Type Privately Held Founder Jan Eldenmalm Area served Worldwide | Founded 2001 Headquarters London, United Kingdom | |
Industry Hotspot and Billing Software | ||
AmazingPorts is a Linux-based firewall customised for use as a firewall, captive portal and billing system (Hotspots). The project started in 2001 with the purpose of creating a scalable solution for commercial and free networks.
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Common Deployments
AmazingPorts is mainly deployed as an access control system in private and public networks:
History
AmazingPorts was created in 2001 with an initial vision of building WiFi networks. Later the company has refocused and now provide 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 significantly.
Features
AmazingPorts implements complex features, all available in the free version except some API functionality