How to provide wireless internet in a small business?

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Published on 2010-04-29T16:16:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 16:47 UTC
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My wife has a small business that she wants to offer a free WiFi hotspot in. She suggested opening up our private 'net connection to the customers - T&Cs of our internet provider and thoughts of random people viewing kiddy porn floated through my mind.

So, first action will be to get a separate internet connection. But I have no experience of setting up a public WiFi connection. What considerations should I make with regards to:

WAP
Security
Access logging?

How to provide wireless internet in a small business?

Posted by ColinYounger on Super User See other posts from Super User or by ColinYounger
Published on 2010-04-29T16:16:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 16:17 UTC
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My wife has a small business that she wants to offer a free WiFi hotspot in. She suggested opening up our private 'net connection to the customers - T&Cs of our internet provider and thoughts of random people viewing kiddy porn floated through my mind.

So, first action will be to get a separate internet connection. But I have no experience of setting up a public WiFi connection. What considerations should I make with regards to:

WAP
Security
Access logging?

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