Usuario:Mac/Traducciones/Hotspot
A situar en hotspot.
Hotspots are locations where you can have access from mobile computers (such as a laptop or a PDA) without connection cables to networked services such as the internet. Hotspots are often found near restaurants, train stations, airports, cafes, libraries and other public places.
A wireless network uses radio frequencies for the communication between computer devices and access points which are basically two-way radio transceivers that typically work in the 2.4 GHz (802.11b, 802.11g) or 5 GHz (802.11a) bands.
Most Wi-Fi hotspot equipment is IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant and offers some level of security like WEP and/or WPA.
Many laptops come with IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g adapters built in. However, it is also possible to buy PCMCIA or USB based external adapters.
Hotspot Access Points are different from normal access points. They feature:
- A captive portal where users are redirected to for authentication and payment
- A payment option using credit card, Paypal, iPass etc.
- A Walled Garden feature that allows free access to certain sites
Hotspot manufacturers include Cisco Systems, Colubris, D-Link, Nomadix, SpotNet, Sputnik and Ambit.
T-Mobile Hotspot, Wayport, Patriot Broadband, Surf and Sip, SurfSpot (New Zealand) and Surf2Go are Public Wireless LAN providers. Also certain PodHotSpots.
ZoneCD is a GNU/Linux LiveCD to easily set up hotspots.
Today many universities and schools have wireless networks in their campus.
Schools using wireless technologies[editar]
- American University, Washington, D.C.
- Marshall University, Huntington, WV
- University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Texas A&M University, College Station
- College of William and Mary
- Central Connecticut State University
- Carleton College
- Clarkson University
- Dartmouth College
- European Graduate School
- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
- Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Mount St. Mary's College
- Middle East Technical University
- Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- University of Toronto
- University of Central Arkansas
- Washington University in St Louis
- Carnegie Mellon University
- The Evergreen State College
- University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
- Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Colegio Salesiano San Isidro, La Orotava, Spain
- PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, India
- Towson University
- University of Kansas, Lawrence
- University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- The University of Phoenix, Various campuses
- RMIT Univeristy, Melbourne, Australia
- Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- [Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
- Wyedean School and College, Chepstow, UK
See also[editar]
External links[editar]
- Global Wireless Hotspot Search Engine
- Official Wi-Fi Zone (tm) Zone Finder
- Worldwide directory of free and commercial WiFi Hotspots
- How to crack Wifi Hotspots & general wireless security exploits
- PDA Hotspots - List of websites that adjust to the small PDA screen
- HauteSpot Networks Solution Documents - Set of example documents showing how hotspots can be set up for various organizations such as schools, government, restaurants, cafes, hotels, etc
- WiFiMaps.com Searchable maps of Wi-Fi installations and coverage
- Auscillate.com Free WiFi Lists Community-compiled lists of free wifi hotspots in various large US cities.
- Directory of Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Find WiFi Hotspots VZlocal's WiFi Hotspot locator.
- Flash/audio showing how to configure a Linksys WRT54G to share your broadband connection to be a free Hotspot.
- Hotspot in a Box Hotspot equipment, billing, prepaid and services.
- Spotngo Hotspot equipment and services, public hotspot and sponsored hotspot.
- Patriot Broadband Managed WiFi Hotspot Installation, maintenance and billing.
- SpotNet Hotspot equipment and services, free hotspot and sponsored hotspot.
- WILIBOX Embedded Linux based software platform suited to implement HotSpot access points and other networking devices.
- Intel Corp Most Unwired College Campuses
- Open source tools for more secure access to public Wi-fi hotspots
- pointHotspot.com - Hotspot Applicance with outsourced, web-based Control Panel for AAA_protocol