Antamedia HotSpot controls WiFi time and bandwidth usage. It runs on Windows operating systems (including Vista) and features many options for easy HotSpot management.

This application provides billing and reporting along with real-time on-screen display of all your online customers, including their usage statistics (upload and download quota, time left etc). Your customers will be redirected to login page to pay before getting Internet access.

Windows Compatible
Windows software with user-friendly interface. It doesn't require any proprietary hardware so you can use any standard PC with two network cards to create HotSpot billing gateway.

Zero Client Administration
Web-based login, no client software installation is required. Our software secures your hotspot by forcing all customers to login screen. Any operating system and any Internet browser can be used on customer computer (like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Konqueror).

Bandwidth Limit Control (Traffic Shapping Management)
Bandwidth limit is configured in Kb/s for each user account separately and represents speed of customer connection to the Internet. You can sell high bandwidth accounts for additional fee or save more bandwidth for VIP customers. Example: set 10 KB/s for regular accounts and 100 KB/s for special accounts

Bandwidth Quota Control (Traffic Quota Management)
Bandwidth quota is configured in Mbytes for every account and represents total amount of traffic available to customer. Example: Customer can download 10 MB in one hour. If customer uses bandwidth quota and still has time left, additional bandwidth can be ordered

Accept Credit Cards
Payment process is completely automated and customer is able to choose username, password and pricing plan (like 1 Hour Internet time or one month unlimited access). You will not need staff to sell tickets. A single easy-to-use setup interface enables transaction processing with any Major Internet Payment Gateway including PayPal (customer will not need PayPal account).

Customize pages displayed in customer browser
Each page can be customized to fit your corporate layout. You can put your company logo, change colors etc.

Different login pages for specific IP or MAC
You can create different login pages for different network segments. For example, wifi users connected to one access point will see one login page and users connected to second access point will see different login page

Packet Filter
You can specify IP and port blocking rules for outgoing traffic. For example disable IP addresses 80.10.10.10 to 80.100.100.100 and port range 10-100. This will prevent access to mail, ftp, web servers in specified IP range. Option can be used to limit only specific services, like limit ftp or email usage by blocking these ports and setting range to large segment.

MAC Whitelist
Enable specified computers (identified by MAC address of network card) to pass-through the HotSpot gateway without authentification. For example: allow some computers from your cafe to pass login page if these computers already use Interent Caffe management software. Other computers, like WiFi Laptops will still be redirected for login

Web Site Whitelist
Customer can browse specified web sites without authentification. You can set up company web site or web site with advertisements which will be free for all customers. If custoemer wants to find out more, login will be required

Reports
Check out earnings for a specified time period, computer or employee. Export data as pdf, html, csv or text report. You can filter database by date, action, username, computer IP or MAC address

Activity Log
HotSpot stores different actions performed by employees or customers, including sales, session start and stop, time of login attempts etc. Database is encoded and protected from unauthorized modifications

Create Prepaid Tickets
Create user accounts in advance and print them as tickets. You can sell such tickets on counter, receiption, using vending machine etc.

Charge Additional Time
When customer runs out of time, extra minutes or hours could be added to existing account

Charge Additional Bandwidth
The same applies for bandwidth. Additional MBytes are specifies in blocks like 1 MB cost $1.00, 5 MB cost $3.00 etc.

Taxes
Very flexible tax system will fit in any country tax regulation. There are 3 different taxes with tax on tax option.

Receipts
Configure receipts to show your company logo, hotspot name, header and footer. Optionally print date and time on receipt

Employee Accounts
Every employee has his own account (username and password) which is used for HotSpot login. Employee activity is also logged with the time and type of action performed.

InfoBox
It's a popup browser window which shows time remaining on user account and bandwidth quota left

Instant Keywords
Customer can type INFO or LOGOUT to quickly show InfoBox or to finish his session. Account is updated and time left stored for future use

Multiple Location Support
Connect all your hotspots in one network and you can use the same database. Your customers will be able to use their remaining time in any of the hotspot locations. Just imagine large resort which provides UTP connection in every room and has several access points in restaurants, loby etc.

Here are some key features of "Antamedia HotSpot Software":

· User Accounts
· Create prepaid user accounts with username and password
· User accounts are time limited, when session ends customer can continue browsing after buying additional time
· Add time to account and print receipt
· Unlimited time option (could be used to enable only bandwidth limits)
· Set expiration date (starts from first account login)
· Set allowed access hours for login
· Account can be temporary disabled
· Disable inactivity timeout (customer doesn't have to relogin after specified inactivity time)
· Time left modification (optional)

Requirements:

· A PC with two network cards

Limitations:

· 3-connection trial, 60-minute restart intervals

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Compatibility for Windows Vista 64bit and Windows 7 64bit. Drivers are signed by Antamedia and does not trigger “can not verify publisher” warnings during installation on Windows Vista and Windows 7, on both 32bit and 64bit systems.
· Fixed a NAT issue on Vista and later OS