// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Amazingports say to its friend? Dock you later.
| Type | Privately Held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hotspot and Billing Software |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Jan Eldenmalm |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Raj Oruganti, Fredrik Lindgren |
| Website | www |
AmazingPorts was a Linux-based software product customized for use as a firewall, captive portal and billing system (Hotspots). The project started in 2001 and is now defunct.
Description
[edit]AmazingPorts was mainly deployed as an access control system in private and public networks. It could be deployed as a single hotspot controller in airports, hotels, private locations and hospitals. It was used in Internet cafes in Europe by 2002 together with Intel.[1] It was used for a city-wide Wi-Fi project in 2004,[2] and Internet roaming in 2002.[3]
AmazingPorts was created in 2001 with an initial vision of building free networks. Later the company refocused and provided 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.
Features included:
- Firewall
- Service Oriented Provisioning
- NAT
- Distributed and/or centralised routing
- Fully customisable and language sensitive captive portal or any third party web page
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server
- Integrated PayPal payments supporting many currencies
- Automatic currency updates from the European Central Bank
- Roles based Administration
- Seamless Roaming[4]
- Compliance with the anti-terrorist Directive 2006/24/EC
References
[edit]- ↑ "AmazingPorts offers first 802.11a hotspot access in Europe" (Press release) (in German). Intel. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ "Mobilt bredband utmed Norr Mälarstrand". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). 2004-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ↑ Ryberg, Jonas (2002-08-21). "Providing roaming for ADSL customers of Telia Sonera" (in Swedish). Ny Teknik. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Ellison, Carol (2003-12-05). "Very Early seamless roaming". Channel Insider. Retrieved 5 June 2010.