Concourse Communications Uses MikroTik Hotspot Technology at Two of the Largest US Airports

RIGA, LATVIA and CHICAGO, IL - Nov. 7, 2003 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- MikroTik (Mikrotikls SIA - www.mikrotik.com), a leading router solution maker, today announced that Concourse Communications, a leading operator of neutral-host wireless networks in airports and other large communication-intensive properties, has selected MikroTik's RouterOS Hotspot system as the management system for its hotspot wireless access systems (commonly known as WiFi Hotspots).

Concourse Communications Group uses MikroTik RouterOS platforms to provide access control and several other key functions needed to deliver high-speed, wireless Internet access to the public. The MikroTik RouterOS Hotspot platform is in use at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).

The Hotspot solution on the MikroTik RouterOS platform allows customer management servers to control and account for each user's time, bandwidth, and access to the Internet. The MikroTik RouterOS is compatible with a number of national hotspot access providers such as iPASS and AirpathWireless. A single RouterOS Hotspot box is scalable to support thousands of concurrent users with Gigabit throughput. The extensive options of the RouterOS platform allow networking companies to set up highly specialized systems for demanding network environments.

The MikroTik RouterOS Platform
The MikroTik RouterOS platform includes a range of network and wireless features optimized for the highest-growth communication market segments such as wireless ISPs and hotspot providers. The RouterOS features include: Wireless Access Point, Wireless CPE, RIP 1 / 2, OSPF v2, BGP v4, equal cost multi-path routing, policy based routing, firewall marked packet routing, PPP (ISDN, PPPoE, modem pool), RADIUS authorization and accounting, IP telephony, Bridging, Stateful Firewall and NAT, VLAN, DHCP, Hotspot, Tunnels (PPTP (VPN), IPIP, EoIP, IPsec), IP traffic accounting, firewall actions logging, Bandwidth Management (per IP / protocol / subnet / port, CBQ, RED, SFQ, byte FIFO, packet FIFO), Tools (ping, traceroute, bandwidth test, ping flood, SSH, telnet), DNS cache, Web cache, SNMP, NTP (Network Time Protocol), Remote administration and upgrading, DS3, T1/E1, v.35 synchronous, HSSI, frame relay, fast Ethernet, and Gigabit -- see www.mikrotik.com for additional features.

About Concourse Communications Group, LLC
As the leading developer of neutral host Wireless Access Systems, Concourse Communications Group is redefining wireless communications services at major U.S. airports and other commercial venues including LaGuardia, JFK, Newark Liberty, Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport and the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. These systems support wireless voice, data and video services offered by commercial wireless service providers, airport operators and their airline tenants. For more information, please visit http://www.concoursecommunications.com.

About MikroTik
MikroTik has been developing its RouterOS routing platform since 1995. MikroTik offers wireless network solutions to ISPs and corporate customers around the world. Many features of the RouterOS platform have become the core authentication and network management solution of many large networks around the world. Headquartered in Riga, Latvia, the company employs thirty-five people. Additional information about MikroTik is easily accessible at http://www.mikrotik.com.

MikroTik and RouterOS are trademarks of MikroTikls, Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

Organization Website: www.mikrotik.com
Source of News: MikroTik Ltd. (Mikrotikls SIA)

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