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| Hotspot | Hotspot Network |
|---|---|
| Requires a router as Gateway in the LMC. | No LANCOM router as Gateway in the LMC necessary. An access point can be used as a Hotspot Gateway too. |
| The Public Spot Option is activated on the device by the LMC temporarily. | The Public Spot Option is activated on the device by the LMC temporarily. |
| The SSID name and network name can be determined differently. | The SSID name and network name canot be determined differently. The SSID name matches the entered network name. |
| The Public Spot websites are hosted in the Public Spot Gateway. | The Public Spot websites are hosted in the LMC. |
| The Public Spot login page URL can be changed in the device configuration (Device hostname). | The Public Spot login page can be reached via the URL hotspot.lmc.de. |
| The Public Spot login page is invoked unencrypted via HTTP. | The Public Spot login page is invoked encrypted via HTTPS. |
| Public Spot users are visible in the RADIUS user table of the router and can be deleted manually. | Public Spot users are not visible in the RADIUS user table of the router / access point. Only authenticated users can be viewed (ls Status/Public-Spot/Station-Table) and also deleted (do Status/Public-spot/Delete-Station and Status/Public-spot/Cleanup-Table) via the CLI or the LCOS menu tree in WEBconfig. |
| No permanent connection to the LMC is necessary after the configuration. New users are able to login to the Public Spot without a connection to the LMC. | Requires an active connection to the LMC, as users are set up in the LMC only. Without a connection to the LMC no new users are able to login to the Public Spot. There is no restriction for users which are already authenticated. |
| The successful Public Spot configuration can be verified in the device configuration (LANconfig / WEBconfig and Detail configuration in the LMC). | The successful Public Spot configuration can only be verified in the LMC in the menu Sites → Devices, if the role Hotspot Gateway is displayed as the Function. |
| Expiry times can be changed in the device configuration. | Expiry times cannot be changed (end devices are always authenticated for 24 hours). |
Wechsel vom Switching from "Hotspot" zum to "Hotspot NetzNetwork":
Eine direkte Migration zwischen den beiden Hotspot-Features ist leider nicht möglich. Unfortunately a migration between the two Hotspot features isn't possible. When Daher muss bei einem Wechsel ein neues Hotspot Netz mit einer von dem bisherigen Hotspot abweichenden SSID erstellt werden (SSID entspricht dem Netzwerk-Namenmatches the network name).
Wenn der alte Hotspot nicht mehr verwendet wird, können Sie das zugehörige Netzwerk aus der LMC löschen. Gehen Sie dazu wie folgt vor:
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