ZyXEL N4100 Wireless Hotspot Gateway

Product Review

The ZyXEL N4100 Wireless Hotspot Gateway enables hospitality businesses the opportunity to deploy the full range of Internet services needed to create new revenue streams and retain and attract customers. As an addition to the ZyXEL range of Hotspot Gateways, the ZyXEL N4100 Wireless Hotspot Gateway provides a fully flexible solution supporting the IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless standards. Installing the latest 11n technology truly offers enhanced connectivity required within the business, which in turn enables users a connection to the Internet for all of the latest wireless devices including laptops, notebooks, PDA's, gaming devices and Wi-Fi mobile handsets. The ZyXEL N4100 not only offers this flexible connectivity but also offers increased performance and featuring 3 Transmitter x 3 Radio MIMO technology. The ZyXEL N4100 is the latest WLAN Hotspot Gateway from an established world leader in Internet hotspot solutions. The 11n-capable N4100 gateway is designed to work as an access controller for service providers and hospitality businesses to deliver Internet services with its own unique built in billing system. It is an ideal solution for hotels, coffee shops, airports and conference facilities to offer instant high-speed Internet connections.

Product Features

Comprehensive wireless Internet access solution
"Zero Configuration" IP plug and play
Web-based user authentication, account monitoring, billing profiles
RADIUS Client, walled garden, advertising URL links and forwarding to portal
User activities logged with session trace for auditing
N4100 up to 100 users
Upgradable to 200 Users (for a one time fee)

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(1 customer review)

Great Hotspot Gateway for Hotel/Restaurant/Etc, February 2, 2012

A. Naik "skoopie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZyXEL N4100 Wireless Hotspot Gateway (Personal Computers)

Purchased this for managing the hotel guest network. So far, there's no complaints! Have connected 70+ rooms to the router using 5 switches and have connected 10 wireless APs to this using POE switches and it hasn't gone down (been about a week). It has a limitation of 100 concurrent users and you can purchase a license to get up to 200 users which I won't need.

It has some great features built in like bandwidth management and guest authentication with 'superuser' (one username/pwd for everyone). I haven't tried out the Terms and Conditions feature because that requires you host a webpage on a third party website which I can't be bothered with. Called up Zyxel tech support 800 number and after waiting on hold for 5 minutes, got an English speaking person based in the US who was helpful. Would DEFINITELY recommend this. Also, shop around because the prices vary greatly (+/- $200) depending on if you need the printer (I didn't).