WiFt ISP Economy starter System with billing, credit card, cash card and bandwidth control

1. X-LIN Long Range Wireless LAN
Platform
Hotware Wireless Co., Ltd.
Networking Management System
WiFi City
Billing for middle size WISP (1~1000 users)

2. Hotware Solution Billing
Software 1-1000 Clients
Windows-based software forSmall ISP WiFi Hotspot billing up to 1000 clients per
server capability. Control time and bandwidth usage of wired and wireless laptops without
any client software installations. Your customers will be redirected to login page to pay
before getting Internet access.
Create instant "Hot Spot" with your own access points, routers and switches - all hardware
is supported. Ability to connect multiple hotspots is included without extra fees. Accept credit
card payments with over 50 supported payment gateways including PayPal and
Authorize.Net.

3. Suitable for Different Businesses
• ISP or Wireless ISP (WISP)
It supports wired and wireless connections and it's not hardware limited to
specific access point models
Internet Café, Cyber Café
A great add-on to existing cybercafe offer and test bed for larger HotSpot
business
Resort, Hotel, Motel
Every Hotel and Resort is expected today to offer wireless Internet.
Kiosk add-on to accept WiFi laptops
Many kiosks can charge only user working on it. Why not provide Wi-Fi
Billing in the same Kiosk box and charge multiple users at the same time ?

4. • Airports, Terminals, Public Transport
Some of the largest hotspots are located in big airports and with further
laptop price decrease WiFi usage is expected to grow
Restaurant, Coffee Shop & Conference Center
Restaurants offer free and paid Internet access allowing people to do the
job while taking additional order
University, School and other education institutions
Shopping Mall & Business Center
Enterprise that wants to provide guest access
Operators of any visitor-based network or Wi-Fi Hotspots

5. How Do I Make Money With
Small ISP System or HotSpot ?
• You make money every time someone walks into your Wi-Fi area and opens a laptop
or PDA computer. Here is how it works: Your equipment should be configured as
open and easily discoverable. This is what you want - customers should find your
Access Point or MESH Units easily and be able to connect to it. They will type some
URL (like www.google.com) in order to start browsing, but instead of getting that
page, they will be redirected to your login page, which is displayed by Hotware
Solution ISP / HotSpot software. Customer have to buy one of the predefined plans
(access rights) and get his username and password. After login, customer is
redirected to the website initially requested. It's up to you if the customer will pay in
your office, restaurant, or online using his/her credit card. In case of credit card
payment, the amount is collected from customer by your Credit Card processing
company and stored to your merchant account (account with processing company).
These companies charge a specified fee for credit card processing and sometimes
even yearly subscriptions. Some of the most used are PayPal, Authorize.net, but
there are many other that offer additional services. A payment gateway company
transfers collected money to your bank account at the end of the month or in similar
time intervals. With the larger Wi-Fi network, home users can access to the Internet
from their desktop computers so you can also start a wireless Internet service
providing business ISP,

6. Limit Internet Bandwidth
•
Use WiFi billing software to limit time, bandwidth quota,
download and upload speed. Bandwidth limitation is
often important even if you have a flat rate Internet
connection. It limits customer from occupying your entire
bandwidth with different P2P, torrent programs and
provides an equal experience for every customer. This
also means that more customers can access your
network as we know that hardware (like access points
etc) also have it's own limits. With Hotware Solution WiFi
ISP / HotSpot manager you can create different pricing
schemes and charge more expensive for accounts with
higher Internet connection speed.

7. • Small ISP & HotSpot Software Features
• 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).
• 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)

9. • Bandwidth Limit Control (Traffic Shaping 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).

10. • 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.
• SMTP Roaming
Enable sending E-mails from any email client software without having to change smtp server.
Traffic from port 25 is redirected to your own E-mail server. This option solves problem when
customer ISP require connecting to their own line to send E-mails.

12. • URL Filtering
Block access to web sites that contains specified keywords in url address. You can prevent
access to porn, warez etc.
URL Tracking
Log URL addresses that customers visit along with their username, IP, date and time, and
notification if access was allowed or blocked
• 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 Internet Cafe 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 customers wants to find
out more, login will be required

13. • 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, reception, using vending machine etc.
Charge Additional Time
When customer runs out of time, extra minutes or hours could be added to existing
account

15. • 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

16. • 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. For
example,ISP or large resort can provide UTP connection in every room and install
several access points in restaurants, lobby, by the pool etc.

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Thank you !
Hotware International Co., Ltd. Integration Center
www.hotware.com.tw integrate@hotware.com.tw
business@hotware.com.tw
Tel : +886-3-4639125
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