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Free Access System
allows you to give your guests free access two different ways:
You can allow free access once per period, for example 15 minutes free every day, or 1 day free
per year. This is great for a coffee shop or restaurant that wants to advertise free internet access
but prevent guests from taking up a table for hours upon hours. The guests will still get your
welcome screen when they first log on, and if they qualify
for free access (if they have not had free access already in
the predefined period) then they can click on Free Access.
Once the free period has expired the guest will be required
to enter a valid ticket number or Permacode.
If you wish to allow unrestricted access to your customers,
but still have the customers view your site welcome page,
you can set the Trial Time and Trial Period time to be the
same. For example; by setting the Trial Time and Trial
Period both to 60 minutes, your clients will see the site
welcome page every hour.
To enable Free Access, select Access Controls in the top
menu and then Free Access Setup from the drop down
menu. Select the Trial Time, how much time you want to allow them on the system, and then
select the Trial Period, the amount of time that must elapse before they get a new free trial.
You may also customize the message your users see by selecting “Free Access Text” on the left
hand menu and editing the message.
Note: Free Access users are treated differently than permanent, ticketed, & permacode users by
the Client Usage Policy. Free Access users will receive one-half of the bandwidth allotment of all
other categories of users set in the Client Usage Policy.