D-Link DSA-3100 Airspot Gateway, 1 Public / 1 Private, LAN Port

by D-Link

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000C8YLP
• Item model number: DSA-3100
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,435 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 19, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

D-Link, the industry leader in innovative networking solutions, introduces the Airspot family of hot spot gateway products. With the increasing number of telecommuters and road warriors, Wi-Fi enabled hot spots have spread across the country to accommodate the need for on-demand Internet access. The D-Link Airspot DSA-3100 Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway provides business owners a simple solution for adding public Internet service to their establishment while still maintaining the integrity of their existing network.

The DSA-3100 Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway is a secure gateway designed to create two distinct networks through its integrated public and private ports. By adding a wireless access point to the public port on the DSA-3100, customers and patrons can connect to a free or fee-based broadband Internet connection. Through the private port, hot spot operators can be assured their private and confidential information is secured from public access. And depending on the establishment size and network deployment needs, hot spot operators can add switches and access points to expand their networks to provide full wireless coverage.

Business owners maintain full control over their hot spot service using the DSA-3100?s wide variety of advanced features. This gateway manages up to 250 user accounts in its internal database and supports at least 50 users online at any time. Additional features include user bandwidth control, network policy enforcement, customizable user timer, login/logout web-page, online traffic monitoring, and URL redirection. The DSA-3100 also supports NAT IP Plug and Play (PnP) which allows any networkable computer to connect to the Internet without having to change their static IP configurations.

In order to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your public hot spot services, the DSA-3100 Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway supports Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) to ensure all connecting wireless users have been granted access. The DSA-3100 also supports POP3, RADIUS, and LDAP external authentication for larger-scale hot spot networks. For the private network, the integrated DHCP server and firewall with Denial of Service (DoS) Protection safeguards the network from malicious attacks and hackers.

Hot spot operators can easily manage the DSA-3100 unit and all its provided features via its Web-based configuration utility. The user-friendly interface is intuitive enough for anyone managing the hot spot establishment to use and reconfigure settings if necessary.

Whether the location is a coffee shop, airport terminal, bookstore, or resort, business owners can maximize their network investment using DSA-3100 Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway to provide their customers with the value-added service of a public hot spot network.

Product Description

D-Link, the worldwide leader in innovative networking products, now provides a simple and cost-effective way for any business to create a wired or wireless hotspot. The new D-Link DSA-3100 Public/Private Hotspot Gateway is an Ethernet-based gateway specifically designed to provide free or fee-based broadband connection to the public or to a company s employees while at the same time, providing a separate and secure private network that shares the same Internet connection. If your business relies on public patronage, now you have a way to give customers access to the Internet, or to networked printers and other resources. If you re a private company that wants to offer wireless Internet access for your employees, you can do so with the confidence that you re still maintaining a secure private network that a wireless user will never see. Connect a D-Link wireless access point to the DSA- 3100 and you ve got a wireless hotspot. Connect a D-Link switch and now your back office computers and printers can share the same broadband connection.brbr

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work for me, August 9, 2005

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This review is from: D-Link DSA-3100 Airspot Gateway, 1 Public / 1 Private, LAN Port (Personal Computers)

Login page would not come up. Called tech support but they were not able to help and suggested I exchange it. I returned it. One nice thing about this product is that you are automatically escallated to the top tech support guys.

This unit was for a friend. I have used use the previous version of this product for about 2 years and it also had a buggy firmware but it does work. I was very frustrated with this product too because it didn't work out of the box either. It required several firmware upgrades before it was finally functional.

I gave it 2 stars because we decided not to exchange, we returned it. So you might have better luck.