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Not all businesses have Wifi. Does an out of the box equivalent of iBeacon for Wifi exist? I'd be interested if you know of one.
by codesushi42 11y ago
Not all businesses have Wifi. Does an out of the box equivalent of iBeacon for Wifi exist? I'd be interested if you know of one.
- icebraining 11y agoSure, buy an AP and just let it sit there unconnected. As soon as a few smartphones with their Wifi and GPS turned on pass by it, its position will make part of location databases and be used by smartphones to locate themselves.
- codesushi42 11y agoI meant one that's as accessible to use out of the box like an iBeacon or this new fangled FB beacon, but with Wifi instead of BLE. I'm not saying one doesn't exist. I'm genuinely curious whether one does.
- icebraining 11y agoThat's what I'm saying: any Wifi AP is usable out of the box. Just plug it to a power socket, and it'll start broadcasting beacon packets that smartphones can use to geolocate, just like with iBeacon. You don't need to do anything.
- codesushi42 11y agoUnderstood. I meant one geared at non-technical people. More of a plug it in and data starts being collected and pushed.
- icebraining 11y agoBut iBeacon doesn't collect any data. It does exactly the same as an WiFi AP - continually sends beacons to local listeners. In both cases, it's the client device (smartphone, tablet, etc) that's doing the collecting.
- codesushi42 11y agoAh ok, got it. Thanks!