"Capable of serving 50 simultaneous, discrete users, this gateway should be the perfect system for a coffee shop or hotel lobby. Its features include firewall protection and even the log-on page you get on public systems."1 - PC Magazine "CRN Test Center engineers liked the fact that the DSA-3100 provides a simple and cost-effective way for a business to create an independent hot spot, whether wired or wireless, while maintaining a private network… Test Center engineers found the DSA-3100 one of the easiest gateways to install and were impressed with the unit’s clear, Web-based management console. " - CRN

D-Link, the worldwide leader in innovative networking products, now provides a simple and cost-effective way for any business to create a wired or wireless hot spot. The new D-Link DSA-3100 Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway is an Ethernet-based gateway specifically designed to provide free or fee-based broadband connection to the public or to a company's employees while at the same time, providing a separate and secure private network that shares the same Internet connection. If your business relies on public patronage, now you have a way to give customers access to the Internet, or to networked printers and other resources. If you're a private company that wants to offer wireless Internet access for your employees, you can do so with the confidence that you're still maintaining a secure private network that a wireless user will never see. Connect a D-Link wireless access point to the DSA-3100 and you've got a wireless hot spot. Connect a D-Link switch and now your back office computers and printers can share the same broadband connection.

The DSA-3100 is a Network Access Control System (NACS) that intelligently manages Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) for all wired and wireless network users. The gateway manages up to 250 user accounts in its internal database and supports at least 50 users on-line at any time. The DSA-3100 also supports POP3, RADIUS, and LDAP external authentication for larger-scale hot spot networks. Other features IP plug and play, user bandwidth control, network policy enforcement, customizable user timer, login/logout web-page, online traffic monitoring, and URL redirection provide a number of different ways for your company to configure and manage your hot spot as either as a free or revenue-generating service.

The DSA-3100 includes a built-in DHCP server and a built-in high-speed routing engine, an easy-to-use web-based graphical user interface (GUI) with SSL protection to securely and quickly configure the device. Configuration is also capable through the device's RS-232 console port. To prevent unwanted Internet intruders from accessing your network, the DSA-3100 has a built-in Security Firewall with Denial of Service (DoS) prevention.With IP PnP (Plug and Play) and IP/port redirection provided by the DSA-3100, users connecting to the hot spot don't need to re-configure their computer's settings to send or retrieve e-mail or access the Internet.

In a matter of just a few minutes, your business or organization can provide a wired or wireless hot spot while still maintaining a private network that the public will never see. Whether you're a sole proprietor, a merchants association, a small company, a school, a church, a public library the DSA-3100, together with an access point or a switch, is your instant hot spot solution.