Laptops, tablet PCs or smartphones are not only offered at ever lower prices but are nearly always equipped with WLAN today. Even though GSM or UMTS data tariffs are constantly becoming cheaper, wireless LAN is a widespread, powerful and attractive platform for mobile Internet access because of its high transmission rates and simple configuration.Whether in hotels, cafes, on company premises or on railway stations and airports: if you provide your customers with a public WLAN hot spot for Internet access, either free of charge or against payment, this constitutes an attractive service offer for your customers and gives you a competitive edge.The Bintec Hot Spot Solution allows the operation of public hot spots for Internet access via WLAN - it is easy to set up, powerful, provides flexible configuration options and is compatible with the current legal requirements regarding data protection and telecommunications data retention.The Internet access at the hot spot can be offered as free service or operated with a time- or volume-based ticket system. The solution is subsidiary-capable, which means that it can be offered on various sites and administrated centrally.The Bintec Hot Spot Solution typically consists of a locally installed bintec R232bw used as a hot spot gateway and of the Funkwerk hot spot server that automatically manages the Internet access of the gateway.An administration terminal - e.g. the reception desk PC in the hotel - is used for the administration of the operator account on the server: Logging of registrations, creation of tickets, statistical evaluation and so on.The hot spot gateway transfers the login data to the hot spot server via RADIUS. After successful login, the gateway forwards all Internet requests directly into the Internet. The duration of the connection is determined via the session time indicated in the scope of the RADIUS authentication. Moreover, the gateway makes periodical evaluations of the individual users, thus permitting volume-based session termination.