Uebe, Todd wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have a store near 494 & Lyndale. I also have Road Runner Biz Class > Service. > [...] > I think because I have Biz Class RoadRunner I can do what I want with > my Bandwidth. > I do not want to call Time Warner and ask though. I think as long as you don't re-sell, you're good to go, but I'd have to go back and re-check their terms of service.. > Any Ideas would be appreciated. What is your goal ? To provide free access for clients within some radius (the store, the block, the neighborhood) ? If the desired range is beyond the store, then you'll want to use some sort of external antenna, most likely an onmi-directional, or possibly a panel, depending on the desired coverage area. I'd recommend going the Linux route, assuming you're comfortable with that. As someone mentioned, you may want to consider one of the distros that target this kind of application, such as Knoppix, as opposed to something like RH 8/9 (though there's nothing stopping you getting the system going under just about any distro - if you have a favourite, use it.) You will need to choose one of the following options for wireless connectivity: o Wireless card installed in server, connected to external antenna. I would recommend a card based on the Intersil Prism chipset, and the hostap driver. o An access point, which is connected to the server via ethernet. You can mount the access point near to the antenna, cutting down on losses in the coax used to connect the radio to the antenna. Both of these setups are supported by numerous captive/active portal solutions (nocat, nocat-clones & homegrown.) I think it's a great idea, and there are several people on the list doing exactly the same thing as (I think) you're contemplating. Hopefully they'll contact you either on the list, or in private, and share their experiences & opinions with you. -- andyw at pobox.com Andy Warner Voice: (612) 801-8549 Fax: (208) 575-5634 _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list