc.?
It's usually free to guests, but has some type of logon procedure & password so your neighbours don't help themselves to your bandwidth.
One possibility might be to just use a wireless router and change the network login password between guests. However, there must be some good reasons most accommodation service providers, internet cafes, etc don't do this - they generally use a proper wireless hotspot arrangement, where the user is presented with a login screen when they sign on.
If anyone here is offering short-term holiday accommodation and providing wireless access to guests, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts/experiences/suggestions on how you're doing it...
In looking at comparable homes that are listed on the sites, most holiday home owners seem to offer free internet to guests, presumably using a similar sort of wireless hotspot arrangement to those used by hotels, motels, cafes, etc.
Do anyone know how these are set up, in terms of hardware, software, etc.?
It's usually free to guests, but has some type of logon procedure & password so your neighbours don't help themselves to your bandwidth.
One possibility might be to just use a wireless router and change the network login password between guests. However, there must be some good reasons most accommodation service providers, internet cafes, etc don't do this - they generally use a proper wireless hotspot arrangement, where the user is presented with a login screen when they sign on.
If anyone here is offering short-term holiday accommodation and providing wireless access to guests, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts/experiences/suggestions on how you're doing it...