Frequently Asked Hotspot Questions:
Technical Support for Hotspot Customers:
Technical Support for Hotspot Operators:
HotSpotPA hotspots accept:
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HotSpotPA Updates, Upgrades and Enhancements
HotSpotPA's WiFi Hotspot System is periodically updated and enhanced.
Learn about new hotspot features here!
Hosted Web Interface Changes require no action on your part.
They are effective immediately.
Router Firmware Changes require you to reflash your router in order to add the new features.
You may also contact HotSpotPA to remotely perform a free upgrade for you.
In addition to the Linksys WRT54GL,
HotSpotPA now runs on Ubiquiti Networks ultra high power indoor/outdoor routers!
Ubiquiti routers are available with
programmable power levels up to the legal FCC limit of 4 watts EIRP.
Ubiquiti high power routers provide the largest possible indoor or outdoor hotspot coverage area.
HotSpotPA firmware is pre-configured with WDS on all Ubiquiti routers,
allowing easy hotspot expansion into areas without wired Internet service.
| Hosted Web Interface Changes |
| Version |
Released |
Description |
| 100208 |
February 8, 2010 |
Current version.
Display hotspot automatic channel as "Auto" instead of "0".
Allow minimum date range of 1 day on login and payment summary pages.
Adjusted maximum password length.
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| 100118 |
January 18, 2010 |
Prevent suspended or inactive customers from processing a credit card or PayPal payment.
Allow customers to be transferred from one operator account to another,
customers can continue to use balance of old operator's account type until expiration or renewal.
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| 091231 |
December 31, 2009 |
Added support for Ubiquiti Networks routers.
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| 091105 |
November 5, 2009 |
Adjusted state/province and zip/postal code fields to better support international credit card purchases.
Corrected a problem affecting browsers that load multiple pages when starting.
Added timezone display to payment summary, was previously displaying EST only.
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| 090925 |
September 25, 2009 |
Enabled advertisements on login page.
Dynamically hide/show credit card and PayPal logos based on available account types.
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| 090914 |
September 14, 2009 |
Dynamically modify text on login page if free/prepaid accounts are available.
Corrected an infrequently occurring password-related problem.
Removed extra pre-login splash page displayed at initial sign-up.
Replaced "Unknown" with customer's login id for operator New Customer notifications.
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| 090710 |
July 10, 2009 |
Added fractional penny round up to payment calculation.
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| 090620 |
June 20, 2009 |
Added configurable splash pages.
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| 090617 |
June 17, 2009 |
Corrected URL associated with several CANCEL buttons, now return to branded hotspot login page instead of HotSpotPA page.
Added stats to track branded login page hits.
Added direct access to branded login page using https://www.hotspotpa.com/go.aspx?hotspot=YourPaymentId
Corrected error on Customer Summary page where account expiration date was not displaying correctly for expired timed accounts.
Speed optimizations for login summary page.
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| 090529 |
May 29, 2009 |
Added low price teaser to login page.
Added detail to login fail notifications.
Various text changes on customer edit page.
Minor change for PCI compliance.
Multiple changes for w3.org compliance.
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| 090512A |
May 12, 2009 |
Added operator email notifications.
Added advertising control panel.
Roaming customer auto-logout of old hotspot before login to new hotspot.
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| 090406 |
April 6, 2009 |
Corrected column error on Customer Summary.
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| 090403 |
April 3, 2009 |
Added customer name edit capability for operator.
Added additional customer "display" name for operators.
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| 090321 |
March 21, 2009 |
Blocked customer renewal of locked account types.
Added doubled password entry for new accounts.
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| 090307 |
March 7, 2009 |
Added free account types.
Added locked account types.
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| 090126 |
January 26, 2009 |
Added MAC logins.
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| 081220 |
December 20, 2008 |
Added timezone support.
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| 081110A |
November 10, 2008 |
Added NAS Editor.
Converted db encryption to AES.
Renamed NAS Summary LOGIN button to CONSOLE.
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| 080907 |
September 7, 2008 |
Added NAS proxy login.
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| Router Firmware Changes |
| Version |
Released |
Description |
| K2.82 |
March 1, 2010 |
Current version for Linksys and Ubiquiti Networks routers.
Prevent watchdog from resetting VPN to auth servers. Helpful for extremely high latency satellite uplinks.
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| K2.81 |
January 11, 2010 |
Previous version for Linksys and Ubiquiti Networks routers.
Tuned watchdog for better performance with high latency and/or high packet loss uplinks.
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| K2.80 |
January 4, 2010 |
Modified VPN keycheck error text for clarity.
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| K2.79 |
December 31, 2009 |
Improved watchdog support for hotspot and vpn processes.
Ubuquiti Routers Only:
Full Wireless Distribution System (WDS) implementation for wirelessly interconnecting multiple hotspot routers.
Added GUI txpower controls for up to 1000mW depending on router model.
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| K1.41 |
June 17, 2009 |
Previous version for Linksys WRT54GL.
Removed unused field from HotSpot-Captive page.
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| K1.29 |
March 11, 2009 |
Added support for paid hotspot on wired LAN interfaces 2, 3, and 4.
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| K1.27 |
January 25, 2009 |
Cleaned up unused addresses from UAMALLOWED.
No support for paid hotspot on wired LAN interfaces.
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| K1.23 |
December 12, 2008 |
Removed all DNS references from config/hotspot and config/network.
If DHCP, will use upstream DNS, else use configured DNS.
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| K1.18 |
October 31, 2008 |
Changed default SSID to HotSpot (no embedded spaces).
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| K1.16 |
October 16, 2008 |
Removed status-wlan-survey page, was hanging wireless.
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| K1.10 |
September 6, 2008 |
Added default passwd file.
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| K1.05 |
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Changed default IP addresses.
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