Amazingports

AmazingPorts
Privately Held
Industry Hotspot and Billing Software
Founded 2001
Founder Jan Eldenmalm
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Raj Oruganti, Fredrik Lindgren
Slogan Empower your network
Website AmazingPorts.com

AmazingPorts is a Linux-based firewall customised for use as a firewall, captive portal and billing system (Hotspots). The project started in 2001 with the purpose of creating a scalable solution for commercial and free networks.

Common Deployments

AmazingPorts is mainly deployed as an access control system in private and public networks:

History

AmazingPorts was created in 2001 with an initial vision of building WiFi networks. Later the company has refocused and now provide its technology to network builders. The company implemented Service Oriented Provisioning in 2002 and was the first to implement 802.11a public hotspots in Europe. During 2009 and 2010 the administrative system was updated significantly.

Features

AmazingPorts implements complex features, all available in the free version except some API functionality

References

  1. ↑ "AmazingPorts offers first 802.11a hotspot access in Europe" (Press release) (in German). Intel. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mobilt bredband utmed Norr Mälarstrand" (in Swedish). Computer Sweden. 2004-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  3. ↑ Ryberg, Jonas (2002-08-21). "Providing roaming for ADSL customers of Telia Sonera" (in Swedish). Ny Teknik. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Ellison, Carol (2003-12-05). "Very Early seamless roaming". Channel Insider. Retrieved 5 June 2010.

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