Before we prepare a complete project to build a small - scale hotspot, there are some important notes explain that the author wants to avoid misunderstandings in building this hotspot. For hotspot connection that we are building, the author encountered several obstacles in making the network. Because the situation is not possible for the author to take providers such as Telkom (Speedy) or the other. So, I decided to take a connection from Mobile Celluler that in this day and age also have a fast internet access such as 3G or 3.5G (HSDPA), the provider of the XL . But the author still would explain the early stages of building a hotspot by using providers such as Telkom (Speedy).
Well early preparations to build a small project Hotspot include:
Well early preparations to build a small project Hotspot include:
- 1 computer with the operating system Microsoft Windows XP SP2 comes with 2 LAN card , LAN card 1 will be connected to the internet and LAN card 2 will be connected to the AP (to use providers such as Telkom Speedy or the other), or 1 piece laptop with the system Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (for the final project) that henceforth we call the gateway computer.
- 1 computer (wireless adapter) or a laptop which we hereafter refer to as the client computer.
- Access Point (AP) in this case I use the AP Linksys Wireless - G Broadband Router WRT54G.
- Straight type UTP cable to connect the main computer with the AP when the AP configuration.
- Internet connection (for use as speedy providers , we also have to provide ADSL modem, but for this writer TA workmanship using HP Sony Ericsson G502 with providers of XL).
- Antamedia Hotspot Software Manager as hotspot management that we will create.
The initial description of the hotspots that we are building are :
- - Internet connection on your computer through the LAN card gateway both to the IP address obtained from the internet service provider, then this connection to share Internet service utilizing Connecting Sharing (ICS) Windows XP . As for the first LAN card will be connected to the AP using UTP cable Straight type.
- - AP SSID set to our liking (in this paper the authors provide AP with the SSID name "Grace Hotspot") while the DHCP service should be disabled - right because the client computer to obtain an IP address automatically from the ICS system Windows XP .
