Mon May 23, 2011 6:43 pm
Minimum you need a device with a level4 license so the wireless card can act as an AP. A 433 is a good place to start if you need the Ethernet interfaces.
With that being said, User Manager takes up a lot of resources, so the exact board that you need really comes down to what you want it to be able to do. How many people are going to be on the hotspot, total bandwidth, queues, firewall rules, etc.
Also if you plan on having several hotspots, now is the time to plan on getting a centralized authentication system in place. Administering a local authentication system if you only have very few locations is all fine and good, but as soon as you get enough of them it will become a massive nightmare.