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Thanks! That seems quite expensive in terms of hardware needed and the license for VM Ware. Any thoughts on this (this is an investment decision for low cost ho

Thanks! That seems quite expensive in terms of hardware needed and the license for VM Ware. Any thoughts on this (this is an investment decision for low cost housing in Africa)? Also, is there a way to charge for traffic beyond a certain quota? There’s a product called Sputnik with some firmware you can download for various router brands which lets you run a hotspot/captive portal with billing

sbr464 8y ago
The regular VMware vSphere Hypervisor is free, and works on most hardware. You could go used, or check delloutlet.com. (sub $1k) It doesn't need high specs at all. The reason I mention is that usually you end up needing other small services. Virtualizing allows you to have a single box and add VMs as needed. It's also easier to setup carp/failover later if the system grows and you need redundancy. Running an ISP is 24/7 so being able to have full console access, and confidently reboot services saves late night trips. It's been a while so am not familiar with the current hotspot products.