Our most popular gateway. The WS-160 works with all Wi-Fi-compliant 802.11g and 802.11b access cards. It requires no special client, and works seamlessly with laptops, desktop computers and PDAs running Windows®, Macintosh®, Linux, Unix, Palm® and other operating systems. The WS-160 can support up to 50 concurrent users, operates at up to 54 Mbps and has a range of up to 980 feet (300 meters) outdoors. Easily wire in additional access points to extend the range. Replaceable antenna works great with our 500mW Antenna booster.

• DHCP/Dynamic and Static IP support - saves you money because you do not need a Static IP from your ISP.
• 1 WAN/4 LAN ports - all auto-sensing - no need to worry about cross-over cables
• Connects to DSL/Cable Modems or other routers
• Supports Whotspot Radius authentication, subscriber management
• Customize locations where end-users can visit free (walled garden).
• Network isolation and more…

Flexible plan for Internet Cafés or Individual Locations: The WS-Basic Plan is ideal for the entrepreneur or customer interested in co-branding or establishing unique venue-based pricing. This plan offers co-branding on the portal page that your customers sign up on, custom pricing for online surfing – in USD or CAD, lower costs, many varieties of prepaid SurfCards, the ability to offer free internet access while still controlling this access, flat fee for online purchases, unlimited technical support and monthly reports of your online purchases.

Note: After receiving your shipment, you will be required to activate your monthly subscription ($25) before your device will authenticate on our servers.

NOTE: This WiFi Gateway supports most internet connection types directly. Just plug it in and it works! PPPoE connections require a secondary router like a D-Link DI-604 Router. Simply program the D-Link router with your PPPoE account information, connect it to your DSL modem, plug the WiFi gateway into the D-Link and you are done!

SELECT A SERVICE PLAN TO GO WITH YOUR GATEWAY

Basic Plan - Use Our Merchant Account

If you use the Whotspot PayPal account: 15% Online Transaction Fee** - we keep 15% of whatever price you charge to your end customers for subscribing online with their credit cards. Each month we generate a detailed sales report for each location and electronically transfer 85% of the proceeds to your account.

Basic Plan Direct - Use your own PayPal Account

If you would like to use your own PayPal account: $250 One-time Setup Fee + 25% Online Transaction Fee - we keep 25% of whatever price you charge to your end customers for subscribing online with their credit cards. Each month we will prepare a detailed sales report for each location and invoice you for the 25% portion of our fees.

Shared Plan - No Monthly Fee

This plan is for locations that do not expect many surfers, but want the benefit of attracting new clients to their location because of WiFi. Whotspot's Shared Service Plan is also tailored for location owners who are undecided and thus want to minimize their investment and recurring fees. This plan is 100% hosted and maintained by Whotspot. The key features of this plan include a small upfront investment, no recurring fees with a small revenue share. In this plan, Whotspot keeps 85% of the online revenue and sends you the remaining 15% on a monthly basis.

Free Access Plans

In our FIXED MONTHLY OFFERING, you would buy our WiFi Gateway Router, connect it to your internet modem (Cable or DSL), pay us a fixed ($50-$75) monthly location fee, and offer free surfing to your customers. Your customers will still see your portal page, and will have to login with a SurfCard Code, but the account is free. For $50/month, we will setup a customer database and allow your customers to sign-up on their own. For more controlled access, our $75/month plan offers the use of prepaid surfCard codes. We send you as many 30/60 minute SurfCard codes as you need. The codes are sent to you ready for you in a spreadsheet, ready for you to print on Avery labels and apply to your brochures, business cards or menus.

As a retailer, you can be very creative. For example, you could offer your clients a free 30 minute SurfCard code, if they purchase $5 or more in merchandise. You can also offer them other SurfCards, if they spend more in your venue.

The great thing about this optional service offering - is that it's controlled and it's fixed cost. You physically have to interact with the customer. No freeloaders or anonymous surfers. Only paying customers can surf free!

Also Standard, we'll keep our credit card interface operational. Other customers who have not purchased products from you will pay the full retail price for surfing by signing up for an account online with their credit card. We'll even send you 50% of the revenue for these paying customers! If you request, we can also disble this feature.

Under our Free Access Plans, technical support is provided by Email only. Need Toll-free technical support for your customers? Just add $25/month and it's yours!