Providing wifi in a short let holiday home
- Thread starter Ausprop
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Google Internet cafe software. There are plenty of systems around where you can manage usage. You might also want to block certain sites such as torrent sites to prevent a nasty email from copyright holders.
I would also want a record of exactly who logged on and when to cover yourself incase someone did something illegal and you being the owner get blamed.
I would also want a record of exactly who logged on and when to cover yourself incase someone did something illegal and you being the owner get blamed.
This is what i'd do:
I'd sign up for a decent iinet [preferably "naked"] plan for about $60 per month. 100gb or 200gb [$70] is pretty hard to max out, even if you try really hard.
Then I'd install a wifi router which lets me limit the download speed to something like 0.5mB/s, or about 1/3 of iinet's usual max. This would still be more than enough for wifi on holiday and would make sure they weren't taking up the whole month's data.
I'd sign up for a decent iinet [preferably "naked"] plan for about $60 per month. 100gb or 200gb [$70] is pretty hard to max out, even if you try really hard.
Then I'd install a wifi router which lets me limit the download speed to something like 0.5mB/s, or about 1/3 of iinet's usual max. This would still be more than enough for wifi on holiday and would make sure they weren't taking up the whole month's data.
thanks all. an unlimited plan would be ideal, but I just found this:
http://www.antamedia.com/buy/hotspot/
http://www.antamedia.com/buy/hotspot/
I reckon you could find a better, free-er alternative.
I bet it's already a feature in this firmware...
http://lifehacker.com/344765/turn-your-60-router-into-a-user+friendly-super+router-with-tomato
thanks for that- I'm not very technical so not so sure, you really think there is an ability to allocate download data?
yeh I wanted to avoid it but I have had a couple of substantial bookings which demanded it which mean I am best to just put it in rather than lose them... someone from europe has taken it for a month and they want to be able to work there for example. And the signal there is shocking so I do need a copper wire style solution
I've never personally installed the software the guy is talking about in the article, but i've seen a bunch of articles like it. It has a big user base and there would be lot's of good information easily searchable about it.
And yes, I assume there would be that ability.
I am technical and wouldn't want to have to deal with support issues.
Both these work:
TPG - Unlimited $59 (as mentioned by someone else - limited exchanges)
OR
TPG - 500 GB $59 (also EFFECTIVELY UNLIMITED but speed limited to 1Mb/sec thereafter - fast enough)
thanks I will suss them out. their surveillance product is interesting - pity they cant link it to multiple cameras.
these guys are even cheaper!...
http://www.spin.net.au/products/broadband
these guys are even cheaper!...
http://www.spin.net.au/products/broadband
They look good too - make sure you can either get naked dsl (no phone line) or can bar outgoing phone calls (or at least those that you get charged for)....
