Internet Hotspot dikenal juga sebagai WI-FI atau 802.11b atau 802.11g atau 802.11a

802.11b : freq 2.4ghz, kec max 11mbps
802.11g : freq 2.4ghz, kec max 54mbps
802.11a : freq 5.7ghz, kec max 54mbps

area akses : radius hingga 100m, tergantung kondisi ruangan

Tidak seperti handphone ada standard CDMA dan GSM, wifi cuma ada 1 standard di seluruh dunia apapun merk wifinya, pasti compatible sehingga bisa connect.

Wifi sekarang ada di : laptop, pda, handphone, camera

Tempat akses wifi di tempat umum disebut Hotspot, biasanya terdapat di cafe, hotel, airport, toko buku dan tempat umum lainnya.


Hotspot list paling besar : http://www.jiwire.com

Hotspot provider :
boingo, Wayport, STSN, Surf and Sip, StayOnline, Pronto, NetNearU, Deep Blue, Fatport, Air Portal, Ikano, Picopoint, TheCloud, Azure, T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, British Telecom, Swisscom, Telecom Italia and Sprint PCS.

Hotspot menarik karena :

• user tidak usah membeli peralatan wireless, karena sdh buildin di notebook, pda dan handphone.
• jauh lebih cepat daripada gprs
• lebih murah daripada gprs
• lebih murah daripada dialup (tidak usah bayar pulsa telepon)
• user yang membawa/menggunakan notebook saat traveling semakin banyak dan perlu koneksi untuk cek email dll.

Nusanet Hotspot Facts:
Nusanet Hotspot SSID : nusanet_lokasi (nama lokasi hotspot)
Nusanet Hotspot Speed : up to 256kbps
standard yg didukung : 802.11b
wallet garden :

• www.layartancap.com
• www.nusa.net.id
• lokal venue site.

Step by step guide untuk Windows XP

1. koneksi ke hotspot AP:

1. click start, control panel, network connections.
2. cari wireless network connection, right click, view available wireless networks, pilih nusanethotspot

2. koneksi ke network nusanet :

1. jalankan webbrowser, coba browsing ke salah satu site
2. otomatis akan di redirect ke login page
3. masukkan username dan password
4. done

Trouble shoot
Wireless Network Settings:

1. Click Start, then Control Panel. In the Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections. On the following screen, click Network Connections.

2. Right-click your Wireless connection icon and click on Properties.

3. Click on the Wireless Networks tab. Be sure that there is a checkmark on the option to Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings.

4. With nusanethotspot selected in the list of Available networks, click on the Configure button. The Network name (SSID) needs to be set to "nusanethotspot" and Wireless network key (WEP) should be disabled.

5. Click on the Authentication tab. All settings should be entirely disabled.



Wireless Card Settings:

1. Click OK to return to the main Properties Screen.

2. Select the General tab and then click the Configure button.

3. Click the Advanced tab. For the following three Properties, select the following Values:


a. Encryption = Disabled

b. Network Type = Infrastructure

c. SSID = nusanethotspot

4. Click OK and then OK again.