With Meraki you can easily setup a billing SSID and charge users for wifi internet access. This currently requires a major credit card, with Meraki doing the payment processing and payout.

With prepaid cards, you can create a batch of PIN codes with a user-defined value and time that can be sold to customers, or given away for short term internet access.

You can configure your billing SSIDs to accept prepaid cards, credit cards, or both. If you want to take the list of prepaid cards #’s and actually print physical cards, or stickers, you can do a Microsoft Word mail merge, using the prepaid card csv file.

You can create prepaid card’s under Configure->Prepaid Cards.

Find out more information about Meraki here…

Designed to meet the ever-increasing global demand for high-performance enterprise wireless technology that can truly deliver the latest high-bandwidth applications and built to enhance the Extricom Channel Blanket’s inherently high throughput whilst maintaining the other unique advantages of the architecture, the EXRP-33N, EXRP-32N, EXRP-22N and EXRP-22EN products are equipped with the latest best-of-breed silicon and radio modules and the most advanced radio layer features, including Transmit Beam Forming (TxBF), Space-Time Block Code (STBC), Low Density Parity Check (LDPC), Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection, Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) and Cyclic Delay Code (CDC).

Further information on the Extricom Product Line can be found in the Extricom section of the website, or visit the Extricom website at http://www.extricom.com/.

The warehouse environment creates serious challenges for traditional WLAN deployments. Though warehouses are typically open spaces that would seem suited to wireless signal propagation, their construction and layout can be problematic, with metal structures and corridors making coverage difficult to achieve. Other obstacles include a changing RF landscape due to the movement of goods and roaming and re-authentication issues that can impact productivity of a highly mobile workforce.

Read more on Extricom Wireless LAN for Logistics here…

Get new product information and download the 2012 Meraki Price List .

BETT is the world’s leading event for educational technology where education professionals can evaluate and purchase a comprehensive range of ICT products and services. From early-years provision to universities, BETT is an indispensable part of the annual knowledge-gathering process, coming at a time when establishments are planning and budgeting for the new school year.

Dedicated to showcasing the best in UK and international educational technology products, resources and best practice, BETT has enabled thousands of practitioners to enhance their knowledge of learning through technology.

For schools considering a WLAN deployment, looking to upgrade their existing WLAN or wanting to introduce iPads or BYOD strategies in the coming year, a visit to BETT 2012 and time on the Extricom Stand C90 will be time well spent.

Extricom WLAN is based on a simple yet powerful idea: eliminate the concept of cell-planning, and replace it with Channel Blanket™ architecture. An effective wireless network is an enabling technology that provides students, faculty and guests with the opportunity to embrace ‘everywhere learning’ with robust, reliable connectivity. In an era of intensive wireless usage powered by the market explosion of smart phones, iPads, iPods, tablets and other communication devices, Extricom delivers a guaranteed Wi-Fi connection with seamless mobility for voice, data, video, and location services.

Taking place on 11-14 January 2012 at Olympia in London, BETT attracts more than 600 educational suppliers and around 30,000 visitors. It brings together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations. Extricom’s innovation will be displayed through live demonstrations, videos and presentations, giving people the opportunity to experience first-hand the unique benefits and value of Extricom WLAN to education. Extricom will also be showcasing their newest Access Point products, set to enhance their Product Portfolio for 2012. Designed to meet the ever-increasing global demand for high-performance enterprise wireless technology that can truly deliver the latest high-bandwidth applications, the new products will bring diversity and flexibility to an already outstanding product range.

Visiting BETT 2012 is free. For further information, visit www.bettshow.com.

About Extricom:

Extricom is a manufacturer of 4th generation enterprise wireless LAN solutions, based on its Channel Blanket™ technology. While adhering to the 802.11 a/b/g/n standard, Extricom’s patented, Interference-Free architecture takes a completely new approach to the way the infrastructure is deployed. The Channel Blanket topology provides wire-like reliability, high throughput, seamless mobility, unparalleled noise immunity, and is easy to install and maintain. In an era of intensive wireless usage powered by the market explosion of smart phones, iPads, iPods, tablets and other communication devices, voice, data, video, and location services are delivered with an always-on, robust and mobile Wi-Fi connection to any client, in any environment. Extricom Interference-Free™ WLAN is purpose-built to slash wireless complexity and future-proof your network for tomorrow’s multi-service demands.

Extricom solutions are in use by customers operating in numerous industries worldwide, including Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Logistics and Warehousing, Retail and public venues. They have discovered the uncompromising performance, reliability and ease of ownership that are the hallmark of the Extricom WLAN.

Extricom serves its growing global customer base through offices in the USA, Europe and Japan, and by working with a global network of distributors and partners.

For more information, visit us at www.extricom.com.

