New released features

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US server ssl certificate is setup
https://secure2.worldspot.net is up and running
You can also use the url: http://us.worldspot.net for accessing the website and forum.

If you are closer to the United States and find the US server more responsive, you can now switch your hotspot configuration to use it first.

You MUST switch the radius servers also, otherwise there could be reliability problems.

radius server 1: radius2.worldspot.net
radius server 2: radius.worldspot.net
uamserver (redirect url): https://secure2.worldspot.net/wk/Uam

Edit: The hotspot landing page picture uploads are now synchronized every hours.

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Ticket bundle extension
You can now extend existing ticket bundles by adding new tickets in it.
In the ticket creation page, just select the bundle, and click on generate.
You can now display and print bundles from a defined number.

Timezone
You can now select your timezone in your account settings. If you prefer another date format display please make a post in the wish list section.

Mac addresses in your hotspot history
client and hotspot mac addresses are now shown in the hotspot session history.

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Redirect Url option
You can now redirect your users to any web url after your users are connected.

Note:
- this is a simple redirection after connecting. You should add in your website a link to the chillispot redirection to go back to the hotspot landing page to get a status, or to logout.
This link should be http://192.168.182.1:3990 to get a connection status, or http://192.168.182.1:3990/logout to directly logout.
For coova users, the url is http://10.1.0.1:3660 or http://10.1.0.1:3660/logout

I've made attempts to create a popup to the hotspot status and logout, but it is blocked by browsers popup blockers.
I also tried to add a frame, but internet explorer make a warning because the secured page include a non secured page.
I will keep on investigating on this.

Please also note there is another viable alternative to this redirection. Chillispot has an option: uamhomepage=<your url>
When you add this option in dd-wrt additionnal options, your users will be redirected first to your home page.
Your homepage should then contain a link to http://192.168.182.1:3990 to go into the hotspot landing page where your users will be able to connect.

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I haven't updated this post since quite a long time, sorry for that.

There have been quite some changes since:

Ticket printing with new profiledesc keyword for an automatic description of your ticket without having to create a lot of ticket models

Hotspot mac address aliases: With worldspot you have the choice of using the same configuration between all your hotspots and share the nasID and secret. Your hotspots will be only identified by their mac addresses. With this you can assign a name to your hotspot mac address.

Subscription last usage date: In order to help you manage your subscriptions, the date of the last time your subscription has been used is now displayed in the subscription page. Don't forget that you can change at any time the hotspot mac address to which your subscription is locked to.

Hotspot cloning: You can now create a new hotspot by copying one of your existing hotspot

User emails: From now, your users emails are available in the connection history. They are not displayed in a specific column. You have to move the mouse over a user name and the email will appear in a baloon. Note that you may not use these email addresses to send unsolicited emails.

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Unbranded service
If you don't want that anybody knows that your hotspot is managed by WorldSpot.net online service, you can subscribe to the "unbranded service" option.
Another domain and ssl certificate has been setup without any mention to WorldSpot.net website.
Price: 4 credits per hotspot per month
Your hotspots under your own domain
It is also possible for you to have all WorldSpot.net services under your own domain name.
For a yearly fee, your domain ssl certificate will be setup on WorldSpot.net servers.
Please contact WorldSpot for more details.

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New hotspot option: Don't remember last ticket
This option is useful for locations which have a shared computer for accessing the internet.
When enabled, worldspot will not remember the last ticket that was used on the computer on the previous session. Everytime you get back on the portal page and when you are not connected, you will be asked about your ticket code.
Note: This only applies on anonymous tickets (tickets that are not used through a registered account)

WorldSpot now accept US dollars
You now have the choice of buying your worldspot credits using US dollars. The exchange rate is exactly the forex rate which is updated every 20 min. If you are not using dollars, payments in euros are prefered.

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Online billing now doesn't need any registration
Online billing has been rewritten so that users don't have to register anymore.
The paypal "buy now" logo is directly displayed on the portal page.
Once the user pays, a new ticket is created in a bundle having the same name as the access profile.
The ticket login is the user first name and last name (dclared in paypal)
The password is generated following the bundle rules (4 digits by default)

Tickets login and passwords are now case insensitive
Their maximum login length is now 50 characters (15 for the password)
Please check if you don't have any conflicts in your ticket list.

Your users can now enter abcdef or ABCDEF or Abcdef.

Tickets now support empty password
There will be a mode where no password is entered. only a code in the login.
Note that this may be a serious security hole, as the communication between worldspot and chillispot only encrypts the password.
The login is given in clear text and can be sniffed.

The anonymous user tickets and connection state are no longer kept
This is true only for non coova based hotspots (dd-wrt)
Because of a potential security hole, the user could change the mac address in the url and connect with tickets of another user.
With coova-chilli, changing the mac address is protected with a checksum making this impossible.

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This topic hasn't beed updated since years.
There have been quite a number of new features since...


Sorry for that.