With its latest feature, Classic Hotspot allows you to use code login and social login together. When this feature is enabled, only users that know the Wi-Fi code will be able to see the splash page and get access to Wi-Fi through Facebook, Twitter, Google or other social networks.
Configuring this feature is super easy.
How to implement the code and social login authentication in BYOD environments.
When Wi-Fi clients want to connect, they will see the following pages:
This feature helps you configure your SSID so that only the customers that know the code can see the splash page and access the network via social login.
An easy way to communicate your code is to print it on the purchase receipts.
CarFi, a mobile hotspot made specifically for cars designed by Huawei, might be the only accessory you need in your car.
A cigarette lighter for your car is now more than just a lighter. Huawei introduced a gadget called CarFi that transforms cars into Wi-Fi hotspots. Without needing a battery, CarFi works as a standard charger and provides 5V/1A power for plugged-in mobile devices. (more…)
Private Wi-Fi access operators are now free from user’s rights infringement, according with a ruling on May 12th, 2016.
In accordance with a ruling on May 12th, 2016, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) freed operators of private wifi access from any liability resulting from their users’ violation of intellectual property rights. In fact, operators of private Wi-Fi are under no legal obligation to inform users of age about the illegality of sharing copyright-protected content on the internet. Earlier this month, the Federal Government adopted the Draft Second Act, amending the Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz – TMG), stating that Wi-Fi operators are not liable for any infringements committed by users.
The FCC (Federal Communication Commission) announced a settlement yesterday with TP-Link, that forces the company to make their equipment compliant with FCC rules, and to allow their consumers to install third-party open-source firmware on their routers.
The globally-known router vendor TP-Link will be forced to manufacture routers open to flashing with third-party firmware, like openWRT and ddWRT open-source firmware. This is what the FCC states in a settlement reached with the chinese company about respecting the agency rules on routers’ power level. (more…)
Thanks to Enough Is Enough, the anti-porn advocacy group, McDonald’s has started blocking public Wi-Fi networks to keep users from accessing pornographic websites
Since 2014, anti-porn advocacy group Enough Is Enough has been campaigning McDonald’s to censor its public Wi-Fi access. Thanks to the efforts of the group, in early 2016, McDonald’s enabled explicit-content filtering technology in approximately 14,000 of its U.S. restaurant chains. Although McDonald’s representatives declared that they were not aware of the fact that some of their customers were accessing porn websites through their free public Wi-Fi networks, the restaurant claims it started to filter its public Wi-Fi networks across the U.S as soon as they were informed about the ilicit activities happening on their public networks. Following McDonald’s example, Starbucks revealed that it will implement content filters through its public Wi-Fi networks as well. (more…)
Wireless LAN design is far from easy, especially due to the many issues that you could run into when deploying it.
Nowadays, Wi-Fi is really easy to access and people expect to be connected and interconnected to each other, without any limits. Enterprises’ demands for powerful WLANs are skyrocketing because of new trends like Intenet of Things, BYOD, BYON, etc. and WLAN experts now face problems with capacity and network security. Designing a WLAN is resulting in more difficulty than ever before. (more…)