I own a motel, and I'm looking to offer broadband internet access for our customers. I don't want to have to send wires to 22 rooms, so I'm gonna go with wireless. I have a few questions.
All the rooms are on the ground floor all on one long path. The only place I can put the router is in a room that is next to the first room(unless it's plausible to put it in the attic where the temps can reach 120F+). This room has a window that looks down the long path on which the rooms are located. The router needs to reach AT LEAST around the eighth room, about 100 ft. but preferably around the 12th room, which is about 150ft. The reception at a distance doesn't need to be great, since the connection to the internet thru DSL is only gonna be a 256k, and we just want the guests to be able to browse the internet and check email and stuff. I was wondering what the best router would be that would have this range. I have a cheap $20 2.4Ghz phone from walmart that picks up decent reception in about the 10th room down, and that's when the base has a couple more walls in between the phone and the base.
We're also gonna charge people a fee to be able to use internet connection. So we need to able to prevent access to the public completely unless they have paid. Is there a router(or a way to setup a winxp computer) that will allow us to manage users/passwords, so that when someone pays for the internet access, we add their name/password to the router, give them the password, then delete their password, when they leave. I've heard of some routers that can manage access by MAC address, maybe that might be an option? It doesn't need to anything extremely simple, since we only plan on having maybe 1 or 2 people a week that will use the internet connection.
btw, price is sorta an issue.
thx
All the rooms are on the ground floor all on one long path. The only place I can put the router is in a room that is next to the first room(unless it's plausible to put it in the attic where the temps can reach 120F+). This room has a window that looks down the long path on which the rooms are located. The router needs to reach AT LEAST around the eighth room, about 100 ft. but preferably around the 12th room, which is about 150ft. The reception at a distance doesn't need to be great, since the connection to the internet thru DSL is only gonna be a 256k, and we just want the guests to be able to browse the internet and check email and stuff. I was wondering what the best router would be that would have this range. I have a cheap $20 2.4Ghz phone from walmart that picks up decent reception in about the 10th room down, and that's when the base has a couple more walls in between the phone and the base.
We're also gonna charge people a fee to be able to use internet connection. So we need to able to prevent access to the public completely unless they have paid. Is there a router(or a way to setup a winxp computer) that will allow us to manage users/passwords, so that when someone pays for the internet access, we add their name/password to the router, give them the password, then delete their password, when they leave. I've heard of some routers that can manage access by MAC address, maybe that might be an option? It doesn't need to anything extremely simple, since we only plan on having maybe 1 or 2 people a week that will use the internet connection.
btw, price is sorta an issue.
thx