Entered CNET Catalog: 01/25/2005
SKU: DSA-3200
Manufacturer: D-Link Systems Inc.
Manufacturer description
D-Link, the industry leader in innovative networking solutions, introduces the Airspot family of hot spot gateway products. With the increasing number of telecommuters and road warriors, Wi-Fi enabled hot spots have spread across the country to accommodate the need for on-demand Internet access. The D-Link Airspot DSA-3200 Wireless G Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway provides a simple all-in-one solution for adding public wireless Internet service to any establishment while still maintaining the integrity of the existing network. The DSA-3200 is a secure wireless hot spot gateway designed to create separated networks through 802.11g wireless connectivity and its two integrated public and private ports. This gateway creates a public 802.11g wireless network for wireless clients and a public LAN network - so both wired and wireless patrons can access a free or fee-based broadband Internet connection. Through the private port, hot spot operators can be assured their private and confidential information remains secured from public access. And depending on the establishment size and network deployment needs, hot spot operators can add switches and additional access points to expand their networks to provide full wireless coverage. Business owners maintain full control over their hot spot service using the DSA-3200's wide variety of advanced features. This gateway manages up to 250 user accounts in its internal database and supports up to 50 current users online at any time. Additional features include user bandwidth control, network policy enforcement, customizable user timer, customizable login/logout web-page, online traffic monitoring, and URL redirection. The DSA-3200 also supports NAT IP Plug & Play (IP PnP) which allows any network-ready computer to connect to the Internet without having to change their static IP configurations. In order to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the public hot spot service, the DSA-3200 Wireless G Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway supports Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) to ensure all wireless users have the correct right to connect. The DSA-3200 also supports an internal user authentication as well as RADIUS client for larger-scale hot spot networks. For the private network, the integrated DHCP server and firewall with Denial of Service (Dos) Protection safeguards the network from malicious attacks and hackers. Hot spot operators can easily manage the DSA-3200 unit and all its provided features via its Web-based configuration utility. The user-friendly interface is intuitive enough for anyone managing the hot spot venue to use and reconfigure settings if necessary. In addition, by adding a DSA-3100P Ticket Printer to your hot spot setup, the one-touch button prints login tickets and dynamically adds user accounts. Whether the location is a coffee shop, airport terminal, bookstore, school campus, or resort, business owners can maximize their network investment using DSA-3200 Wireless G Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway to provide their customers with the value-added service of a public hot spot network.User opinions
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User Rating: 
3/10
Very unhappy with this product, very unreliable
Pros: Great potential feature set for a public hot-spot
Cons: Poor support, terrible reliability
Review:
Definitely a poorly executed design. D-Link does not support anything on this. Unit kept crashing when more than a few users were logged on. Had to keep rebooting the unit. Onboard embedded firmware help instructions are written by illiterate Taiwanes. Poorly written pdf instructions. Very unreliable. When it worked it functioned beautifully. Suspect that the good views on this site were written by D-Link marketing staff.
User Rating: 
8/10
good product
Pros: good performance
Cons: the box is a little bit too big
Review:
I bought one and tremendous performance.
Compared to other brands, it is much better.
You should have good network knowledge.
Otherwise, you will often complain machine performance.
Compared to other brands, it is much better.
You should have good network knowledge.
Otherwise, you will often complain machine performance.
User Rating: 
2/10
Quite frankly, Garbage
Pros: Only low cost Public Gateway in its class
Cons: Broken English. Horrible GUI.
Review:
I could say a lot about this unit that was greatly anticipated, but I won't. I'll simply state that it's junk, down the cheap lightweight plastic they used to construct the thing.
My biggest problem? Well, the broken English, HORRIBLE D-LINK support and non-intuitive menus, etc are ridiculous. Who the heck designed this thing? Clearly some wild man.
Some of the features work, sometime. Other work other times. Our Sonicwalls are quite a bit better, as is the Cisco equipment. Sadly, we didn't have that in the budget, but this junk was.
My biggest problem? Well, the broken English, HORRIBLE D-LINK support and non-intuitive menus, etc are ridiculous. Who the heck designed this thing? Clearly some wild man.
Some of the features work, sometime. Other work other times. Our Sonicwalls are quite a bit better, as is the Cisco equipment. Sadly, we didn't have that in the budget, but this junk was.