Microsoft will count full-time employees of an academic institution each year to set the subscription rate. EES will fall into two categories: for institutions with between five and 999 staff, and for those with over 1,000 full-time or equivalent staff.

What people are saying ….

“The Microsoft Volume Licensing Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) offering provides qualified academic customers, of all sizes, a simplified way to acquire Microsoft software and services under a single, subscription agreement.”

Call our Microsoft trained sales staff today to discuss your license renewal options and how Solutions House can save you money to spend on other IT equipment on 01928 515600.

The latest Extricom products were displayed through live demonstrations, videos and presentations and we were pleased to hear such positive feedback from visitors and potential clients to our stand. For schools considering a WLAN deployment, looking to upgrade their existing WLAN or wanting to introduce iPads or BYOD strategies in the coming year, a visit to BETT 2012 and time on the Solutions House / Extricom Stand C90 was time well spent.

If you would like to find out how we can help your school get in touch with our specialist education team – email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk or telephone 01928 515600.

Dedicated to showcasing the best in UK and international educational technology products, resources and best practice, BETT has enabled thousands of practitioners to enhance their knowledge of learning through technology. BETT attracts more than 600 educational suppliers and around 30,000 visitors. It brings together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations.

We hope to see those of you in the southwest at the postponed Bristol ICT for Education Conference early in the new year and the other venues during 2011.

Peter Hopton (pictured left) was speaking as a Green IT Consultant and also chairing a panel of experts at the ICT for Education Conference.

It was nice to see Peter Hopton, MD of Very PC next to his own ‘wares’ on the day. The Very PC range of Energy Saving recommended PCs and servers proved to be very popular on the day.

Click here for further details:-

Very PC from Solutions House

www.very-pc.co.uk

Solutions House will next be exhibiting at Bett 2011 12-15th January. Hope to see you there… Bett 2011

ICT for Education organize 5 conferences a year in connection with their magazine publication. This magazine is also available digitally. For details see:-www.ictforeducation.co.uk

Extricom Continues To Lead The Way To Higher Bandwidth WLAN

New York, NY – October 7, 2010 – Extricom Ltd., a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, announced today that it will launch the world’s first enterprise-grade 802.11n access point with 3 spatial streams, the EXRP-33n, at IPExpo, in London England, October 20-21.

Extricom’s Channel BlanketTM is the perfect architecture to harness the power of 3×3 MIMO technology, and is particularly suited for deployments in bandwidth-intensive applications such as the education, medical, and general office verticals. The Channel BlanketTM eliminates the complex RF cell-planning normally required for 802.11n, and also eliminates the co-channel interference that can severely degrade 802.11n throughput. Consequently, Extricom customers already today realize the true potential of 802.11n technology and will continue to do so in 3-stream deployments.

In addition to enhancing the Channel Blanket’s inherently high throughput, the EXRP-33n maintains the other unique advantages of the Channel Blanket architecture, such as zero-handoff mobility, aggregated TrueReuseTM, and built-in QoS that is superior to WMM, for streaming HD video and voice over wireless applications.

Ramy Buechler, Director of Product Management, stated, “Extricom’s Channel Blanket technology has been widely adopted by businesses and institutions looking for a wireless LAN that delivers high-throughput. The EXRP-30n, Extricom’s proven 2-stream 802.11n AP, has already established effective throughput benchmarks of 190 Mbps (TCP) and 250 Mbps (UDP) per link and is very popular in throughput-intensive environments.

The EXRP-33n will extend the product-line even further with its 450 Mbps air rate and 3×3 MIMO technology”.

About Extricom

Extricom is a manufacturer of advanced wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) systems based on its Channel BlanketTM technology. The Channel Blanket architecture provides high throughput, seamless mobility, and is easy to install and maintain. Visit our website at http://www.extricom.com/

The EXRP-33n will be made available to selected customers in Q4, and will be commercially available in Q1, 2011.

For full details, please click on the following link:- http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4617574.htm

Solutions House are a ‘Select’ Extricom Parntner with Extricom ‘Certified’ Systems Engineers.

For further information, please click the following link:- http://www.solutionshouse.ltd.uk/about-solutions-house-it-wireless/extricom-certified/

Most commentators think the iPad will make immediate inroads in the education market, an arena where Apple already holds considerable market- and mind-share.

A strong determining factor in the iPad’s education market penetration is wireless LAN, which will be critical infrastructure for making it a viable classroom technology. This means the WLAN must be able to support the greatly increased demand for network resources that will come from iPad users.

In Extricom’s latest Technology Brief, The iPad, Wireless LAN, and Education, Extricom delves into issues that affect integrators and ICT administrators alike, providing an overview of the iPad’s potential as an education tool, discussing its potential impact on wireless LANs in schools and universities, and detailing how WLAN architecture can make a difference in handling the coming wave of iPads.